Obituary

Turner's old warship being tugged to the breakers became the image of graceful obsolescence — the past being pulled away by the future. It died when 'the good old days' stopped being a compliment and became a eulogy.

Portrait: J. M. W. Turner · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2016

Died

2020

Cause of death

Towed away by time

Last sighting

A 'me at 30' post, 2020

Resting place

Section L, Row 1

Category

art