Stories By Candy Bedworth
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20th century
Lee Krasner and the Art of Starting Over
June 11, 2019Lee Krasner’s name has become much more widely known in recent years. Often referred to as the wife of Jackson Pollock, she was, of course, a great artist in her own right. The Barbican Gallery in...
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dailyart
Painting of the Week: Paula Modersohn Becker, Reclining Mother and Child II
June 2, 2019Does any image say primal love more than this powerful painting by Paula Modersohn Becker? As we head into International Children’s Day, it seems right to make Painting of the Week one that includes not just...
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21st century
Geek Art
May 25, 2019The geek-art community has an affluent and acquisitive sub culture that has a seemingly insatiable thirst for paintings, models and sculptures. Pop culture, fantasy literature, comic books, manga, sci fi and cult movies – all of...
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dailyart
In Silent Expectation – Another Place by Antony Gormley
May 11, 2019Driving out of Liverpool, past run-down warehouses and dockside cranes, I wonder if I’ve taken a wrong turn. But 10 minutes later I see signs to ‘Another Place’ and pull in to a desolate, wind-whipped car...
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Art State of Mind
Apollo and Daphne #metoo
April 24, 2019In Ovid’s poem Metamorphoses, boastful, arrogant God Apollo is mad with love for the virginal river nymph Daphne after being shot with a golden arrow by Eros. Daphne however wishes to remain unmarried and spurns him....
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Ancient
Sacred Signs – Prehistoric Sculpture
April 9, 2019It seems that forming figurative shapes out of natural materials has always been with us. As humans developed, a bigger, more sophisticated brain allowed for more processing power and higher functions such as language and creative...
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Art State of Mind
Moondance. Full Moon in Painting
March 21, 2019This week sees the Vernal Equinox, when those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere start to tilt towards the sun. The days begin to get longer, and Spring beckons. At the same time we...
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20th century
Kyffin’s Women
March 15, 2019Sir Kyffin Williams (1918-2006) is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century. His paintings have become part of the visual iconography of the country. He is best known for his thick...
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20th century
Arenig School. Wild Bohemians and Welsh Mountains
February 19, 2019A rollicking adventure with the Arenig School of automatic painting starring Augustus John, James Dickson Innes and Derwent Lees. Arenig Fawr is a majestic mountain in Snowdonia in Wales. Between 1911 and 1913 three unconventional artists...
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20th century
Making Meaning: Charlotte Salomon Painting Her Childhood
February 9, 2019The artist Charlotte Salomon was tragically killed in the gas chamber at Auschwitz at the age of 26, whilst 5 months pregnant. She left behind two legacies: a beautiful collection of her paintings and a fascinating story....
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