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Simon Stallworthy
@simsta.bsky.social
Post. Grad. Renaissance Studies student at the Warburg Institute. In a previous life Director of Wycombe Swan, Gala Theatre Durham, Bolton Octagon & Hull Truck.
Also opening this week…
June 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Christ Church Picture Gallery's next exhibition begins tomorrow and marks the 500th anniversary of the founding of Christ Church by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1525.
June 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today is the feast day of Saint Filippo Neri, who Walter Friedlaender identified as a vital influence on the realism of Caravaggio; “the character of Caravaggio’s later works cannot be fully understood without considering Filippo’s principles and religious activities”.
Madonna di Loreto c.1605
May 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today is the feast of Saint George, and a good excuse for this wonderful Crivelli in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
April 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Resurrection of Christ, Carlo Crivelli, 1482
April 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Hoar Stone, Enstone, Oxfordshire (and my bike!).
#standingstonesunday
December 29, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Ullswater
December 12, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Ullswater
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Facebook just reminded me that ten years ago I was producing Christmas shows, and now I'm at the Warburg. Sadly it didn't caption the image "From panto to Panofsky" Chanced missed, I feel.
November 22, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Brights lights, big city - London from the Thames shoreline
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Slightly deep, a bit crisp, fairly even….
November 19, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Part of Carlo Crivelli’s Camerino Triptych painted in 1482, and Spiral galaxy NGC 628, located 32 million light-years away seen with the James Web space telescope. Coincidence? I don’t think so…
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM