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On Observing and Seeing
30 Jun 2017 / 0 Comment

When observing an opal one should think that it’s not an opal colour that we see. It is light diffraction...

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Why painting is a fine way to reach the inner truth of things
30 Jun 2017 / 0 Comment

Painting a landscape means looking at a scene in front of your eyes and seeing it, feeling it and being...

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Henry Matisse’s change of mind
30 Jun 2017 / 112 Comments

Earlier this year I had a remarkable opportunity to contemplate the works of Henri Matisse at the Hermitage...

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Art should not please anyone
30 Jun 2017 / 141 Comments

One of my favourite Andrei Tarkovsky’s thoughts is that the most complicated aspect of the artist’s...

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