Stories By Isla Phillips
21st century
The Louvre Pyramid and 5 Other Art Museums Designed by Ieoh Ming Pei
September 21, 2020Ioh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (1917-2019) was a Chinese American modernist architect with international acclaim. Exciting for art history fans, many of Pei’s buildings are art museums. This means you can visit the architecture and the artworks all in one...
21st century
Artist Interview: Anita Yan Wong and Lingnan Painting
August 19, 2020Lingnan style guo hua is an early 19th century style of Chinese painting, from Lingnan in the Southern region of China. Its origins are a revolutionary mix of new knowledge from both Japanese painting and Western art....
Ancient Greece
Timeless Beauty: Ancient Greek Athletes in Art
July 25, 2020The idea of timeless beauty is fascinating. Also, it’s a great concern for lovers of art history. Conceptions of beauty in Western art history have many roots in the ancient Greek athlete. This is partly due...
Art State of Mind
Football in Art and Art in Football
July 24, 2020Art History and Football are not commonly linked together. However football is a beloved and reflective part of culture. Firstly, artists choose to contemplate football to show their love for the beautiful game. Secondly, the art...
21st century
Artist Interview: Introducing Lauren Baker
July 21, 2020Lauren Baker (b. 1982) is an established multi-disciplinary artist based in London who creates significant, large-scale installations. Her work explores the human connection and the expansiveness of the universe. We asked Lauren about her art and inspiration! Overall...
21st century
How to Start Living off Art: An Interview with Illustrator Cait Mack
July 18, 2020Cait Mack is an illustrator, climber, and mountain lover based in Bristol in the UK. She is an artist who creates vibrant and unique paintings and is starting out on making a living from her art....
21st century
Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus
June 19, 2020Kara Elizabeth Walker (1969 – ) is an American contemporary artist. She is known as a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, and film-maker. Last year (2019) she made the Fons Americanus a large scale public sculpture...
21st century
An Interview with Emily Thomas
May 25, 2020Emily Thomas is a 24 year old, British, emerging artist. At first glance, her bright and vibrant sculptural work is distinctive and abstract. In a previous article, Exploring Place with Emily Thomas, we looked at Thomas’ artworks...
21st century
Rainbows for the NHS and Damien Hirst
May 11, 2020Since lockdown came into effect in the UK, people have been putting rainbows on display to show love for key-workers. An inherent sign of hope, these rainbows are bringing joy as well as art to the...
20th century
Exploring Place with Emily Thomas
April 17, 2020Emily Thomas is a 24 years old, British emerging artist. Her bright and vibrant sculptural work is distinctive and abstract at first glance. However, it is also richly embedded in a sense of place. In this...
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Edgar Degas and His Most Beautiful Ballerinas
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Fifty Shades of Dr. Pozzi
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Botero and His Characteristic Chubby Style: Boterism
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Autumn Moon in Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Nighthawks as Memes – Edward Hopper’s Best Renditions
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The Lifelike Death Fayum Portraits of Roman Egypt
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Painting of the Week: Firs Zhuravlev, A Fashionista Wife
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Where Is Van Gogh’s Biggest Art Collection Outside of Amsterdam? In the Kröller-Müller Museum!
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Allegories of Autumn – A Top Ten of Sensational Symbolic Artworks
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Traversing the Unseen: Interview with Multi-Media Artist Sara Osebold
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Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
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The Forgotten Couturier Elsa Schiaparelli: Surrealism, Art and Revolutionary Fashion
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Kyra Nijinsky: Portrait of a Dancer
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“They Are Black Because I’m Not White” Portraits By Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
