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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Braved football crowds, mini-open-air raves, and an absurd pro-monarchy demo - nothing stops me from getting to this Schoenberg tonight!

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In case you thought the Victorians had a monopoly on ugly sentimentality, here’s a Melchior de la Mars painting of MM from c.1620.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On left, Savoldo’s richly curtained MM; on right, not MM - instead that’s Mary of Egypt unknown painter c.1430.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Monumental Mary Magdalene exhibition just opened at Städel Museum. Works from c.1100 to this century exploring the overlapping myths of arguably the second most persistently represented fictional character in western culture. (relief carving from Salerno cathedral, El Greco, Béraud, Böcklin).

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Deff want this chap as my bodyguard when it comes to the revolution.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ausschnitte aus Breughelland im Städel Museum.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Derek vs Derek sounds full of hope, showing that an obstinate uneducated reactionary can eventually be shown how a better path exists.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In 1832, workers in the Jainzen Valley were still subject to forced labour, forced tithes, working as subsistence farmers, in dangerous mining, or used as cheap labour building luxury hotels for rich people to “claim” the view of the valley. Makes the painting/its presentation quite disingenuous.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Historically-interesting Waldmüller landscapes at NG. Vibrant colours, odd brush technique. Striking composition in ‘Waterfall in Jainzen Valley’, 1832. Annoyed by forelock-tugging labels pompously announcing “this was entitled rich person x’s favourite view”.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Image on the right of course is Fuji-san, photographed by Asako Narahashi from her series ‘half awake and half asleep in the water’.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wide-ranging survey of Japanese women photographers since 1950. Good balance of genres & styles, though inevitably few works by each given space at Photographers’ Gallery. Not surprising, though still appalling, that a *40-volume* survey of “Japanese photography” in the 1990s only included men.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And now it’s a blank canvas…

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hi @britishmuseum.bsky.social it looks like the metal bar in front of the display case would prevent a wheelchair user even from getting anywhere close to the tapestry - is my interpretation correct of the image as posted today by Director Cullinan?

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There’s also question of display case signage, ideally tshould be on front edge of case at 45° and not in the case itself. It is complicated as you note for delicate objects, but I’m annoyed in this instance as I corresponded with the Museum and discussed in a phone call with them nearly a year ago.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

But in this case as the entire Tapestry appears to be nearly flat, I’m very concerned that many wheelchair users will see next to nothing.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also depends on the detail in the object, fine detail needs to be close to the front edge of the display, or in the right place on an incline. The difficult issue is for those with neck damage who are unable to tilt or turn their heads.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There’s a range of options including the height above floor of the top of a display case, using actual tables allowing wheelchairs to roll underneath (maybe those two are not compatible), shallowness of case, using a slight incline display where possible, lighting/glass etc.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I first raised this with @britishmuseum.bsky.social on 7 September 2025, following Director Cullinan’s use of the term “table” for the planned display.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Waiting for response from @britishmuseum.bsky.social regarding Tapestry visibility for wheelchair users. Initial media images suggest the display is near-horizontal, which rules out visibility for anyone with C1-C4 cervical injuries, with MND, or otherwise in a chair and unable to move their neck.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Much as one loves Scriabin, his Divine Poem doesn’t half thump the tub.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It doesn’t open till 2027, but those two were the key selling point a year in advance.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Grande left the cast some weeks ago, and hopefully she’s getting some good professional health support. J Bailey has now also dropped out. Huge opportunity for some lesser known actors to step in and smash it…out of the park (as they say, though I don’t use that phrase).

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Barbican’s ‘Sunday in the Park with No-one’ after both lead actors withdraw now looks like Seurat’s preliminary study:

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

6 November, London. La Bola Negra opens in cinemas.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think I know the former from ages back but will have a listen to both, thanks.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’ve only partly listened to the 5th, but I’m getting that same impression. There’s a passage at 2:26 in the second movement where the portamenti down to/up from the grace notes sounds like a drunken ondes player. Pity, as there are some gorgeous timbres generally.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

‘Der Sommer war sehr groß. Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren, und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.’ Rilke, Herbsttag, 1902.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Is Oto over for contemporary classical?

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

All at Baselitz: Back Again, White Cube Bermondsey, ends 30 August.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

L-R: Wo kommt die Musik her?; Nochmals zurück, Tango; Große schwarze Volksflügel; Es war hot. Baselitz, 2025.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sigmund fliegt mit Sex im Koffer, Baselitz, 2024.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve tracked down a Dancetime Publications DVD “How to Dance through Time vol IV” does anyone have a copy of that I could borrow please? Can’t find it online or in libraries. Or has anyone seen that release to say whether it’s worth importing?

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sad news that Blomstedt is too unwell for his Festival Hall Philharmonia concert in October.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When I spent time in Pernambuco I’d run out into the rain in t-shirt and swim shorts. Locals thought I was crazy, of course.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Looking forward to exploring Newington Green restaurants now it’s slightly less hot and easier for me to have an evening out. Have a list of 7 or so I want to try. Plus still not been to Lupa at the end of my own road.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A 500 word-limit is barely an abstract, let alone an essay, so I’m giving myself a Lilliputian pat on the back for being awarded runner-up in the Courtauld Summer School essay competition.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Fascinating reading about immigrant artist James Whistler being involved with an arms-running scheme for Chilean rebels.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Thanks, I’ll try that recording next. Would be great to have a complete recording of the CC.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Wish I’d never started reading about Baumol and Bowen, but what a pair of uncultured philistines they were.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Surprisingly hard to find full-length videos online of authentic French baroque menuets danced by a troupe.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Staggering amount of effort for something transient. But if it is a foundation for other work then there’s some longevity of the ideas?

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes there’s a strong case for them when used in artistic balance.

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Andrew Mitchell @chaconato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I couldn’t make that evening unfortunately. The lack of audience-building at Southbank means such performances usually have only one evening; wish it were otherwise. And happy to be convinced by a visual creator who does understand the music.

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