Baziotes might be a good goalkeeper, the embowed forms could help him fly from one post to the other. His round shapes, fields of colour with light and agile movements would do the trick. The defence line should be strong and would surely feature Ad Reinhardt at the centre; reminiscent of Baresi, he could easily gallop forwards, merely appearing to be monochrome. You can picture him standing in the centre guiding...

I’d begin by discussing some attitudes in Manet’s practice that still make him relevant today, Olympia might come in handy for this purpose. Manet here wishes to update Titian (just as he will with Goya) bringing him to a register which isn’t courtly, but merely appears to be. In Olympia’s slanted eyeline we find Titian’s Venus of Urbino: imposing, sinuous and fleshy, with a black backdrop on the left and an...