~ ~ Thomas Hudson studio journal ~ ~
In his Spiked article, What has happened to art criticism?, J.J. Charlesworth investigates the decline of art criticism over the past 30 or so odd years. He misses professional, culturally alert, independent, and historically informed criticism. Criticism has been…
I read this laugh-out-loud piece in the NY Times. The blog post by Jeffrey Kindley is directed toward the college-age population of delicate hothouse plants who require trigger warnings on art and other cultural artifacts. Columbia…
For an artist, Nightcrawler is a fascinating movie. Nightcrawler, released in 2014 and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is about a bottom feeder, Lou Bloom (Gyllenhaal), who discovers the world of crime scene photo-journalism. Bloom, armed with…
David Hockney at 77 is still in the game. In a long, sympathetic article in The Guardian, Hockney maintains that he is and has always been a workaholic. I have no idea if that's true, of…
Julian Barnes writes about his love for art and art museums in The Guardian. One point he makes, one which I agree with, is that you can go your own way but you must come to…
I finally got Garth and Daryl Talking to the 'finishing stage' and lite the rocket. I determined to finish the painting in a single day, but after a day-long marathon it wasn't done, so I followed with a…
This is a pretty good photo of the unfinished Heated Discussion. It's at the 'get it finished any day now' stage. I enjoy working on details but sometimes I give them too much attention. The stuff…
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