Arts Minister Rebecca Pow has placed a temporary export bar on Claude Monet's 'Le Palais Ducal' in the hope that a UK buyer can be found to keep the work in the country.
Monet, who studied at The Hermitage Academy in Chester-le-Street, was asked to tell a special story about herself and she recounted a charity trip to India.
Monet, who studied atThe Hermitage Academyin Chester-le-Street, was asked to tell a special story about herself and she recounted a charity trip to India.
Monet suggests such paradoxes in the poem "ree ree ree," in which the speaker notes that in "the caves of our hoods," "brown and black girls" can both "wound and heal." We find the same compelling truth-in-contradiction in the poem "tomorrow," in which mothers teach the daughters not only to hurt and heal but to fight and love.
Using the graphic novel format to tell the life story of a painter is a natural choice and Efa's artwork echoes Monet's style in a compelling and beautiful way.