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Karel Appel, Bosch and Delacroix

Not natural bedfellows, but they happen to be the subject of three exhibitions I have visited over the past few days. The Appel show is large and highly revealing for an English visitor. I don’t imagine there is much work by him on display in the UK and I only really know his work through illustrations (such as the peculiar [Read More…]

William Gear

This is the centenary of Gear’s birth and there are some activities which reflect that. The great Redfern Gallery in Cork Street has a splendid show, which I have just visited. Then there is going to be a show at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, which I am going to in August, and a new book by Andrew Lambirth. I find Gear’s [Read More…]

Book Review: William Gear by John McEwen

Published in the British Art Journal, V, 1, 2004