At international darts competitions you don't see the dartboard closed, like you do in pubs, so you can't appreciate the detailed grisaille work on the backs of the wings.

In the better sort of pub you can walk all the way round the back, where there is more grisaille work, often another crucifixion, or SS Sebastian or Edmund.

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The outside back cover of my Penguin Classics Lorca describes the bilingual edition as "drawing on every book of poems published by Lorca and on his uncollected works". I blame the Chapman brothers.

posted at: 22:34 | path: /artism | permanent link to this entry

You will need a post-it note and one or two fluorescent highlighter pens. The results are very small, and in somewhat peculiar colours. Alternatively, find a south-facing pinboard, preferably a warm red, in a south-facing office, and leave a few large posters on it for a few years. Remove. You might want to leave some of the posters on for twice as long as the others.

posted at: 18:26 | path: /artism | permanent link to this entry

Les Six were composers, and Les Fauves were painters, but this doesn't help me remember which were which.

posted at: 18:26 | path: /artism | permanent link to this entry