Oh yes - it is going to be really interesting to see how this is staged in Wahington. I really hope you enjoy it. The crowds will be better managed in Washington too! I have visited that wonderful gallery. Thank you for watching.

Thank you very much for the comment and for watching!

Thanks so much for watching. It means a huge amount to get comments like this. More certainly on the way as we enter the Autumn season!

I am really pleased you enjoyed the vlog and that it gave a you a sense. I found myself revisiting games that are no longer played as well. Do check out his website because it has all the films.

I very much hope you enjoyed the show. The more I have visited, the more I think 'what a great show.'

I haven't ever used Domestica but will have to look it up.

@@artgalleryexplorer I actually put this comment accidentally as there must have been a Domestica advertisement shown during this video. My apologies. But look them up I have done a few short courses with them to explore other mediums. I hope they don’t move to subscription only.

I read about that and wondered if she was on the notes right up until the adoption of the Euro? Thank you for watching.

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Thank you so much for watching and yes, a good point - we live in an age where it is much more acceptable to express personal tragedy openly than it was in the time of a 'stiff upper lip'.. I a glad you enjoyed the works. Interestingly, I read that Lavery himself wished he'd been a bit less of a people pleaser as he reached old age, a bit more 'difficult' with his art but he has left a vast legacy of works.

Apologies for the music - it is always an issue to try and pick the right music and I sometimes say in videos 'please press MUTE'! I am limited with copyright too. Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thank you for the comment and I will take that on board slow down the pans. I will usually post a still of the whole painting before panning, especially on 'portrait' style works so you can pause. I am glad you enjoyed the works.

Yes, the age of photography hangs over this period - especially for figurative painters such as Lavery. I to say, I found Sargent a more pleasing artist but that is just my taste, I guess.

The word that do ribs his painting is Twee. I bit to sweet for my taste.

@@rlund651 I hear you. I enjoy them as I do a beautifully shot period film, a nice refreshment from contemporary sensibilities.

They were not, absolutely and he is on record as saying he wished he'd been a bit more groundbreaking when reflecting on his career. Thank you for watching, as usual.

Thank you for watching. Behind the Red Moon was fantastic, wasn't it.

It certainly does - an incredibly powerful work for that reason.

The curator of the show is Joanna Moorhead who has written a book on Carrington and also curated previous exhibitions (including one before her death). She is also linked to West Dean College which is where Edward James, one of Leonora Carrington's biggest benefactors once lived (It is now a wonderful college of art, craft, writing etc) I have never met Joanna Moorhead but got the sense that this exhibition was conceived out of well meaning love for the artist. It is a small, rural gallery and I did feel this is all about showing an artist the gallery and curator love and feel shoulkdbe more widely known. I certainly didn't feel there anything cynical about it.

@@artgalleryexplorer thank you, nice additional context; curator, collections.

I got a thrill from seeing those wooden works. It was a missing link in understanding his development.

Thank you so much for the comment and yes, I agree - it is now much harder to think about surrealists without unjustly neglected women artists. I don't know if you were able to get to the Dorothea Tanning show back in 2019? (sadly before the vlog). it was a corker. Let's hope for a similar Carrington show. I am really glad I can bring the art world to you. Thank you for watching.

Thank you so much for watching. The curator of this exhibition (Joanna Moorhead) wrote that biography! I have not yet read it? Do you recommend it?

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Thank you so much for watching - hopefully there will be an even bigger show soon.

It is so good! Just pure, emotional connection, universal and positive. Let me know what you think and, for a full experience, hopefully you can give yourself a good amount of time.

@@artgalleryexplorer Very enjoyable, once I recovered from a moment's dread at the cacophony when entering. Particularly liked Imbu, which combines play with a positve purpose.

@@mattgriffiths7755 That was a highlight for me as well and kind of summed up his work in the Children's play series, didn't it? I'm glad you enjoyed.

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Isn't it a great show. I am so glad that you got to see it in the artists home country too - that must have been magical.

Very much so. It certainly kept her producing Surrealist works after most surrealists had died. Thank you for watching!

I, likewise, have not seen much of her in person so am really keen to see more. Thank you for watching.

Yes, in some ways she was very much in the surrealist mould (but a good one) but in other ways ahead of her time. I found myself wondering if that was why she was relatively neglected in her life time. Thank you for watching.

Really glad that you are out exploring art again. This was a good one to start with, wasn't it. Did you also see Roger Mayne?

@@artgalleryexplorer Yes, I viewed the Roger Mayne photographs as well. His work was new to me and I really enjoyed it, particularly the street play. I have since taken out membership of the Courtauld!

@@WendySmith-l8i Great news. It is one of the best in London and a wonderful sounding Monet show is coming up.

Oh brilliant. Worth the trip and if you have time, Petworth House makes it a smorgasbord of art. I hope you enjoy the show!

Definitely agree. I hope she gets the big retrospective which allows us to assess her properly. Thank you for watching.

That is a big statement. I need to see more work with my own eyes! Thank you for watching.

@@artgalleryexplorer Picasso has been drummed into people as a mythic figure at the expense of context and other artists around including those who influenced him, so it's hard to see him with fresh eyes. He's taught as the Uber artist trope. He just wore off on me some years ago. I find much of his work hackneyed. He was a brilliant self promoter and personally I find greater and more genuine depth and life in other artists!

@@Talentedtadpole I agree he has been so over exposed in major shows as a 'go to' modernist genius - there is another Picasso show coming along in London next year BUT.....I do love him at certain points in his output. It is great to explore artists who are less well known - especially because someone like Leonora Carrington is definitely not as appreciated as she should be.

Thank you so much for watching. I just hope there is a bigger showing of her work soon.

That is useful to hear. I must get that very early entry ticket next time there is a show on. My ticket was at 10.00am and by then, the queue just to get in was 45 minutes long and horrible inside but still really lovely to see.Monet's impressions. Thank you for watching.

Interesting comments. I think I have suffered, in the past, with over exposure as was less aware of the drawings. That directness you mention is very attractive. Thanks, as always, for watching.

Likewise, I had seen little of her. I've been reading around and think she deserves a bigger show which contains the oil works. Thank you for watching.

D'Oh! I forgot that show at Liverpool. I never went to see it but it sounded like the one I want to see now.

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These were a highlight for me too. It was hard to capture them because they are behind glass and reflections were bad but you certainly sense her teasing out ideas. Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thank you for watching and yes - it seems as the art world is catching up with you and her which is welcome.

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing. It means a huge amount, especially all the way from the States. You guys have so many great art museums (some of which I've visited but others - like the Chicago Institute of Art - which I have not and am keen to in the future) too. I will keep trying to cover any Old Master shows that come up here!

@@artgalleryexplorer I have a dear cousin that works at the Chicago Museum of Art and it’s a truly wonderful place to visit! We both earned our Master’s degrees in Library and Information Science and specialised in art history (my cousin), and I specialised in Medical and Health Sciences . We both graduated from the same University in Michigan, Wayne State University. I was very lucky that when I was earning my degree, there was tuition reimbursement at the hospital I worked at if you earned all A’s in every one of your classes. I don’t know how they do grades/ marks or measure how good someone does in the Universities in the UK, but my grades were top tier. I don’t think very many, if any employers do this kind of thing anymore in the US, but when we went to University to earn our Master’s degrees (graduate), the benefits you could get from employers were a lot better than what they are today. People don’t earn as much in a lot of jobs and they get less of a benefit package. Also, everything costs a lot more, so much more (especially in the last four years or so)! Sorry for the long reply!

@@loralouise3865 That must be a very special place for your cousin to work. Sadly, the expense of University has grown in the UK too over the last two and a half decades. While some employers (such as the military) do sponsor places, this is (like you say is happening in the US) increasingly rare in many fields. I feel sorry for the current generation.

It was so powerful, wasn't it? It is one I am returning to as well. Thank you for watching.

Very much so - it contains so much work it needs returning to.

I am hoping to bring some more El Anatsui very soon. Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much and I agree - she was very much at the start of performance art and her influence can be seen clearly in later artists such as Marina Abramovic. STILL underrated.

what a fkn disgusting racist, misogynistic thing to say about a woman. she isn't a black hole AT ALL. Fk the beatles. focus on her and her work.

Interesting comment and I would honestly say that Hans Holbein was one of the builders, bringing the Renaissance to England. Yes, the focus is on the historical figures but as an Art Lover, I went round this show with my gratitude for Hans renewed. There was a show focused totally on him at The Queens Gallery (now Kings Gallery) which gave him the spotlight he deserved. Thank you, as always, for watching. I am already feeling palpitations for the upcoming US election and I don't even live there!

@@artgalleryexplorer I’m aware of Holbein’s sponsorship by T. Cromwell in the Tudor court, and I believe, his association with the expatriate Dutch who did business with the aristocracy. In this Holbein is within those early impulses that contributed to progress. How do you see him in particular as a builder?

@@artgalleryexplorer re: the election, I wish the English and Canadians could vote in US elections. May as well, you English resemble Americans more and more.

Thank you for watching and commenting - I always try to have an open mind. I'm not an art critic as much as a reviewer of shows so always ask 'does this exhibition give a good representation of the artist?'

Thank you for watching and for your comment, Wendy. Profuse apologies for my delay in replying. A lot of these were unfamiliar to me too so really special.