Back in the Saddle

Okay, I'm back from Venice. Having spent a week there last summer for the Biennale, I decided recently to do another week without the hassles of non-stop exhibition-going and blogging two or three times a day. I was still looking at art all day — it's a hard life — but it was nice not to have to do a thing with it other than take it in.

All the same, I had expected to post once or twice last week. That was before I ran into internet hook up problems at my otherwise agreeable hotel. Now that I'm back I won't burden you with my vacation pictures, but there are one or two things from that trip worth talking about. I'll get to those later this week.

Meanwhile, here's my review in this week's issue of Time of "El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III", the smart new show at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

St. Martin and the Beggar, El Greco, 1597-1599 / Image: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON