Time to blow out the candles! To celebrate Dad's birthday, this week he takes the reins and presents a mixed pack of artworks created by artists from vastly different schools and time periods (including Dad's infamous bête noire, Picasso). We discuss Dad's secret addiction, the French Revolution, hearing colours and the challenges of modernity. See images here!

Works discussed:

Composition 8, Wassily Kandinsky, 1923

Group X/Altarpiece, Hilma af Klint, 1915

Yellow - Red - Blue, Wassily Kandinsky, 1925

The Guitar Player, Pablo Picasso, 1910

The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso, 1903

Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1782

Girl in a Straw Hat, Rubens, c. 1625

Seven A.M., Edward Hopper, 1948

Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942

Office in a Small City, Edward Hopper, 1953

Music from Uppbeat.