It felt like Monet’s water lilies took my stare and enclosed it tightly in their gentle, pink, waxy clutches.
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The Ingram Collection: Bodies! at The Lightbox
The human body has long been depicted in its unadorned state for thousands of years – from cave paintings to the present – and it remains a constant source of artistic stimulus today.
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‘Liberating Fashion’ at The Watts Gallery
‘One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art’.
So said Oscar Wilde, not only a celebrated Victorian author who happily clogs my bookshelves, but also a very important figure in the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, one which was dedicated to the artistic pursuit of beauty.