Q Marks the Spot 136 (February 2020)

Sacred Treasure

• This is an extraordinary story that reads like a whodunnit: the stolen early manuscript of Mark? (long read but worth it)
• I’m an unashamed John Dickson fan – his new book on the historical Jesus looks great: here he argues 1% of evidence for Jesus is enough
• Paul Eddy, writing on Psephizo, gives a helpful overview of the differences between when Billy Graham brought his BGEA to the UK and his son Franklin’s – and why the 2020 event is so divisive.

Topical Treasure

• A powerful account of the danger of corrupting power even for idealists – from a surprising source…
• Mars after 7 years of the Curiosity Rover
• So Brexit has happened – I still feel it is a colossal, potentially disastrous, mistake. But hey ho. We’ve got to muddle through. In the best British tradition, we can do it by laughing. (HT SadAndUseless.com)
  • Brexit Gifs
  • Anti-Brexit Protest Signs
  • Twitter reactions

Gallery Treasure

• This is truly amazing: Paris’s art galleries have worked together to put hi-def images of their collections online for free – just wow!

So I thought it might be fun to gather up a range of other galleries around the world (inspired by a smaller list on of My Modern Met)

• Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
• Netherlands: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Russia: Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
• Spain: The Prado, Madrid
• UK: British Library, London
• UK: British Museum, London
• UK: National Gallery, London
• UK: National Portrait Gallery, London
• UK: Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
• UK: Tate Galleries, London etc
• UK: Wallace Collection, London
• USA: Barnes Collection, Philadelphia
• USA: Guggenheim, NY
• USA: LACMA, Los Angeles
• USA: Metropolitan Museum, NY
• USA: National Gallery of Art, DC
• USA: New York Public Library
• World: A vast collection of Watercolours from around the world

Quirky Treasure

• Quite late to this particular party, but it’s fun (NB apostrophe). Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell for linguistic transgressions
• Portraits of Bedouin from 1898 – incredibly arresting photographs
• Gorgeous – two albino sisters, 12 years apart, pose for photos
• When you’re filming a rainbow and up pops a whale!!