It’s been forever since I did one of these. Such is the half dormant life of this blog. But anyway, the itch is still occasionally there so here we go.
The above video was made a few months ago to coincide with the opening of the Sansovino Frames exhibition at the National Gallery. We had just successfully acquired the beautiful Venetian (non-Sansovino) frame which now adorns Titian’s Allegory of Prudence, partly through crowdfunding, and which features in the clip. I think it encapsulates well some of the very real pleasures of working with great artworks: the fact that details count; the kind of holistic thinking the works demand of you when you plan their display; and not least the passion and expertise that they demand. I appear for a brief moment and contribute nothing, but do watch the video for the insight it gives into our framing department and the great work Peter Schade and his staff do there.
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Strannik i Information
I dagens bogtillæg til Information kan man læse min anmeldelse af Anna Rakhmanko og Mikkel Sommers dokumentariske Strannik, om en hjemløs mand der ernærer sig som MMA-kæmper i Moskva. Det er besk, indigneret dokumentarisme, dygtigt disponeret af den tegneseriedebuterende Rakhmanko og leveret med mere selvsikkerhed og mindre lir end vi er vant til fra Sommer. Bag den tredje dør her.