My favorite part? Flora’s uncanny ability to pose as a dime store mannequin whilst delivering this tutorial. Yikes.
@floravesterberg646Күн бұрын
Thank you for a wonderful morning in The Courtauld Gallery
@vernetify13 күн бұрын
Not even a mention of the great silver ! Why not ?
@PRODUCINGAKINDGENERATION17 күн бұрын
last of a dying breed, a wonderfully raw and blunt creative. thank you Frank!
@cryptopunk773624 күн бұрын
Love the porn music, very erotic
@irenaresman5138Ай бұрын
Monet - flowers, Manet - women.
@stuartwray6175Ай бұрын
The National Arts Club - wigging out: fake hair that made real history.
@TheSauceyJackАй бұрын
Wish the music wasn’t so loud, other than that would love to see more of these with Bill.
@dala967Ай бұрын
It shows that you're doing watercolors now...there's a new "transparency" with your oil work, which isn't typical of oil painting. Your work remains vital and alive, it is truly a delight to keep watching you evolve as a painter. THUMBS UP.
@dianaharrison2280Ай бұрын
An excellent insight into the beliefs and aims of the man who formed this amazing art collection. The Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House is my favourite gallery whenever visiting London, highly recommended. Greetings from Israel
@jamesmurphy1389Ай бұрын
Illuminating exposition, accusations of aesthetic plagiary notwithstanding... That said, I'm not sure cities - with all their moral ambivalence, violence and exploitation - were 'invented' in the post-industrial age! Denizens of the dens of iniquity in ancient Naples, Athens and Rome enjoyed debauchery at last equal to, if not greater than, modern Paris and London. After all, one could not go on a daily basis and see people killed for fun in sports stadia in those North European metropolises. One other grouch: this is the Courtauld, and yet, with all the facilities at your disposal, you forget to shoot this movie 'short' on the right camera setting!? C- on the report card. Could and should do much better. 😎 PPS - by the soppy modern euphemism 'sex-worker' one assumes you mean prostitute.
@rawhan8602Ай бұрын
Finally a curator that knows what he is talking about great video
@themarquis336Ай бұрын
Really? You can’t think of a room with a greater collection French Impressionist works of art? Does the word Orsay ring a bell to you? For Christ’s sake…
@Flaubertine-wn9jkАй бұрын
While it's true that the Musée d'Orsay's whole collection is greater, AGD is speaking here about a single room (this is the continuation of an earlier video where he discusses the other works) - and in that regard, he is quite probably correct. It's also considerably less crowded, and you can actually spend longer looking without recourse to pointy elbows,
@themarquis336Ай бұрын
@@Flaubertine-wn9jk A. He’s not talking about crowds and the walking-around experience, he’s talking very specifically about the quality of a collection of works of art. There is no greater impressionist collection than the one at Orsay, that’s a well known fact to people who actually know about art and museum. B. I’m not talking about Orsay’s “whole collection”, I’m talking about impressionism. And there is a “single room” dedicated to their impressionist collection (which you’ve clearly never visited). What he says is simply not true. If you’re going to try to correct someone publicly, at least make sure you actually know more than them.
@Flaubertine-wn9jkАй бұрын
@@themarquis336 There's really no need to be rude. As a matter of fact, I was at the Musée d'Orsay three weeks ago to see the Paris 1874 exhibition and visited the main Impressionist collection as well while I was there - and I've been many times before. It is undeniable: their collection - only rivaled by the Met's - is the greatest, and most extensive, collection of Impressionist works anywhere on earth. It's also true that it is housed in a series of large, interconnected galleries that would take a good fifteen minutes just to walk through; and that's not counting other Impressionist works dotted throughout the museum. The Courtauld's collection, by contrast, is now housed in two rooms at the top of the building: a small gallery containing Manet's sketch for Le dejeuner sur l'herbe, and works by Degas and Renoir amongst others. The larger room - itself not huge by museum standards - houses, of course, the Bar at the Folies-Bergère, but also major paintings by Monet, Seurat, Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Gauguin. For its size - which is Andrew Graham Dixon's key point - it has one of the greatest concentrations of masterpieces, and provides an astonishing overview of the best of French painting from 1870 to around 1910. Perhaps you should visit it some day? You might learn something - but probably not humility.
@claureicАй бұрын
it would be good if you did not just parrot what t j clark already brilliantly wrote about it and gave your own take on the painting, though
@huwprice881Ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to attend a private viewing at the Courtauld, it's such a fabulous collection and setting. I didn't do much in the way of 'circulating', but stood captivated by this and many other masterpieces.
@cinnamon6248Ай бұрын
what a magical man he is. amazing video
@dansmith49842 ай бұрын
Great Video of a legendary woman
@artful19672 ай бұрын
Why is he not presenting a whole series on art? I could, and would, watch him delivering this kind of information daily. National treasure.
@skirlaugh1002 ай бұрын
Please dont tell too many people ,I like London the way it used to be .Not with millions of people taking selfies!!!
@theotherandrew55403 ай бұрын
Go to the Tretyakova galleries or the Hermitage, they will really blow your mind!
@mikaelwerner13 ай бұрын
Brilliant! I love cake...and art...mostly cake.
@pinkpanther70303 ай бұрын
But you can have a cake at home. Don't you know how to bake😂
@JohnVeltheer3 ай бұрын
legend
@pinkpanther70303 ай бұрын
Whoo is legend? Bill or Courtauld's art😁
@ericericson35353 ай бұрын
He has that ability, which all British actors have, to act in dramatic and comedic works with the same level of excellence.
@chrishyde12163 ай бұрын
Can we have more Bill presenting please. Just anything. And there's a strong chance you will bump into Bill, as he's often out and about. I saw him once sitting outside a cafe in central London, not hidden away but relaxing there out the front of a cafe. Gave me a nice friendly smile. I will be visiting the Courtauld, because of Bill.
@opticalmixing233 ай бұрын
That's a masterpiece!
@MargAbbottYou3 ай бұрын
Love Bill Nighy here, and the Courtauld looks gorgeous - but the music is too loud! (And that's coming from a musician/composer!!!) 😂
@mariaroca57623 ай бұрын
Love, love this man
@sandrayuen94973 ай бұрын
How wonderful! Now on my bucket list. Thank you Bill! 😊
@CyberBeep_kenshi3 ай бұрын
Reminds menof the doctor who scene.
@lenakarlova76643 ай бұрын
me too!
@shankarbalakrishnan23603 ай бұрын
❤❤🎉🎉 art stays with u
@HunterLanden-fn5of3 ай бұрын
In a world where we look less and less at more and more. He is a sanctuary of vision and process.
@Bikeaddict42353 ай бұрын
Fabulous, should have been at least an hour long
@HomerSparkle4 ай бұрын
OK I'm going just for the cake.
@donnarogers77324 ай бұрын
I'm grateful to Mr Night for showing us this gallery. It's the only way I will ever be able to catch a glimpse of beautiful are Work from centuries past. So much in my life I've Missed. Too late to travel. Thank you. 🇺🇲🙏🇬🇧
@ryanimpink134 ай бұрын
I love these works that look so simple at a glance, "it's just a barmaid at a bar" until an expert points out these little details that make you go "ahhhhhh". Nice vídeo!
@user-nc2kz2mn5v4 ай бұрын
Somerset House is that where they used to house the birth and marriage certificates?
@splodge57143 ай бұрын
Yes.
@user-nc2kz2mn5v3 ай бұрын
@@splodge5714 Thank you.
@tanyamccann17474 ай бұрын
Thanks, Bill
@Whytoknow424 ай бұрын
Hi👋👋😊😊
@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek4 ай бұрын
Brilliant and Beautiful!!!!
@vivienneflint65214 ай бұрын
A wonderful advertisement for the gallery by a true English gentleman. So enjoyable. I will definitely make time to visit the next time I am in London.
@russellhayton63784 ай бұрын
That staircase is a work of art
@gigibenea35294 ай бұрын
The blue 🔵 is amazing
@DJKSB583 ай бұрын
The impeccably dressed elegant Bill Nighy walking up that exquisite staircase took my breath away ! Poetry in motion
@markbriggs55314 ай бұрын
Forgive my ignorance but would anyone be kind enough to enlighten me as to the music composer and piece. My dearly departed father used to play this on the record player on a Sunday after a round of golf. It brings back fond memories.
@ballskin4 ай бұрын
Edvard Grieg - Anitra's Dance
@markbriggs55314 ай бұрын
@@ballskinThank you so much for your kind response. I shall enjoy this very much.
@philipmcbride12754 ай бұрын
Bill is such a treasure!
@KHasan-de6yq4 ай бұрын
Bill Nighy….my man
@genevievedolan12884 ай бұрын
How much is the entrance fee for the Courtauld? Anyone know? (Some of my favorite paintings are there, so I am sure it’s worth it)
@splodge57143 ай бұрын
£10.
@helenp68804 ай бұрын
No Women painters??? As usual
@cristinavianna78714 ай бұрын
And lovely scones
@susanparsons93654 ай бұрын
What is wrong with his hands?
@andrewweis58574 ай бұрын
I was delighted to find this astonishing work in the gallery when I last visited.
@Demetri4504 ай бұрын
Islamic metalwork! 😂 Is anything in their musuems specifically British?
@ballskin4 ай бұрын
Yup, it's just simpletons don't like to pay attention to British history.