Jacob Willer

Jacob Willer is a painter, critic and historian of art, living in London.

2 Posts

Emotional Realism and The Enduring Art of Caravaggio

At a small auction house in Madrid there briefly appeared a very dark, very brown painting of Christ being presented to the people before his crucifixion: “ecce homo”, says Pilate—behold the man. A dirty old varnish obscures many of the painting’s finer details; but even so, art dealers

Jacob Willer

1 May 2021 · 9 min read

Old Masters Remix: A review of 'Life Death Rebirth', the Michaelangelo/Bill Viola exhibition at the Royal Academy

There is far more expression to be found in the Easter Island heads, than there is here.

Jacob Willer

14 Mar 2019 · 12 min read