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Architecture
In Search of the Round Table: Arthurian Wall Paintings
January 24, 2020The Great Hall of Winchester Castle is all that remains of the Medieval castle constructed by William the Conqueror in the years following the Battle of Hastings. In the thirteenth century, Henry III built there one...
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20th century
The Joy of Lucian Freud. The Self-portraits
December 27, 2019Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is regarded as the pre-eminent British figurative painter of the last sixty years. Francis Bacon, two decades older, and David Hockney, a decade younger, are his main rivals. For years I hated Freud’s...
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21st century
Ugly Cities Transformed
December 13, 2019Seeing a place, object or person through the eyes of an artist can change our perception of the subject of the artwork. So, if art is such a powerful and emotional medium, can we use art...
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Contemporary Art
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine at the Annenberg Space for Photography
November 13, 2019“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” Robert Frost begins. His poem Mending Walls is emblazoned next to the entrance, setting the tone for the Annenberg Space for Photography’s latest exhibition. Even before stepping inside,...
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19th Century
Painting of the Week: John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shallot
November 10, 2019Elaine, the white lady of Shallot’s island, portrayed by John William Waterhouse is locked in a tower where she is only able to see the world through a mirror and recreate life through the weaving of...
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20th century
The Works of Yves Klein: Lover of Blue
October 22, 2019Yves Klein was born in late April of 1928 in Nice, France. His mother, Marie Raymond, was a renowned member of the Art Informel movement, which involved abstract styles and gesture painting. His father, Fred Klein,...
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dailyart
John Paddison – the Quiet Stone-Carver
October 19, 2019John Paddison was a celebrated stone carver in the tradition of Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill, but his name is not as well known. Paddison was born in Wolverhampton, England in 1929. He studied initially at...
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20th century
Magdalena Rădulescu – a Romanian Woman Painter
October 18, 2019Magdalena Rădulescu (1902- 1983) is a singular phenomenon among the Romanian and European painters. Her work (she had an artistic career spanning half a century) has, of course, common traits with that of other contemporary painters,...
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20th century
Make Everywhere Our New York: Keith Haring Exhibition to Inspire Liverpool Millennials
September 17, 2019Why do Keith Haring’s works still matter in 2019? With Brexit approaching the deadline, Tate Liverpool welcomes the first major exhibition in the UK of Keith Haring. Here are some highlights at the exhibition that Liverpool...
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Art Travels
All These Knights in Shining Armour. Funerary Art of Medieval England
September 2, 2019What do Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have in common with a tiny village in Lincolnshire, England? Say “Disney” and you get suspiciously close to “d’Isigny”. And there it is, the connection we are looking for....
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