Tag: The Independent
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The Farce of a Superficial Theft
“Well there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.” Mark Twain (from Goodreads) Falling under the category of “you can’t make this stuff up,” was the report of the recent theft of two Damien Hirst dot paintings from a gallery in the Notting Hill district of…
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Colorful Fridays-The Queen’s Red
“I love red so much, I almost want to paint everything red.”–Alexander Calder (from Color Research) Did Lewis Carroll base the character, the Red Queen, of Through Looking Glass, on the War of the Roses or on Queen Victoria? There is much speculation but the monarch was apparently an amateur painter with a preference for…