The Excellency of Every Art

'The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.'

John Keats
Miro, The Farm, 1921-22

Miro, The Farm, 1921-22

Andy Warhol, Jackie (1964)

Andy Warhol, Jackie (1964)

Pablo Picasso, Three Dancers, 1925

Pablo Picasso, Three Dancers, 1925

Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman in Red Armchair, 1932

Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman in Red Armchair, 1932

Egon Schiele, Two Women Embracing, 1915

Egon Schiele, Two Women Embracing, 1915

Egon Schiele, Woman with Bent Knee, 1917

Egon Schiele, Woman with Bent Knee, 1917

Kanye West album cover for Graduation by Takashi Murakami.

Kanye West album cover for Graduation by Takashi Murakami.

Rothko’s Seagram murals at Tate Modern, 2008.

Rothko’s Seagram murals at Tate Modern, 2008.