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Friday, February 3, 2023

Nevermore Academy Meets the London School

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 1:03 am

"Intended for a white European male audience, the sensual
reclining nude belongs to a long artistic tradition."

— The Courtauld Gallery on Gaugin's "Nevermore" (1897)

"After decades abroad, Mr Doig has returned again to London.
On February 10th he opens a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery ….
The Courtauld is also the home of Britain’s finest Impressionist collection,
and some of the paintings in the new show recall and respond to those works.
A depiction of an alpinist by Mr Doig speaks to Paul Cézanne’s view of
Lake Annecy, a tropical bather . . . gestures at Paul Gauguin’s nude
'Nevermore'."

— https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/02/
look-closely-at-peter-doigs-paintings-then-look-again

The London School of Economics has a more direct approach to art —

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