A new series explores intimate encounters with a single work of art. This week, we look at Sandro Botticelli’s “Paradiso” (1480–1495).
Michael Glover
Michael Glover is a Sheffield-born, Cambridge-educated, London-based poet and art critic, and poetry editor of The Tablet. He has written regularly for the Independent, the Times, the Financial Times, the New Statesman and the Economist. He has also been a London correspondent for ARTNews, New York. His latest books are: Late Days (2018), Hypothetical May Morning (2018), Neo Rauch (2019), The Book of Extremities (2019), What You Do With Days (2019) and John Ruskin: a dictionary (2019).
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Titian, in the Harsh Light of Day
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My Argument With Andy Warhol
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The Modernist Revolution Along the British Coast
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The Disturbing, Enthralling, Pitiless Steve McQueen
The serious-minded artist-cum-filmmaker is enjoying a full retrospective at Tate Modern.
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Henry Moore, Bill Brandt, and Where They Intersect
Throwing together a sculptor and photographer and hoping for a spark.
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The Makings of Madonnas
The peculiarities of pregnancy in art, from corsets to belly pads and hidden bumps.
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The Perfectly Imperfect Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry, the celebrated potter, is indefatigable on the subject of himself.
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Longing to Know More About David Bomberg, Who Blazed Like a Comet Through London’s Stuffy Art Scene
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters, presented in a finite form, could have been so much bigger, more ambitious, and more intellectually adventurous.
