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Okay Paris

Okay Paris

This print, which went up in the shop a few weeks ago, is a bit of a development on from my Middle Class Protest posters. Where those are against...
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'Bacon en toutes lettres' at Centre Pompidou, Paris

'Bacon en toutes lettres' at Centre Pompidou, Paris

Visiting the Pompidou Centre's show of late-period Francis Bacon paintings.
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Unpublished Prints

Unpublished Prints

An ongoing series showing the prints you didn't get to see.
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Work In Progress

Work In Progress

Images from the studio, late September 2019.
Félix Vallotton at the Royal Academy

Félix Vallotton at the Royal Academy

The mini-exhibition of this Swiss artist’s work at the Royal Academy showed his graphic works were better than his paintings.

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HBO's 'Chernobyl' Typography

HBO's 'Chernobyl' Typography

A look into the typography of the HBO/Sky Atlantic miniseries 'Chernobyl'.
"Heroes" - Bowie's 1920s Berlin Movie Career

"Heroes" - Bowie's 1920s Berlin Movie Career

What happens when you fold artistic output and artistic influences back in on themselves?
Mozart & Me

Mozart & Me

A lucky bookshop find takes us back to the 1770s and the 1960s.
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Disaster Awaits

Disaster Awaits

Cartoon chaps who really should step away immediately.
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Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

A pleasantly colourful surprise
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Favourite Book Covers

Favourite Book Covers

Oasis frontman in rare manual labour appearance?
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Atlantic Rock

Atlantic Rock

Rocks as modernist artworks, all spotted at the edge of Europe.
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