In his essay The Tragic Myth of The Angelus of Millet, Salvador Dalí interprets Jean-Francois Millet’s 1859 painting of a farmer in the fields with his wife as a depiction of male castration in the shadow of female sexuality and death. Was this Dalí being playful? Surreal? Provocative? Or was there more to Millet’s work than […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
DALÍ AND PICASSO
In the land of small minds and minor talent, Dalí and Picasso were giants. They were men with visions wider than the horizon and the stamp they left on the 20th century remains indelible. Twenty years older and already the toast of Paris, Picasso one spring morning in 1928 opened the door to his studio in […]
TORY WAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Tory war on human rights will be raging across the tabloid press in the build up to the next general election. The Daily Mail and it’s partners in false news will be convincing voters that Britain is hostage to the European Convention on Human Rights and hope they fall for the deceit. What is the European Convention […]