A Door to Another World
I have loved Jan Van Eyck’s riddling Arnolfini Wedding Portrait — beautiful and disturbing in equal measure — since I first laid eyes on it…
Read MoreMirror, Mirror on the Wall
Where are you, Jan Van Eyck? In the mirror’s reflection, you can see beyond the bride and groom, into an open doorway…
Read MoreJan Van Eyck Was Here
“Jan Van Eyck was here”: the presence promised by the artist’s riddling signature on the Arnolfini Portrait raises about as many questions as a Banksy…
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Occasional musings about stories, history, art, ideas, and the adventures of a writer's life...
