Wayne Connolly

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17. Madonna and Child between Saints Catherine and Mary Magdalene by Giovanni Bellini, c1490

I went to Venice and saw loads of stuff. Then I saw this, the one that stopped me in my tracks.

Put him in a room full of CO2 with a pot plant. See how they get on.

He could chuck the ball a long way, but I don't remember it helping much.

A skiff?

It was a pleasure really

Just walked past someone who had worked a night shift at the 24 hour Tesco and I was terrified

I tried on a pair of these Smart Glasses in a shop last week. They feel cheap and look stupid. Surely no one is going to want to walk around looking like an idiot, unless of course they are an idiot.

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16. Half the air in a given space by Martin Creed

Another non-painting, an installation I saw and plunged into in Leeds City Gallery in 2000. The most fun I've ever had in an art gallery.

I didn’t know that but it doesn’t surprise me. She knew more about art and art history than people give her credit for.

Beryl Cook waves two happy fingers at the arbiters of good taste #SwillyAggro

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15. Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent, 1892

Sargent was the absolute master of light and texture, but the added erotic charge of this hits me every time I see it in the Scottish National Gallery.

Is it like disposable razors? Next time triples and in 2034 five in a stack?

Many people deride Beryl Cook, but if some early 20thC French bloke painted this they’d say he was a primitivist genius

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14. The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt, 1665-9

In hospital, waking from a general anaesthetic, I had such an intense vision of this painting. I could see every brushstroke as clearly as if I'd painted it myself.

Orange album covets

I blame Wetherspoons

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13. Charles V by Rubens, 1603-5 (after Titian)

In the Spanish Gallery in Bishop Auckland, which brought me back to the world after too much illness. Come on one of my guided tours and I'll tell you some stories.

And men looking for style tips to sort out their poor wardrobe choices

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12. Head of EOWii by Frank Auerbach, 1961

I first saw this in 1980 and didn't like it all. I still don't 'like' it but it won't let me go.

Interesting - that’s new to me

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11. Bethlehem by Edward Lear

When I was a student I met a woman (relative of a friend) who owned several pictures by Edward Lear. I'd never seen art in anyone's home before. You mean that's really yours?

Yawn

I think they should have to take a dog with them as well and throw sticks for them

Apparently the package that Evri are supposed to deliver to me today has been ‘damaged beyond repair’ and will not arrive at all. It’s a pair of boots, for godsakes, what can they have done to them?!

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10. N is for Neville by Edward Gorey, from the Gashlycrumb Tinies, 1963

I discovered Gorey's work in the Gotham Book Mart in New York thirty years ago and I've never forgotten poor Neville.

Sheer beauty

Wonderful news, Orla. An even brighter day...

Artist Andy Goldsworthy on gathering gravestones: This is my best work yet For years he was overlooked by the art world - now he's been approached to create a piece for a new art prize.

And by coincidence here’s Andy Goldsworthy in the BBC news today, still producing great work after so many years

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9. Wall by Andy Goldsworthy at the Storm King Art Centre, New York

Not a painting, but I drove all the way from Montreal to see this.