Visual arts links

15th April 2019

John Wyver writes: here's a handful of links to articles and videos about painting and photography that have engaged and delighted me over the past month or so. That's all. PS. a batch of Bonnard links, as in Pierre, follows shortly. PPS. more

Jérôme Savary et moi

3rd April 2019

John Wyver writes: Last night a Tweet by Kirsty Sedgman set me off down a memory rabbit-hole. Following a path through the magical world of the internet has revealed to me just a little of what television and the more

Church going

31st March 2019

John Wyver writes: Like Philip Larkin, I am much drawn to visiting England's parish churches. I once spoke about this to a friend, adding that I took great pleasure in the pastime despite being a clear-eyed atheist. She suggested more

Filming with Mary Boone

26th March 2019

John Wyver writes: Back in the summer of 1986, writer Sandy Nairne, director Geoff Dunlop and I were in New York filming our 6-part Channel 4 series State of the Art. Sandy had conceived the second programme as an exploration more

100 years of Bauhaus

20th March 2019

Drawing on the documentary films Bauhaus and Masterworks: Bauhaus, available on DVD from Illuminations, as well as on recent articles marking 100 years since the Bauhaus was established, Tom Allen reflects on the meaning and the legacy of more