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#248041

JK2006

Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
My favourite painter (looking forward to visiting the new exhibition next week) is now thought to be a scientific prophet too. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-...e-study-reveals.html Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#248043

JK2006

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
and for anyone who doesn't quite understand my adoration for Vincent (along with Dickens, MichelAngelo and Shakespeare my personal choices for Greatest Human Beings of all time) - a terrific review... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/se...tbreaking-unmissable Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#248044

Wyot

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
Looks unmissable - I will def be popping into town for this before the end of the year. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#248156

Downing Street Cat

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago

A fascinating character too was our Vincent. A rascal, especially when he'd had a few, like many creative geniuses ran screaming from convention and didn't ever walk a straight line. Thankfully his brother understood him more than anyone. But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.

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#248164

Wyot

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago

Downing Street Cat wrote:
But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.

I wonder what other geniuses there have been out there in many fields, overlooked by a world suspicious of difference, and money men convinced the nect big thing will look pretty much like the last big thing?

I have a ticket for November - they are going quick for others interested.

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#248169

JK2006

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago
Yes I was lucky to snap up tickets for next week. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#248182

Green Man

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago

Wyot wrote:
Downing Street Cat wrote:
But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.

I wonder what other geniuses there have been out there in many fields, overlooked by a world suspicious of difference, and money men convinced the nect big thing will look pretty much like the last big thing?

I have a ticket for November - they are going quick for others interested.

If you want to pay to see scribbles Wyot, why not go to a family restaurant and get your youngest to draw on a placemat or in a colouring book, you can frame it or pin it on the fridge afterwards.

If there were a Paul Whitehead exhibition then things would be different.

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#248203

Wyot

Re:Van Gogh 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago

Green Man wrote:
[quote]Wyot wrote:
[quote]Downing Street Cat wrote:

If you want to pay to see scribbles Wyot, why not go to a family restaurant and get your youngest to draw on a placemat or in a colouring book, you can frame it or pin it on the fridge afterwards.

If there were a Paul Whitehead exhibition then things would be different.

All art is subjective GM. For me Van Gogh is mesmerising and deeply moving. Always has been. Where others had Nirvana on posters at University I had "Pavement Cafe at Night".

I don't recall getting the same feeling - much as I love him - gazing at my youngest's earnest scribbles in a restaurant the other week

It's all in the feeling.

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