Barcelona-born UK-based artist Miriam Escofet’s portrait of her mother, An Angel at my Table. winner of the prestigious 2018 BP Portrait Award. At R, a close-up

A bit of sunshine in your day ~ here’s a male olive-backed sunbird from the Philippines (photo: Domzjuniorwildlife)

This atmospheric, vertiginous wonder, the 1874 Cincinnati Public Library, was demolished in 1955, and replaced by a parking garage ~ but at least we can still enjoy it in these photographs

It’s remarkable how much of the detail of this painting by Raoul Dufy is just suggested or hinted at ~ Interior with Musical Instruments (1940)

2.5 million copies of the Keep Calm and Carry On poster were produced by the UK government in 1939, in preparation for WW2. However, it was never widely distributed & was withdrawn, only to become famous after a rare surviving original re-surfaced in 2000

Hi Jennifer, the painting is full of items suggesting the intellectual and religious issues of the time. Commentators are still arguing about the precise meaning

Great to hear you're enjoying the articles, Bruce!

Jennifer, very kind of you to say so!

Here’s Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors (1533). See that inconspicuous blue celestial globe on the tabletop, & the open book on the lower shelf? Now, at R, admire their extraordinary level of detail (not to mention that distorted skull in foreground) renaissance-art.tumblr.com/post/1660921...

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