We look, the artwork looks back. Life spans are not comparable. ars longa, vita brevis indeed.

From an early age I was both fascinated and troubled by ghost stories and the supernatural…

London yesterday, and a great variety of art on show.

Four exhibitions stood out for me: High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100; Sixties Surreal; “Untitled” (America) and Shifting Landscapes. For now I am only going to discuss the first three as they reflect values I consider important: a sense of play, an engagement with the surreal, and the need to work diligently.

This morning I walked from Paddington to the Serpentine for Peter Doig’s exhibition ‘House of Music’. He’s a painter I am drawn to; sometimes I’m impressed, sometimes I’m less sure, but he can always be trusted.

The story of Reading School of Art began with the Government school which opened in 1860. Its curriculum centred on draughtsmanship, craft, architecture, and art history.