Sir John Everett Millais is an English painter, born in Southampton. He started to draw at the age of 4 years; and his parents supported his artistic inclinations, providing him with private art lessons with a Mr. Bessel. Encouraged by Mr. Bessel, the family came to London with an introduction to the President of the Royal Academy and in 1840 John Millais became the youngest student ever at the Academy. In 1846, he exhibited his Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru at the RA. Along … Continue reading →

Bottoms up Everyone knows her name, but no one knows how “good” Yoko Ono is as an artist. By Sam Taylor-Wood FROM: Monday February 2, 2004 The Guardian Bottoms, by Yoko Ono ‘Here is something that you see every day in the street – but unclothed.’ Bottoms, by Yoko Ono. Photo: Lenono PhotoArchive I first encountered Yoko Ono’s work at a big exhibition at the Riverside Gallery in London. It was some time in the late-1980s, when I was at art college. I liked her … Continue reading →

Salvador Dali Exhibit The Museum of Modern Art New York City The Persistance of Memory, 1931 Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art New York City Time is the theme here, from the melting watches to the decay implied by the swarming ants. The monstrous fleshy creature draped across the paintings center is an approximation of Dalís own face in profile. Mastering what he called “the usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling,” Dalí painted this work with “the most imperialist fury of precision,” but only, … Continue reading →

Layla by Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) Patricia Anne Boyd was a famous 60s model who starred as a schoolgirl in the Beatlemania flick, “A Hard Day’s Night.” She was probably the most famous muse of rock and roll in the 20th century.  The first of six children, she was born in Hampstead, England, but also lived in Kenya. Pattie moved to London in 1962, where she became a successful model. It was on the set of “A Hard Day’s Night” that Pattie first met George Harrison, … Continue reading →