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18.8.2023
The Cardsharps, by Caravaggio, c1595Kimbell Art MuseumPortrait of May Sartoris, by Frederic Leighton, c1860Kimbell Art MuseumKay Kimbell (1886-1964), who made his vast wealth from grain and milling businesses, married Velma Fuller (1887-1982) in 1910. They created the Kimbell Art Foundation in 1936, along with Velma’s sister and her husband, Dr and Mrs Coleman Carter.In 1965 the first director Richard Brown and the Foundation…
Adolescent with severe untreated leprosy. Wellcome Library, LondonMany thanks to Will Self for cleverly reviewing a book that I would not have otherwise looked at. The medical images in Dr Richard Barnett's The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration (2014) were astonishing. The book was sourced from the Wellcome Trust and the pictures ranged from the Early Modern woodcuts, to…