Kit Buchan

Oct 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kit Buchan

It’s a fantasy dinner party for the ages: Queen Victoria seated between Pocahontas and Cleopatra; Catherine the Great sharing a table with Helen of Troy. This was the vision behind the so-called Famous Women Dinner Service, a collection of hand-painted china plates, created in 1932 by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and soon to be displayed in full as part of a major exhibition of Bell’s work.

Sep 28, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kit Buchan

From Piet Mondrian’s plain white smudge to the vivid flourishes of Egon Schiele, the palettes artists use to create their masterpieces are mysterious, vibrant creations in their own right (Picasso’s palette from 1961 recently fetched £56,250 at auction despite being made of cardboard). Fifty of these small artworks, smeared with their owners’ personalised spectrum of paint, have now been collected in a new book, many of them for the first time.

Apr 7, 2024 | msn.com | Kit Buchan

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Apr 7, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kit Buchan

A teenage Telemachus sets out from Ithaca in search of the father he idolises, tracing the trail Odysseus has taken on his return from the Trojan War. Through the eyes of this impetuous schoolboy (Shaka Kalokoh), we re-encounter the familiar faces from Homer’s epic – Polyphemus, Calypso, Circe, Tiresias – each teaching him a valuable lesson, and all conjured with relish by the versatile Cash Holland.

Feb 24, 2024 | msn.com | Kit Buchan

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