The Cantankerous Art Critic
Richard H KleinFrankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Iconoclastic reviews of the arts and culture that are fun to read.
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All That Glitters....
But not to metal detectors.
A button dug from mud is enough. Sends them into a frenzy.
They’re all men, of course. these detectorists. Look closely at the list of those involved collecting items on display and you’ll quickly spot the co...
Isn't she splendid?
Here she is, stylish in red and blue, with white socks and pumps, with her Curved Form (Bryher 1) sculpture behind her.
And what an artist! Hepworth re-invented the notion of what a sculpture could look like and what a sculpture might be...
Modern art needs a diet
Whatever it is iIam grinning about, it isn’t about the enormous canvas behind me….
I mean physically? And not just quite big but bloody enormous.
Take the one above, for example - Cecily Brown’s humungous eight footer-plus square canvas...
The nastiest word in the English language?
Always debatable but could it be ‘slave’?
Agency is, after all, one of the key definitions of what it is to be human. Free will and all that.
And two recent books about slavery suggest the word is a strong candidate. .
Both books are...
In praise of prints
Church Town, Zennor (1948), a print by Peter Lanyon. Delicious enough to grace any living room wall.
London Original Print Fair 2026 was fun, as it always is.
Held at Somerset House at the far end of the Strand in London, it is a wonderfu...
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Iconoclast, critic, television executive & channel controller and lion tamer with an expertise in sucking lemons and being irritable. I like orchards, cars and tennis.
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