by Penny | 30 Apr, 2019 | Designer tiles, Exhibitions, Modern Art, News, Photography, Silverpoint, UK Activity
26th April 2019 Sir Peter Blake surges on as the Artist in Conversation at The Royal Academy Sir Peter Blake It is always a privilege to see an icon in the flesh and I knew that Sir Peter Blake now needed a stick to get around these days – but had no doubt that...
by Penny | 18 May, 2018 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Fresco painting, Medieval History, Modern Art, News, Painting, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists
Chronology of Last Suppers This month I have attended a meeting with my friends from the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and discovered that there are two or three Disciples in The Last Supper by Plautilla Nelli that they were still uncertain as to who was who. I...
by Penny | 10 Jan, 2018 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Books, Exhibitions, Florentine History, Modern Art, Painting, Social History, WW2
Jeanne Modigliani (29 November 1918 – 27 July 1984) I have updated an earlier Blog as a result of the increased interest in Amedeo Modigliani aroused by the splendid current exhibition at Tate Modern (23 Nov -2 April 2018) Not the least part of the increased...
by Penny | 11 Jul, 2015 | Book Binding, Florentine paper, Modern Art
Last month we spent a fun day in the recently extended premises of Alberto Cozzi – teaching a group from Desmond and Dempsey in London how to marble paper and trying out designs to suit ladies pyjamas Fashionista Molly Goddard, who came up with their brilliant...
by Penny | 24 Oct, 2014 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Books, Exhibitions, Modern Art, Social History, Women artists
When the world’s women artists answered – new book from Advancing Women Artists This has been a busy week for AWA – the way the Italians describe this group dedicated to Advancing Women Artists – holding three separate events to promote the...
by Penny | 22 Oct, 2014 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Architecture, Exhibitions, Modern Art, News, Women artists
Okay I am going to be “opinionated” today – but I really think they need to reconsider these names? They call the second floor in the Pitti Palace a Gallery of Modern Art, which is laughable because the nearest it gets to Modern times is the early...
