Philip Hoare
@philiphoare.bsky.social
www.philiphoare.co.uk
contact:
irene@georginacapel.com
contact:
irene@georginacapel.com
Pinned
the moor, revisited
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the moor, revisited
off the Hoe and into the sun
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
off the Hoe and into the sun
The Tyger and his friends for sale
I hope these incredibly rare and precious things do not pass into private ownership...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
I hope these incredibly rare and precious things do not pass into private ownership...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction
The piece originates from a scarce collection featuring 17 of Blake’s poems
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Tyger and his friends for sale
I hope these incredibly rare and precious things do not pass into private ownership...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
I hope these incredibly rare and precious things do not pass into private ownership...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
W. Graham Robertson bought Blake's eerie The Ghost of a Flea - a proto-Nosferatu/Alien - for 15 guineas in the 1880s; he went on to buy every Blake he could, then donated them to the nation
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
W. Graham Robertson bought Blake's eerie The Ghost of a Flea - a proto-Nosferatu/Alien - for 15 guineas in the 1880s; he went on to buy every Blake he could, then donated them to the nation
..and Robertson looked mysterious enough himself, in his long velvet-collared coat, painted by Sargent; no wonder Wilde gave him a copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray, and told him not to read it, for the good of his soul...
W. Graham Robertson, John Singer Sargent, 1894
W. Graham Robertson, John Singer Sargent, 1894
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
..and Robertson looked mysterious enough himself, in his long velvet-collared coat, painted by Sargent; no wonder Wilde gave him a copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray, and told him not to read it, for the good of his soul...
W. Graham Robertson, John Singer Sargent, 1894
W. Graham Robertson, John Singer Sargent, 1894
Oystercatcher
Milton Avery, 1944
Milton Avery, 1944
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Oystercatcher
Milton Avery, 1944
Milton Avery, 1944
could be Marc Chagall or Odilon Redon...
astonishing that William Blake made images like this in the 1820s
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
could be Marc Chagall or Odilon Redon...
astonishing that William Blake made images like this in the 1820s
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
astonishing that William Blake made images like this in the 1820s
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
might have been created in the 1890s or the 1920s or now
17th century monastic threshing barn
filled with whales' bones, thrashing about
the foothills of Calci, nr Pisa
photograph: Jeroen Hoekendijk
filled with whales' bones, thrashing about
the foothills of Calci, nr Pisa
photograph: Jeroen Hoekendijk
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
17th century monastic threshing barn
filled with whales' bones, thrashing about
the foothills of Calci, nr Pisa
photograph: Jeroen Hoekendijk
filled with whales' bones, thrashing about
the foothills of Calci, nr Pisa
photograph: Jeroen Hoekendijk
mid-century Moby Dick:
fibreglass chair, designed for 1969 Trienale Milano
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
fibreglass chair, designed for 1969 Trienale Milano
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
mid-century Moby Dick:
fibreglass chair, designed for 1969 Trienale Milano
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
fibreglass chair, designed for 1969 Trienale Milano
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Moby-Dick exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
a psychedelic trick of the eye
Boccadasse beach, Genoa
Boccadasse beach, Genoa
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
a psychedelic trick of the eye
Boccadasse beach, Genoa
Boccadasse beach, Genoa
paying my respects to the temple of the whale
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
paying my respects to the temple of the whale
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Palazzo Rosso, Genoa
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Palazzo Rosso, Genoa
Ambulocetus natans, prototype whale
slightly more alsatian than leviathan
the natural history museum at Calci, nr Pisa
slightly more alsatian than leviathan
the natural history museum at Calci, nr Pisa
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ambulocetus natans, prototype whale
slightly more alsatian than leviathan
the natural history museum at Calci, nr Pisa
slightly more alsatian than leviathan
the natural history museum at Calci, nr Pisa
Lerici, where Shelley drowned
November 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lerici, where Shelley drowned
stairway to nowhere and back again...
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
stairway to nowhere and back again...
Genoese portals to another world... difficult to tell if the ghosts are real or make-believe
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Genoese portals to another world... difficult to tell if the ghosts are real or make-believe
the backstreets of Genoa on Halloween...
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the backstreets of Genoa on Halloween...
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
a suitably gothic setting for an eve of Halloween swim
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
a suitably gothic setting for an eve of Halloween swim
Blake's Sea of Time and Space
an undefined place
an undefined place
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Blake's Sea of Time and Space
an undefined place
an undefined place
performing in Falmouth's 1830s Polytechnic, for all the port's ghosts
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
performing in Falmouth's 1830s Polytechnic, for all the port's ghosts