Kate Bush and Musical Ekphrasis
"This is somebody who's not afraid of ...being a door between the world of books and the world of rock" Neil Gaiman on Kate Bush.
W.H. Auden – Musee des Beaux Arts and The Fall of Icarus
Musee des Beaux Arts W. H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else…
Keat’s Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery…
Metamorphosis: Diana & Actaeon
Short film sponsored by Credit Suisse, brings Titian's 'Diana and Actaeon' to life and wins a Cannes Golden Lion...
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
One of the best examples of contemporary ekphrasis in recent years was the 2012 project at The National Gallery curated by Carol Plazzotta and sponsored by Credit Suisse, 'Metamorphosis: Titian 2012' that ran from 11 July – 23 September 2012 in the Sainsbury wing at The National Gallery in London.