Geoff Crossick
@geoffcrossick.bsky.social
Based in London, social historian now working on photographs of early-20thC shopkeepers in Britain & France, interested in difference arts and culture make, on boards in higher education and cultural sector, passionate about Tottenham Hotspur.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... The Paiamentary question asks about government support for the arts and humanities. The answer is only about the creative arts - important as they are - with nothing to say on the humanities.
March 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques... The Paiamentary question asks about government support for the arts and humanities. The answer is only about the creative arts - important as they are - with nothing to say on the humanities.
The Goya works in Madrid's Real Academia de San Fernando are inevitably the stars, but these five Zurburan paintings of five monks never fail to captivate.
October 2, 2024 at 7:07 PM
The Goya works in Madrid's Real Academia de San Fernando are inevitably the stars, but these five Zurburan paintings of five monks never fail to captivate.
Last day's opening of lovely little Sorolla museum in Madrid before closure for major refurbishment. And amidst much else this gem: his passport photo was taken by Ragel, major photographer of his day. No booth at the station for him.
September 29, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Last day's opening of lovely little Sorolla museum in Madrid before closure for major refurbishment. And amidst much else this gem: his passport photo was taken by Ragel, major photographer of his day. No booth at the station for him.
Yoshida Hiroshi's 1925 print of Venice wonderfully makes the boats and the people in them look like a Hiroshige view of mid-19thC Tokyo. You can take a printmaker out of Japan but you can't take Japan etc. In rich and fascinating exhibition of Yoshida family prints at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
September 16, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Yoshida Hiroshi's 1925 print of Venice wonderfully makes the boats and the people in them look like a Hiroshige view of mid-19thC Tokyo. You can take a printmaker out of Japan but you can't take Japan etc. In rich and fascinating exhibition of Yoshida family prints at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Banx brilliant in today's FT.
September 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Banx brilliant in today's FT.
Van Gogh said that what he saw of boats and stevedores on the river 'was pure Hokusai'. It inspired this 1888 painting The Stevedores. In stunning, innovative exhibition at London's National Gallery whose opening was this evening. If in London, don't miss it.
September 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Van Gogh said that what he saw of boats and stevedores on the river 'was pure Hokusai'. It inspired this 1888 painting The Stevedores. In stunning, innovative exhibition at London's National Gallery whose opening was this evening. If in London, don't miss it.