Tate Britain – Walking. Gossip. Travel.

The gallery note that William Dobson (1611-1646) was “considered to be one of the best English artists of his time”

London – Westminster – Tate Britain (Distant View of York by Alexander Keirincx)

This isn’t a great photo of this artwork, which is a distant view of the city of York. Fortunately, the

Nothing is known of this lady, other than she’s pregnant and wealthy, that’s about the limit to what can be

Lady Elizabeth Grey, the Countess of Kent (1582–1651), looks a formidable character in this painting by Paul Van Somer (1578-1621).

I’m still working with my theme that it’s lazy to generalise all modern art as difficult and pointless, when much

Tate Britain acquired this artwork in 2019 and the artist is Anthea Hamilton (1978-). I’m not entirely sure I understand

I don’t understand great swathes of modern art, but there’s becoming an easy way to see if the art gallery

This artwork is of Lady Anne Pope (?-1629), the daughter of Sir William Pope and Anne Pope, and is likely

I’m quite interested in medieval religious imagery (yes, I know, it’s not exactly a drunken weekend in Ibiza with friends),

I like the sign to the left of this painting by Marcus Gheeraerts (1561/2-1636) which reads “what would you wear