A list of works of art that I saw in a museum or gallery (rather than on the internet or in a book) that drew me towards art or transformed my ideas about art:
‘Pieta’ (1499), by Michelangelo
‘The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian’ (1867-69) by Manet
‘La Romeria de San Isidro’ (1819-23) by Goya
‘Man with a Guitar’ (1911) by Braque
‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ (1907) by Picasso
‘Deutschlands Geisteshelden’ (1973), by Anselm Kiefer
‘The Three Crosses’ (1653), etching by Rembrandt
‘Australia’ (1951), by David Smith
‘Limehouse Basin’ (1990), by Jock McFadyen
‘Altar to the Chases High School’ (1987), by Christian Boltanski
What pictures changed your life in some way?
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