Tag Archives: art

The Art and Politics of Painting

Posted on February 28, 2021 by zev

A new documentary project about the history of art, linking painting, the artist and the social context in which it was made. Continue reading →

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Art and Ego: Rembrandt and Hirst

Posted on March 30, 2015 by zev

Later on, Vermeer would make extraordinary universes out of small rooms in the provincial town of Delft, but Rembrandt needed to leave his native Leiden for Amsterdam in order to drape his sitters in exotic costumes and enjoy the worldly … Continue reading →

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Unstuck in Time

Posted on February 24, 2015 by zev

He sits there lifesize or perhaps larger-than-life, still frozen almost 50 years later, with the vacant stare of a witness struck dumb and nothing at all like the numerous small reproductions seen so often in books and magazines. Don McCullin … Continue reading →

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On Perception

Posted on January 28, 2011 by zev

My interview with Tim Hanni, MW, seemed to have resonated with a lot of people, demystifying certain questions about the subjectivity of taste and perception in wine. What he said made a lot of sense to me as a non-wine … Continue reading →

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