As usual the best review is by @lauracummingart.bsky.social (imho, obvs). The show was moving and not, in retrospect, the head-to-head matchup I’d expected. I left feeling that they’d made each other stronger artists than they could ever have been alone. observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

"This is one of the most exhilarating shows I’ve ever seen." Wonderful piece, by @lauracummingart.bsky.social, on the Tate's new Constable and Turner exhibition. Does anyone know if their Stonehenge pictures are in this show? observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

World-famous masterpieces and rarely exhibited works by Turner and Constable are put side by side in this monumental, thrilling show at Tate Britain, writes @lauracummingart.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3XmjD8E

Absolutely loved this 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟show @tate @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Self Portrait with a Palette

Vase of Peonies on a Small Pedestal

I had always walked past the Dutch rooms at the National Gallery to visit the Italians But recently read the fantastic Thunderclap by @lauracummingart.bsky.social which made me realise they are much more interesting than I assumed at first.

One week to go to my Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. Hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and maintaining a love of art throughout her life. 5th November 1-2pm Weston Library: photooxford.org/events/const...

Still life with melon and peaches

Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure

A matador

Plum

Must detour to see this #BehindBlueEyes

@lauracummingart.bsky.social At last! Got today’s Observer quiz

This is vital reading from Sam Freedman …@wesstreetingmp.bsky.social

Pete Townsend and Prince in this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ show from the great Arthur Jafa at Sadie Coles HQ and Karma Ashadu at Camden Arts Centre...loved these shows @theobserveruk.bsky.social @timadamswrites.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Pete Townsend and Prince in this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ show from the great Arthur Jafa at Sadie Coles HQ and Karma Ashadu at Camden Arts Centre...loved these shows @theobserveruk.bsky.social @timadamswrites.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

The stained glass of hell, to quote my friend Alan Parker - G&G as per usual. Go instead to Nordic Noir @BritishMuseum observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

The stained glass of hell, to quote my friend Alan Parker - G&G as per usual. Go instead to Nordic Noir @BritishMuseum observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

My favourite in the Mauritshuis. His regard - heart-stopping. And also learned so much more about him, & about Dutch C17 painting - which I loved already - from @lauracummingart.bsky.social Laura Cumming’s book, which I found in Delft & bought.

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here: photooxford.org/events/const...

'...slathers of custard-yellow paint, white icing that casts shadows like Arctic snow: his painting is as calorific as cream, as smoothly spread as lemon curd.' @lauracummingart.bsky.social 's delicious piece will make you want to go see these cake paintings.

The LRB published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...

My bit on Lee Miller - so much better when she gets away from the leering Surrealists!

Go to @fitzmuseum.bsky.social !

Can’t help thinking @lauracummingart.bsky.social should be on commission, but at least the book is sold in the @mauritshuismus.bsky.social gift shop!

THE OBSERVER: ‪ The making of Lee Miller observer.co.uk/culture/art/... @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ @lauracummingart.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

My bit on Lee Miller - so much better when she gets away from the leering Surrealists!

Season of mists rolling in…

I’m curating an exhibition of the Two Roberts at Charleston in Lewes. It opens Oct 15 and will be very gorgeous and very gay and very Scottish and that’s for starters. I’ve got a nice wee discount for my newsletter subscribers: www.damianbarr.com/subscribe

Please read this piece by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social about his daughter Milly and Lyme Disease. It's important and impacts so many more people than most of us realise. Get well soon Milly ♥️ ·

No one should pay to see this movie until Disney stops censoring employees who say things disagreeable to the regime. That will be no great sacrifice as this movie will be dull as rocks. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

What a beautifully written article that made me feel the heat of Egypt. 😱 I have always dreamed of going there, to see the pyramids and other wonders. We should never forget the ancient artists that left their mark on the walls and ceilings. Thank you for sharing your journey!

Baalbek

I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. ~Charles Bukowski #Quote #Booksky #CharlesBukowski #Writer #Poet

1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC. If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.

This is from that wonderful piece by @lauracummingart.bsky.social in the Observer re the upcoming Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition on Ancient Egyptian artists - a painting I've never seen before of a monkey scratching a woman’s nose, believed to be a parody of the Opening of the Mouth ceremony

Read and be transported.

The most significant trip I've ever taken in terms of a new history of art. Ancient Egypt as we've never seen it before! @theobserveruk.bsky.social @nealspencer.bsky.social @timadamswrites.bsky.social rhttps://observer.co.uk/culture/art/article/face-to-face-with-the-pharaohs-tomb-artists

Dot to dot art, my review of fabulous National Gallery show 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Four new pairs of shoes a week: Marie Antoinette - vacuous spendthrift or style icon? Find out soon... Meanwhile, my verdict...@V_and_A observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Four new pairs of shoes a week: Marie Antoinette - vacuous spendthrift or style icon? Find out soon... Meanwhile, my verdict...@V_and_A observer.co.uk/culture/art/...

Happiest of publication days to my husband. Out now! American Roundhead, MP, double-dealer, spy for Cromwell, spy for the King...Huge congratulations to him and @atlanticbooks.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted that Dan Briggs, son of the BBC's first official historian Asa Briggs, has written to The Observer supporting the need for on-request vetting to re-instated at the BBC Written Archives Centre (p.29; not I think online). Letter's wording is in the .alt element. #waccampaign

At the Cafe-Concert

We're enjoying some time off. Listening to @lauracummingart.bsky.social's Speed of Light this morning 📷 BBC Radio 4 - Speed of Light by Laura Cumming share.google/TvhBpJmGasGZ...

Also @theobserveruk.bsky.social

The quasi-dream states of night-waking and how they relate to creativity are so fascinating, as @lauracummingart.bsky.social shows observer.co.uk/culture/art/...