August 18, 2019
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Friday 9 August. It is strange, but ALL the major art galleries in Osaka are closed. The National Museum of Art is closed until 27 August; the Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art is closed until October 12; and the Osaka City … Continue reading
August 30, 2018
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Monday 27 August One day to see the sights of Tokyo, and the pair of us totally knackered anyway: physically and emotionally exhausted, tetchy, short-tempered, in foul moods because we were about to go back to the UK. Laughable… Because … Continue reading
August 27, 2018
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Downtime in Tokyo: knocking these posts out now to wrap this up before we get home and it all goes stale. Monday 20 August Heather and I leave Sugoshicho behind and head for Kyoto. The afternoon is spent finishing off the … Continue reading
August 14, 2018
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The last couple of days in Sapporo were actually pretty hectic. Then – BANG – we’ve packed up and left and I’m writing this from a hotel room in Osaka. A bit like someone suddenly changing channels on the TV … Continue reading
August 2, 2018
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After lunch we headed to the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art. What a lovely building! Artists (from the top): Hanada Kazuhara, Kanda Nissho, Momose Hisashi, Nakae Norihiro, and Richard Anuskiewicz. What a brilliant day! A very special thank you to … Continue reading
January 5, 2018
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On its last day we managed to catch the Dalí/Duchamp exhibition at the Royal Academy. It wasn’t an entirely satisfying visit—it was pretty busy, there were a lot of exhibits crammed into a relatively small space, and photography was forbidden—but … Continue reading
April 2, 2013
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July 13, 2012
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June 28, 2012
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April 5, 2008
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This week I managed to get up to see the From Russia exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London. In particular, I was keen to see the collections of French art assembled by Shchukin and Morozov, reappearing for … Continue reading