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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Peter Doig

Peter Doig’s canvas at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis in Rome.

Until Sept 21
Via dei Vascellari, 69, 00153 Roma RM

“I am trying to create something that is questionable,” says the Scottish painter Peter Doig, “something that is difficult, if not impossible, to put into words.” Doig achieves that wordless magic, but how he does it is the question. A painter of landscapes and figures, Doig’s art balances precariously between image and atmosphere. His sense of color is incantatory. Hidden inside this church, a single work by the artist is on view. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Daniele Molajoli © Courtesy of the artist and Sant’Andrea de Scaphis