Treasures from the archive – Part II – Churches and Cathedrals in Great Britain
I’ve been overwhelmed in recent weeks by the power of religious architecture. As I am still working my way steadily through …
Film Censorship 70 Years on – still justified?
I came across an interesting expression recently when I was scanning the programme of an independent cinema in Berlin – „Vorbehaltsfilme“, films …
Schätze im Archiv – Covent Garden neu entdeckt
Nun arbeite ich schon seit fast 15 Jahren im Archiv und nie bin ich es überdrüssig, mir alte Fotografien anzuschauen oder neue …
Folter auf der Leinwand – Die Schindung des Marsyas von Tizian
Vor einigen Jahren besuchte ich eine Tizian-Ausstellung, einer der Blockbuster der heutigen Kunstwelt. Nie war ich eine große Liebhaberin von Tizians …
Acting Out – Transformations
„He is the Lon Chaney of the tuxedo set“ I just read this sentence on my way to work in Jeanine Basinger’s …
Jacques Louis David – Propaganda Genius?
At university I studied mainly French 18th and early 19th century art and Jacques Louis David obviously featured quite strongly. By the …
Torture on canvas – Titian’s „Flaying of Marsyas“
A few years back I went to one of those blockbuster exhibitions – paintings by Titian in the National Gallery in London. …
Face to Face – Renaissance in Berlin
I can’t remember an exhibition that has created quite as much interest as the Faces of the Renaissance which is on at …
Alte Liebe
Ich bin verliebt – in einen Renaissancemann – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes Als ich das erste Mal Botticellis „Young Man“ in …
Old Love
I’m in love. With a Renaissance man. Literally. Ever since I first laid eyes on Botticelli’s Young Man in the National …