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How Michelangelo's Taddei tondo got to Britain: Sir George Beaumont shelled out £1,500 for it




For some guests, Michelangelo's Taddei tondo one of the star displays of the National Gallery's Michelangelo and Sebastiano appear in London will be a disclosure. For me, this remarkable credit from the Royal Academy's perpetual gathering gives an opportunity to share, and shed light on, a noteworthy work by this transcending Renaissance virtuoso, which I have long had an energy for, and which is the focal point of my new book regarding the matter.

The account, as well, is surprisingly alive for such a delicate subject: the baby St John a shadowy, dynamic figure holds out a vacillating winged animal, which startles the Christ youngster as he lays on his mom's lap. Christ appears to be torn between his common motivation to wince and even take off (truth be told, he nearly pushes himself out of the sculptural space) and being drawn overpoweringly towards John's cumbersome advertising.




Coming soon in visual arts: From Australia to Margate




Australia: so much to see, so far to travel. Hence the most satisfying thing about this autumn's calendar is news that a bunch of top curators have edited 200 years of the nation's art and are delivering it to our doorsteps for £14 a ticket. Australia at the Royal Academy, London (21 Sept to 8 Dec), features work by settlers and indigenous people and, best of all, includes four paintings from Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly series, the source of much mythology and fame.

Other big institutions in the capital are lining up their autumn blockbusters too. Art Under Attack (Tate Britain, 2 Oct to 5 Jan) examines 500 years of assaults on work for religious, political or aesthetic reasons. Meanwhile, Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 (National Gallery, 9 Oct to 12 Jan) promises a Sachertorte of works by Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka and sits well alongside Tate Modern's Paul Klee (16 Oct to 9 Mar).

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