Guy Moreton
@guymoreton.bsky.social
Artist, researcher. Associate Professor & Deputy Dean, School of Creative Industries, Southampton Solent University UK.
https://contemporaryartsociety.org/artists/guy-moreton
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Candy-pink brushstrokes, in Piles of French Novels, Van Gogh, 1887
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Candy-pink brushstrokes, in Piles of French Novels, Van Gogh, 1887
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Coming everyday next week, on Radio 4, Hayden Lorimer's expanded vision of our work on wintering well and SAD. The nights are fair drawing in www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Winter Well
A survival guide to winter, offering advice on how to get through the dark months.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Coming everyday next week, on Radio 4, Hayden Lorimer's expanded vision of our work on wintering well and SAD. The nights are fair drawing in www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
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this is widely thought to be because on the current trajectory no one believes there will be any people, culture, or environments to measure in 2029
Important REF 2029 news: new people, culture and environment element set to have its weighting reduced, @resprofnews.bsky.social @chrisjparr.bsky.social learn.
Sector leaders had raised concerns about what they saw as delays/lack of clarity on PCE.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Sector leaders had raised concerns about what they saw as delays/lack of clarity on PCE.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Research culture element of REF 2029 set to be shrunk - Research Professional News
New ‘4-star plus’ research rating also being considered by Research Excellence Framework team, briefings suggest
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
this is widely thought to be because on the current trajectory no one believes there will be any people, culture, or environments to measure in 2029
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Starbank
We follow the sun
into the corner
of the garden.
When the shadow
comes we know (with-
out knowing) to
slowly walk ’til
we find it (or
were we letting
it find us), again?
Finding (without
looking), and looking
(without finding), may-
be a beautiful way
of living (of loving).
We follow the sun
into the corner
of the garden.
When the shadow
comes we know (with-
out knowing) to
slowly walk ’til
we find it (or
were we letting
it find us), again?
Finding (without
looking), and looking
(without finding), may-
be a beautiful way
of living (of loving).
July 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Starbank
We follow the sun
into the corner
of the garden.
When the shadow
comes we know (with-
out knowing) to
slowly walk ’til
we find it (or
were we letting
it find us), again?
Finding (without
looking), and looking
(without finding), may-
be a beautiful way
of living (of loving).
We follow the sun
into the corner
of the garden.
When the shadow
comes we know (with-
out knowing) to
slowly walk ’til
we find it (or
were we letting
it find us), again?
Finding (without
looking), and looking
(without finding), may-
be a beautiful way
of living (of loving).
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Tacita Dean, Majesty, 2006 #artbots #tate
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133995
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133995
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tacita Dean, Majesty, 2006 #artbots #tate
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133995
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133995
It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists.
Moriz Nähr’s portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein, nd 1930s, and LW118, the ruins of the LW house in Skjolden, Norway 2001-2005.
Happy Birthday Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951
Moriz Nähr’s portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein, nd 1930s, and LW118, the ruins of the LW house in Skjolden, Norway 2001-2005.
Happy Birthday Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951
April 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists.
Moriz Nähr’s portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein, nd 1930s, and LW118, the ruins of the LW house in Skjolden, Norway 2001-2005.
Happy Birthday Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951
Moriz Nähr’s portrait of Ludwig Wittgenstein, nd 1930s, and LW118, the ruins of the LW house in Skjolden, Norway 2001-2005.
Happy Birthday Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951
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Alec Finlay's recollections of his early life at Stonypath, published in the May issue of 'The World of Interiors', is now available online (saving you buying a copy, or finding a branch of WHSmiths to read it for nothing).
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/ian-ha...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/ian-ha...
Poet Ian Hamilton Finlay’s sacred garden inscribed the Scottish landscape with verse
The garden Ian Hamilton Finlay created in Scotland’s Pentland Hills represented a hankering for his lost childhood, as the poet’s own son, Alec Finlay, remembers
www.worldofinteriors.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Alec Finlay's recollections of his early life at Stonypath, published in the May issue of 'The World of Interiors', is now available online (saving you buying a copy, or finding a branch of WHSmiths to read it for nothing).
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/ian-ha...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/ian-ha...
Easter Sepulchre, Lincoln Cathedral 1895.
Lantern slide by Frederick Evans.
Happy Easter
Lantern slide by Frederick Evans.
Happy Easter
April 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Easter Sepulchre, Lincoln Cathedral 1895.
Lantern slide by Frederick Evans.
Happy Easter
Lantern slide by Frederick Evans.
Happy Easter
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Join us 30 May for an afternoon of readings, discussion & display celebrating artist books & visual poetry.
Verse Verso brings together poets, artists, curators & more to explore the material word today.
Book now → warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/verse...
#VisualPoetry #ArtistBooks
Verse Verso brings together poets, artists, curators & more to explore the material word today.
Book now → warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/verse...
#VisualPoetry #ArtistBooks
Verse Verso: Visual Poetry and Artist Books
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April 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Join us 30 May for an afternoon of readings, discussion & display celebrating artist books & visual poetry.
Verse Verso brings together poets, artists, curators & more to explore the material word today.
Book now → warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/verse...
#VisualPoetry #ArtistBooks
Verse Verso brings together poets, artists, curators & more to explore the material word today.
Book now → warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/verse...
#VisualPoetry #ArtistBooks
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I’m showing some works in ‘Cabane’ in Le Delta, Belgium, opening this Friday until 20 July 2025 with Atelier Van Lieshout, James Benning, Gregory Crewdson, Hrein Fridfinnsson, Nathalie du Pasquier, Ryan Gander, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Sophie Nys, Joanna Piotrowska et al; curated by Anaël Lejeune.
April 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m showing some works in ‘Cabane’ in Le Delta, Belgium, opening this Friday until 20 July 2025 with Atelier Van Lieshout, James Benning, Gregory Crewdson, Hrein Fridfinnsson, Nathalie du Pasquier, Ryan Gander, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Sophie Nys, Joanna Piotrowska et al; curated by Anaël Lejeune.
I’m showing some works in ‘Cabane’ in Le Delta, Belgium, opening this Friday until 20 July 2025 with Atelier Van Lieshout, James Benning, Gregory Crewdson, Hrein Fridfinnsson, Nathalie du Pasquier, Ryan Gander, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Sophie Nys, Joanna Piotrowska et al; curated by Anaël Lejeune.
April 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m showing some works in ‘Cabane’ in Le Delta, Belgium, opening this Friday until 20 July 2025 with Atelier Van Lieshout, James Benning, Gregory Crewdson, Hrein Fridfinnsson, Nathalie du Pasquier, Ryan Gander, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Sophie Nys, Joanna Piotrowska et al; curated by Anaël Lejeune.
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Thomas Gainsborough, Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church, 1779 #artbots #tate
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112567
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112567
March 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thomas Gainsborough, Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church, 1779 #artbots #tate
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112567
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112567
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A rare interview with W.G. Sebald by the brilliant James Wood, in July, 1997 (when Sebald’s only book in English was The Emigrants).
It was from a series called The Writer, The Work, hosted by the PEN American Center, New York.
brickmag.com/an-interview...
It was from a series called The Writer, The Work, hosted by the PEN American Center, New York.
brickmag.com/an-interview...
March 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A rare interview with W.G. Sebald by the brilliant James Wood, in July, 1997 (when Sebald’s only book in English was The Emigrants).
It was from a series called The Writer, The Work, hosted by the PEN American Center, New York.
brickmag.com/an-interview...
It was from a series called The Writer, The Work, hosted by the PEN American Center, New York.
brickmag.com/an-interview...
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What a turn up…an unexpected problem with Munch’s portraits…https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/16/edvard-munch-portraits-national-portrait-gallery-london-review
Edvard Munch Portraits review – in search of the master of jealousy, neurosis and despair
There are some tremendous works in this first UK show focused solely on the Norwegian artist’s vast output of portraits – but the omissions are glaring
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What a turn up…an unexpected problem with Munch’s portraits…https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/16/edvard-munch-portraits-national-portrait-gallery-london-review
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who
will be right
in the end, who
will have fathomed
the right. Of chance they sing
descending. Of chance.
And the winds blow.
And the motives hiss.
‘The Falling’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
will be right
in the end, who
will have fathomed
the right. Of chance they sing
descending. Of chance.
And the winds blow.
And the motives hiss.
‘The Falling’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘The Falling’
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
who
will be right
in the end, who
will have fathomed
the right. Of chance they sing
descending. Of chance.
And the winds blow.
And the motives hiss.
‘The Falling’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
will be right
in the end, who
will have fathomed
the right. Of chance they sing
descending. Of chance.
And the winds blow.
And the motives hiss.
‘The Falling’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A profoundly moving—and at times touchingly funny—but very beautiful portrait of Julian’s mum who has Alzheimer’s (& no or very little memory) by @julianlass.com just broadcast on Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A profoundly moving—and at times touchingly funny—but very beautiful portrait of Julian’s mum who has Alzheimer’s (& no or very little memory) by @julianlass.com just broadcast on Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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‘Ramon described the hidden landscape in the Lütken portrait as “a mystery left by Munch only for the sharpened minds.”’
There should be more hidden landscapes like this. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
There should be more hidden landscapes like this. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Rediscovered Munch painting with ‘intriguing mystery’ to go on display in UK for first time
Striking image will be unveiled at National Portrait Gallery in March, as part of a major exhibition of the Norwegian master’s portraits
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
‘Ramon described the hidden landscape in the Lütken portrait as “a mystery left by Munch only for the sharpened minds.”’
There should be more hidden landscapes like this. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
There should be more hidden landscapes like this. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The present order is the disorder of the future."
– Ian Hamilton Finlay
The poet, artist, and garden designer afloat at Little Sparta, Pentland Hills, Scotland, 1996.
Photo by Robin Gillanders.
– Ian Hamilton Finlay
The poet, artist, and garden designer afloat at Little Sparta, Pentland Hills, Scotland, 1996.
Photo by Robin Gillanders.
January 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The present order is the disorder of the future."
– Ian Hamilton Finlay
The poet, artist, and garden designer afloat at Little Sparta, Pentland Hills, Scotland, 1996.
Photo by Robin Gillanders.
– Ian Hamilton Finlay
The poet, artist, and garden designer afloat at Little Sparta, Pentland Hills, Scotland, 1996.
Photo by Robin Gillanders.
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Little Sparta from the air.
January 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Little Sparta from the air.
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I have lost faith
in space, depth, dimension, completion,
in the act of moving through the world in one piece.
In being one piece.
‘Outside the Work’, a poem by Lavinia Greenlaw: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
in space, depth, dimension, completion,
in the act of moving through the world in one piece.
In being one piece.
‘Outside the Work’, a poem by Lavinia Greenlaw: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lavinia Greenlaw · Poem: ‘Outside the Work’
www.lrb.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I have lost faith
in space, depth, dimension, completion,
in the act of moving through the world in one piece.
In being one piece.
‘Outside the Work’, a poem by Lavinia Greenlaw: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
in space, depth, dimension, completion,
in the act of moving through the world in one piece.
In being one piece.
‘Outside the Work’, a poem by Lavinia Greenlaw: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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‘It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it didn’t feel like that. Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica were far away. The worry, however, was that the Altadena fire would spread.’
Colm Tóibín writes from LA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín writes from LA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín · In LA
www.lrb.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
‘It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it didn’t feel like that. Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica were far away. The worry, however, was that the Altadena fire would spread.’
Colm Tóibín writes from LA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín writes from LA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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T. S. Eliot died on this day in 1965. This photograph showing his empty desk was taken at the Faber office on Russell Square the day after Eliot's death.
January 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
T. S. Eliot died on this day in 1965. This photograph showing his empty desk was taken at the Faber office on Russell Square the day after Eliot's death.
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A warm welcome to new friends and followers on Bluesky! Barns-Graham's lovely ink and wash drawing from 1991- 'Linear Meditation 3'. You can find a lot more about Barns-Graham on our website here - https://buff.ly/4gKpVXe
December 23, 2024 at 11:03 AM
A warm welcome to new friends and followers on Bluesky! Barns-Graham's lovely ink and wash drawing from 1991- 'Linear Meditation 3'. You can find a lot more about Barns-Graham on our website here - https://buff.ly/4gKpVXe