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Views, that is. My slideshow/webtalk/video on Sean Scully is the latest one from the Meditations on Art to have passed 1,000 views on the You Tube channel I set up for them (it's called The Art Channel , in case you didn't know). Following close behind are the video talks (what should be the correct phrase?) on Jim Dine , Piero della Francesca , and Bill Viola . Meanwhile the Kara Walker video is steaming towards 2,000. Take that, You Tube videos of kittens!   Subscribe to Praeterita in a reader

The Guardian newspaper in London posted this interview with painter Sean Scully ( subject of one of my Meditations on art ), and they kindly permitted people to repost it:   Subscribe to Praeterita in a reader

British born artist Sean Scully is the subject of my 36th web-talk of the year. Looking at his paintings has the same optical effect as seeing Rothko's chapel paintings: deceptively simple abstract art that almost shimmers before the eyes because of the depth of tone.   Subscribe to Praeterita in a reader