Art-Hounds

Above: A Private View of the Royal Academy 1881, painted by William Powell Frith in 1883. In the excellent English literature book I had at the Liceo Scientifico, this stunning artwork illustrated the chapter dedicated to Oscar Wilde. How I wish I could visit museums in his company!

Friday 13th November 2026, 4:30 P. M.

Père-Lachaise, Paris.

Neighbours, Friends, Art-Hounds...

When I walked away, I opened YouTube for some music and the first suggestion was a new fan made video by Morrissey Unofficial Videos with the song Art-Hounds (music by Boz Boorer) released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of World Peace is None of your Business (2014).

Soon after, the Art-Hounds unofficial video has been shared on Morrissey Central.

There are various art and film references, an AI-animated Morrissey from the Ringleader of the Tormentors' era who does look like Morrissey, and the current band members as Easter eggs: Carmen Vandenberg and Camila Grey fit better to the paintings, while Jesse Tobias, Juan Galeano and Matthew Walker are (maybe on purpose, as the fan videomaker seems skille) badly copied-and-pasted.

I would like to know from which film is taken the scene with the fat lady at the restaurant: is it from Woody Allen's 1984 black-and-white film Broadway Danny Rose? I have never watched it and when I searched on YouTube the Carnegie Deli, where some scenes of fhe movie were filmed, I had to stop searching because the only results were videos with horrible meat sandwiches. This famous carnivores restaurant is closed now and I surely do not regret it.

Vera da Pozzo

Paris, 13.11.2026

Photo and short article by me; painting by William Powell Frith.

Article published on Saturday morning, as both my phone battery and my own battery were too low last night. I fell asleep like an toddler. :)

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