Daily* Art Tripper

100 artworks from public collections around the UK (but not London) posted over 100 days. Selections made from Art UK website. The choices are personal, with no attempt to be representative, fair or balanced. Begun 17 May, completed 24 August 2020. 83 artists (76 M, 7 F); 38 towns and cities. Most popular artwork (on social media) – Nash, “Wood on the Downs”; 2 Rembrandt, “Carcase of an Ox”; 3= Auerbach, Bacon, Hepworth, Lichtenstein, Linke, Nash, Ravilious, Van Es. My favourite: Joan Mitchell.

Daily* Art Tripper

Monday, 6 July 2020

Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679), "A Dragon-fly, two Moths, a Spider and some Beetles, with wild Strawberries", early 1650s (The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford)

Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679) (circle of), "Still Life with Cheese", c1650 (The Holburne Museum, Bath)