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Ruth Philo
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First series of my podcast ‘A Geography of Colour’ - talking with a painter each month about their relationship with colour - as material, physical, emotional, sensory, symbolic & memory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... #art #podcast #colour #color #paint #painting
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This Saturday, 22 March 2025 is World Pigment Day! Founded by myself and Jo Volley @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social we are now 7 years old. Follow us on instagram #worldpigmentday
March 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Showing some ‘Pollen paintings’ in ‘This Year's Model: Part I’ @studio1.1_london show on until 2 February, open Thursday-Sunday 12-5 www.studio1-1.co.uk/this-years-m...
#painting #contemporaryart #exhibition #london
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Wishing you Happiness, Love and Peace at Christmas and in the New Year, Ruth X

Yaks grazing near Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan, September 2024

Instead of sending Christmas cards I am donating money to MAP - Medical Aid for Palestinians for their vital work in Gaza, Palestine and Lebanon 🕊️
December 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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"Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. But there is no such thing as a lone struggle, no such thing as a lone hope."

On this day in 1971, Neruda delivered his magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Against the Illusion of Separateness: Pablo Neruda’s Beautiful and Humanistic Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
“There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to rea…
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December 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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It's the last week of term, the timing could hardly be worse, but I am *so* looking forward to be taking part in the Silk Roads conference at the British Museum later this week. Tickets here: www.britishmuseum.org/events/silk-...
December 2, 2024 at 10:12 PM
First series of my podcast ‘A Geography of Colour’ - talking with a painter each month about their relationship with colour - as material, physical, emotional, sensory, symbolic & memory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... #art #podcast #colour #color #paint #painting
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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This magnificent letter from one artist to another remains the best advice you'll ever get on self-doubt in creative or entrepreneurial work
Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
“You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.”
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November 30, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Showing ‘Dance Tent’ at CAS Winter Exhibition at the Minories, Colchester, show
continues until 22 December Thursday - Sunday 10-4. It also includes a room of new acquisitions to the Permanent Collection.
November 30, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Show your
support! The struggle is long, but the resilience of the Palestinian people continues to inspire us. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free = In solidarity ...
#freepalestine #stopthegenocide
November 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Amazing autumn trip to the ochre fields in Provence, walking around Rousillon and Rustrel. Visited the Ecomusee de l'ocre & Bruoux Ochre Mines, vast expanses of every shade of ochre, a painter’s paradise!

#ochre #pigment #paint #roussillon #rustrel
November 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM