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11th April 2023

Five days in Singapore

Dear friends and colleagues

“Has the war made it difficult for you to obtain foreign research reports?” asked...

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4th April 2023

Four Days in Bagiuo

Dear friends and colleagues

I went once, ten years ago, but this visit was very different because we now know people...

7th March 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

You may remember that in my letter 163 (10th March 2020) I talked of how a group of nine of the most important Manila galleries had become dissatisfied with the art fair (Art Fair Philippines or AFP) and started their own fair (ALT). “Is the art market here big enough to justify...

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14th February 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

As I have grown older I find myself reading obituaries more often. Sadly, I find myself writing them today. Last year two artists of South-east Asia died with whom I had worked...

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31st December 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

Alas, it is the last Tuesday of the month, not the first when you should have received the missive, but I have been ill. Or perhaps I should say “I realised I was ill.” I was...

6th December 2022

Dear friends and colleagues

I may be 71 now but I am still trying to educate myself. The last two years I have been working hard to better understand music and those who make it. I bought a brilliant biography of Beethoven by Jan Swafford and as I read that, I listened to all the music that Beethoven...

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8th November 2022

Dear friends and colleagues

To continue where I left off last week:

South-east Asian artists at Venice