Laura Gascoigne

Is Gauguin redeemable? No. Would he have wanted to be redeemed? Absolutely not

If you’re prepared to suspend conventional moral judgment, the artist's journals, now online at the Courtauld, are very entertaining

‘Return from the hunt’, traced monotype, part of the manuscript of ‘Avant et après’ by Paul Gauguin. Credit: © The Courtauld
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