Alegoría del Invierno (Allegory of Winter) by Remedios Varo Uranga, 1948, gouache on paper, 44 ×44 cm, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
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Alegoría del Invierno – Remedios Varo
Posted in Art with tags Alegoría del Invierno, Allegory of Winter, Art, painting, Remedios Varo, Remedios Varo Uranga on December 29, 2025 by telescoperArt in Bruges
Posted in Art, Film with tags Art, Brendan Gleason, Colin Farrell, Hieronymous Bosch, In Bruges, The Last Judgment on December 19, 2025 by telescoperFor various reasons I find myself thinking about this little clip from the 2016 film In Bruges, starring Brendan Gleason and Colin Farrell. It’s set in the Groeningemuseum in the city of Bruges.
You can read an interesting post about the art in the film here.
You will see that the only painting that Ray (Colin Farrell) likes is a triptych called The Last Judgment, a version of which coincidentally featured in my post on Monday. The one I posted was by Hieronymous Bosch and is in Vienna; the one in Bruges is of doubtful attribution. It may be by Bosch, but experts think it is more likely to be by members of his workshop.
P.S. If you like black comedies then In Bruges is definitely for you! I wouldn’t say it was really a Christmas movie though…
Around the Circle – Wassily Kandinsky
Posted in Art with tags Around the Circle, Art, Wassily Kandinsky on December 10, 2025 by telescoper
by Wassily Kandinsky (1940; oil and enamel on canvas. 96.8 x 146 cm Guggenheim, New York)
Graduation – Jacob Lawrence
Posted in Art, Poetry with tags Art, Graduation, Jacob Lawrence, Langston Hughes, Poetry on October 28, 2025 by telescoper
by Jacob Lawrence (1948, ink over graphite on paper, 72 × 49.8 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, USA)
This work, Graduation, is one of six drawings that Jacob Lawrence made as illustrations for Langston Hughes’s 1949 book of poetry, One-Way Ticket.
Moonlight and Lights – Léon Spilliaert
Posted in Art with tags Art, Léon Spilliaert, Moonlight and Lights on September 30, 2025 by telescoper
by Léon Spilliaert (1909, pastel and ink wash on paper, 65 x 50cm, Musée d’Orsay, Paris)
Blu Tack Art
Posted in Art, Maynooth with tags Art, blu tack, sculpture on August 26, 2025 by telescoperMy attention was drawn today to this scuplture which is currently on display in the Department of Physics at Maynooth University. The artist and subject are unknown (to me) and the work is not dated, but the material is clearly Blu Tack, a putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive commonly used to attach lightweight objects to walls, doors or other dry surfaces.
Et in Arcadia Lego
Posted in Art with tags Art, Et in Arcadia Ego, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Lego, painting on May 27, 2025 by telescoper
Posted with apologies to the Italian Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) on whose original Et in Arcadia Ego this is based.
Spring Undergrowth – Joan González
Posted in Art, Barcelona with tags Art, Joan González, Sous-bois printanier, Tate Gallery on April 29, 2025 by telescoper
The artist Joan González was born in Barcelona, and lived from 1868 to 1908; the title of this work in Catalan is Sous-bois Printanier.
A Day in Cardiff
Posted in Art, Biographical, Cardiff, LGBTQ+, Opera, Politics with tags Art, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay, Miners' Strike, National Museum of Wales, Wales Millennium Centre on April 5, 2025 by telescoperI got up at Stupid O’Clock this morning to catch an early morning plane from Dublin to Cardiff. It was very cold when I arrived but it soon warmed up and turned into a lovely day.
I had a nice breakfast at Bill’s when I arrived in the City then did tour of the National Museum of Wales where there is an exhibition about the Miners’ Strike of 1984/5, from which this display case caught my attention:
I also had time for a round of Name That Artist (scoring a miserable 3/12, for Sutherland, Ernst, and Magritte).
After that, I took a stroll around Bute Park before heading to my hotel in Cardiff Bay to check in and have a rest before the reason for my visit, an event which will take place here at 7pm:
I won’t be able to blog about that until I get back to Maynooth tomorrow afternoon.
Bluesky Embed Test
Posted in Art, Biographical, Uncategorized with tags Art, BlueSky, Claude Monet, Japanese Bridge with Water Lilies on January 16, 2025 by telescoperIt’s been a very busy day today so I just have time to test out the new “Bluesky embed” feature on WordPress. That means I can share a selection of my very best shitposts directly here. Try this one:
It seems to work on some browsers but not others. How is it for you?
In the Dark 