The world’s news media setting up their gazebos for pieces to camera with the Houses of Parliament in the background. Nice that they’ve come from all over the globe to provide their billions of viewers with live updates of the renovation work. #housesofparliament #london #broadcasting #news #ob #outsidebroadcast #tvnews #london #embankment #southbank #journalism #gazebo #howitsdone #renovation #livetv (at London, United Kingdom)
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Another meisterwerk from my easel. #painting #lettering #oilpainting #art #artist #textart #bigletters #stormy
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Warning: only John Bolton is allowed to speak to the operator. #sign #confusingsignage #pictogram #lift #elevator #symbol #instructions
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Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the release of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ album. But what if it had been written as a collection of novels instead of songs…? #simonandgarfunkel #bridgeovertroubledwater #books #bookstagram #gift #giftideas #gifts #poster #print #art #bookcollector #recordcollector #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #shelfie #anniversary
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Happy birthday to Virginia Woolf, born #OTD in 1882. These prints, along with others in our Great Writers & Recession Books series, is available from the Standard Designs website and Etsy shop. Tap the images to go to the main site or follow the link in my bio. #virginiawoolf #greatwriters #portrait #print #mrsdalloway #tothelighthouse #books #bookworm #bookstagram #reader #writing #anniversary #birthday #etsy #etsyshop #etsysellersofinstagram #standarddesigns
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I’m feeling there’s an implied message here, Lego, am I right? #rebuildtheworld #lego #advertising #display #design #copywriting #slogan #toys
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RIP Terry Jones. I wish I still had our copy of ‘Dr Fegg’s Encyclopeadia Of ALL World Knowledge (formerly The Nasty Book)’. I will forever chortle at the idea of staying at a camp site and renaming one’s dog Cholera. #terryjones #forever
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Even though I love Graham Sutherland’s work, I’m finding this book very heavy going. Maybe it’s appropriate though: this dense prose is the way books on art *used* to be written in the mid 20th century, their somewhat non sequitur aperçus handed down from on high. Still, one must plough on if only to see if the butler did it. #grahamsutherland #art #artist #modernart #romanticart #landscape #landscapeart #artcritic #artcriticism #midcentury #biography
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With Bacon himself on vibes, it’s the Francis Bacon Trio live. Print available from the Standard Designs shop. Tap the image to go there. #francisbacon #painting #painter #artist #jazz #vibes #concertposter #gigposter #alberthall #royalalberthall
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On Monday it’s the 45th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan’s towering Blood On The Tracks. This print of it transformed into books is available from standarddesigns.co.uk - tap the image to go there. #bobdylan #bloodonthetracks #album #classicalbum #dylanfans #bobdylanfan #1975 #anniversary #print #homedecor #printmaking #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #paperback #retro #vintage
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Unusually for me I collected only a few bits of ephemera in Paris last week. Normally I’d be squirrelling every last printed napkin and sweet wrapper into my bag. But there was art to be seen and only so many hours in the day. #quickmarch #daytrip #paris #france #ephemera #ephemeracollection #tickets #metro #delaunay #lesphilosophes #mariagefrères #centrepompidou #daytriptoparis #design
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Loving this quintessential late ‘50s/early ‘60s typography. Exhibition invites, as seen at @tate Britain. #grotesque #type #typography #font #design #graphicdesign #tate #tatebritain #exhibition #invite #1950s #1960s
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Early Adam Driver publicity shot. #rennaissance #painting #medieval #art #portrait #portraiture #adamdriver #starwars #kyloren #marriagestory #oscars #publicity
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A dolls-house-sized recreation of Francis Bacon’s famously grotty studio in the show at the Pompidou Centre. Amazing. And it sits in the exhibition without any fanfare, just in a dark bit next to a screen where they’re showing the David Sylvester interviews. #francisbacon #art #pompidoucentre #centrepompidou #painting #modernart #modernism #studio #model #scalemodel #dollhouse #miniature (at Centre Pompidou)
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Aaaaaand it’s back to work. #monday #standarddesigns #newprints #print #printmaking #albumsasbooks #penguinbooks #booklover #pelicanbooks #adobe #photoshop #2020
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‘Les Regards’ by Christian Boltanski at @centrepompidou - no matter which space you walk to, you’re always surrounded by four pairs of eyes… looking at you… exhilarating stuff. #christianboltanski #centrepompidou #pompidoucentre #art #artist #exhibition #exposition #paris #eyes #installation (at Centre Pompidou)
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When Kraftwerk’s promotional strategy went all “urban planning”. #kraftwerk #promotion #marketing #electronicmusic #electronica #german #manholecovers #themodel
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The Christian Boltanski exhibition at @centrepompidou is so superb. Extraordinarily well-staged. It’s one of those shows where photos will never do it justice, it just has to be experienced. #pompidoucentre #centrepompidou #exhibition #exposition #christianboltanski #art #contemporaryart #artcontemporain #installation #ephemera #artist #paris #france (at Centre Pompidou)
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The Francis Bacon show at @centrepompidou focuses on the period from the 1970s to his death in the 1990s. Seen individually they can appear a bit poor, but seen together like this you realise how deeply odd they are. Plus in the 1980s he started using spray cans, and when seen in reproduction these paintings look a bit too smooth, but in real life there’s so much texture. The show’s fantastic. #francisbacon #art #exhibition #painting #artist #modernart #figurativeart #figurativepainting #spraycan #paris #gallery #centrepompidou #pompidoucentre (at Centre Pompidou)
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Over to Paris yesterday on a day trip to see the Late Francis Bacon and Christian Boltanski exhibitions at the @centrepompidou . Both shows are absolute knockouts. #francisbacon #christianboltanski #painting #installation #art #artist #gallery #paris #pompidou #centrepompidou #museum #modernart #contemporaryart (at Centre Pompidou)
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“Hello darkness my old friend…” #discontinued #light #lamp #shopping #simonandgarfunkel #paulsimon #artgarfunkel #lyrics #thesoundofsilence
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Today’s the last full day of my Boxing Day sale. Get 20% off all prints including this lovely range of posters reimagining Carry On Film Actors as Modern Artists. Visit standarddesigns.co.uk or tap the images to go there directly. #standarddesigns #boxingdaysale #sale #bargain #art #poster #print #printmaking #movies #films #carryon #carryonfilms #comedy #britishcomedy #homedecor #movieposter #filmposter #sidjames #hattiejacques #joansims #kennethwilliams #bernardbresslaw #modernart #modernism #exhibition
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Robert Smith is now available in liquid form #thecure #cure #robertsmith #packaging #tin #tindrum #diy #roofing #indie #goth #emo #display #shopping
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Why these guys get a hefty pension fund boost on this day every year, while my single ‘Yodelling First Of January” brings in virtually nothing, I’ll never understand. #u2 #newyearsday #2020 #single #record #recording #airplay #yodelling
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