Frans Hals : Portraits, Portraits, Portraits (or The People vs Jonathan Jones)

🙂 Frans Hals has been a strangely polarizing figure in popular art criticism since the late 1960s, particularly in the UK. But is there more to him than a lively touch? Painting Nerds looks at Jonathan Jones’s recent, dismissive review of Hals at the National Gallery… 🎸 Music by Chris Amer: http://www.chrisamer.com #hals #portraits #theguardian #art #rijksmuseum #nationalgallery #paulthomasanderson #talkingheads London Christmas 2023 footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvu69gDkYWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDM0fL82pFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9ihtG14DA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFNPCBap2do Artists Jamie Limond and Samuel O'Donnell are Painting Nerds: making short films about looking, thinking and engaging critically with painting. 🤝 Donate: https://www.paypal.me/thepaintingnerds 📷 Instagram: Painting Nerds: https://www.instagram.com/painting_nerds/ Jamie Limond: https://www.instagram.com/limondjg1993/ Samuel O'Donnell: https://www.instagram.com/samuel_odonnell/