Why Francis Bacon is one of the greatest Western artists of the 20th century. Centre Pompidou 2020

Summer 2018. I have recently come back from a trip to Edinburgh and London and it struck me how all the exhibitions I saw dealt with the same subject: humanity. So I thought I would share with you in this post how the artists featured in these shows see us. Featured here is the poster for the All Too Human exhibition at Tate Britain. #edinburghart2018 #londonart2018 #artandthehumanfigure #AllTooHuman #posterAllTooHuman #artblog #contemporaryart #modernart #understandingart #a

A triptych is a set of three associated artworks intended to be appreciated together. I always thought that you would find triptychs in churches and museums but that modern artists had no use for them. Wrong. I recently started to read Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester and was surprised to find that Francis Bacon did many triptychs (28, in fact). Intrigued as I am about Francis Bacon, I decided to become more familiar with this art form. #triptychs #modernt

In my previous art talk, I introduced my work and what led me to produce the paintings for the MEDITATION IN THE CATACOMBS show. Now I would like to talk to you about the source of my inspiration – the city of Venice. #venice #venezia Venice may be sinking, may be way past its heyday, it’s overcrowded with tourists and full of cheap souvenirs and yet, it remains a haven for artists including the artist standing in front of you. Every time I go back to Venice, I wonder if this