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Author: Julia Johnson

Getting to the truth

Posted on May 22, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms, Tate Liverpool, until 18th September, £12 (including Maria Lassnig) […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Bacon, culture, Francis Bacon, Liverpool2 Comments

No invisible voice

Posted on May 21, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Maria Lassnig, Tate Liverpool, until 18th September, £12 (included with Francis Bacon entry) […]

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Let’s Talk About It #4: Into a new world

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Julia Johnson

“Art is what you can get away with.” […]

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Messy Lines goes to Light Night

Posted on May 14, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

I really, really like living in Liverpool.  For a relatively small city there’s so much cultural activity going on that sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. […]

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Let’s Talk About It #3: The Raphael thing

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Julia Johnson

I will admit that my path through Art History in this series seems somewhat random […]

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Attention to detail

Posted on May 8, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty & Rebellion, Walker Art Gallery, until 5th June, £7 […]

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Let’s Talk About It #2: Big massive shark

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Julia Johnson

One of the first pieces of art I have a memory of, I remember seeing this on the news when I was about 4.
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Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, conceptual, Hirst, shark2 Comments

Uncomfortable truths

Posted on May 1, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Double Act: Art and Comedy, The Bluecoat, until 19th June, free

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Let’s talk about it #1: Harmony in Red

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Julia Johnson

Red.  Somebody more knowledgeable than me about psychology could write their own blog post about the emotive powers of the colour.  […]

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“A Snail?!” and other questions

Posted on April 25, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Matisse in Focus, Tate Liverpool, ends 2nd May, free

“I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.” […]

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