Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) Men, Women and Girls Standing in a Group Outside a Hospital
A gallery dedicated to the British Romantic poet and artist William Blake opened in San Francisco on 14 October. It is the first space to focus on his art since 1793, when Blake himself privately organised a show of his paintings in Lambeth, London—but failed to sell a single work.John Windle, a California-based bookseller who has dealt in Blake’s work since the late 1960s—and who recites Blake’s poetry on a whim, and has “sold more Blake than Blake ever did”—says that creating The William Blake ...
EUR/USD struggled to recover, but it also did not extend its falls. A mix of PMIs, inflation figures and also GDP stand out at the turn of the month. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week. German Retail Sales: Monday, 7:00.CPI: Monday, 10:00.GDP: Monday, 10:00. The 19-country eurozone has grown by 0.3% q/q in Q2 2016, and further growth is on the cards also in Q3. Spain’s growth remains encouraging, but France lags ...
The PlayStation VR ($399) has been out in the wild for about a week now, and I’ve been busy giving it a thorough workout. Since my headset arrived last Thursday, I’ve spent countless hours fixing cars, golfing, defusing bombs, and leaning perilously over the virtual abyss. With a few days of VR exploration under my belt, I’ve emerged from my dark and sweaty headset to lay bare exactly what the ...
The inaugural Hepworth Sculpture Prize exhibition, which opens tomorrow (21 October) at The Hepworth Wakefield in the north of England, highlights the malleable nature of contemporary sculpture. Works by the young London-based artist Helen Marten, who has also been nominated for the Turner Prize this year, could equally be described as paintings, prints or installations. Among her seven works on show The Hepworth Wakefield are screen-printed leather canvases decorated with a number of appendages ...
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