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

Easter Sepulchre, Lincoln Cathedral 1895.

Lantern slide by Frederick Evans.

Happy Easter

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.

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...

Flower No.5, 1998, 5x4 inch polaroid made as a poetic elegy for JG Ballard’s The Garden of Time. I originally showed it placed next to/opposite my portraits of houses exhibited Kettle’s Yard and EAST 1999. The photographer—woodworker—storyteller Graham Smith made the frame.

The last pool..

Richters, Millar and a Moreton… it just rolls off the tongue.. almost

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

Happy Birthday Sol LeWitt, 1928-2007.

Photograph by Jack Robinson
Sol LeWitt, New York August 1969

Wall Drawing #370, 1982

Happy birthday ❤️

IM Derek Jarman

Monday 19 February 1990

I counted 77 blooms on the early daffodils I planted two years ago. They are multiplying very slowly. At the water’s edge the sea kale is sprouting. The plants have small leaves of two or three inches; they are a deep purple.

Modern Nature —

These self-portraits too.

Henri Fantin-Latour—happy birthday, 1836.

These three paintings this Sunday morning..

Lilas, 1872
Still Life with Roses and Fruit, 1863
A favourite—Yellow Roses, 1883 from Southampton City Art Gallery

I love these works by Li Yuan-Chia, Dom Sylvester Houédard and David Nash..

Visiting Kettle’s Yard last week after a far too long absence to see the Li Yuan-Chia show, I was reminded how very beautiful—and beautifully poignant St Peter’s church is—which I remember Michael Harrison showing me 25 years ago. Jim Ede left such a legacy.