Phillips-Ewen
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Isla graduated with a first class BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge in 2018. Her specialisms were Art, Archaeology and the Roman poet Ovid. After graduation she spent a year in Japan, where she interned as a curatorial assistant at the Fukuoka Asian Arts Museum. Currently, Isla is studying for a History of Art MA in London (part-time). Professionally (full-time) Isla is based in Kent as a director of an educational charity and a teacher.
A Female Artist of the Edo Period: Nōguchi Shōhin
Nōguchi Shōhin (野口 小蘋) (1847–1917) was a leading Japanese painter from the Edo period (1603–1867). She was born in Osaka to a ...
Isla Phillips 28 September 2021
Beyond the National Gallery and Tate: Best London Art Museums
All of the art museums in London have free entry and also host excellent exhibitions worth their ticket prices. Some may be well known locations, and ...
Isla Phillips 25 September 2021
18th Century Aristocratic Marriage Like in the Bridgerton Series
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen is a huge triple portrait of the Montgomery sisters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It thematizes aristocratic marriage ...
Isla Phillips 18 February 2021
Unique Greek Geometric Art to See in Florida: Exhibition and Interview
In conversation with Dr. Michael Bennett, MFA Senior Curator of Early Western Art at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, we explore the world of ...
Isla Phillips 5 February 2021
The Pros and Cons of Maggie Hambling’s Mary Wollstonecraft
Maggie Hambling CBE (b. 1945) is a British artist who is rarely seen without a cigarette. She paints beautiful land and seascapes, has several ...
Isla Phillips 21 December 2020
The 12 Days of Christmas
In the spirit of the festive season, our gift to you is the 12 days of Christmas retold in artworks. The Twelve Days of Christmas is a carol with ...
Isla Phillips 25 December 2020
Circus and Jazz of Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a French artist famous for his use of colour. The Circus (below) is a colour stencil piece from Matisse's book ...
Isla Phillips 30 December 2020
The Art of Ekphrasis: 5 Novels that Deftly Describe Art
Describing works of art is an essential part of art history and even as a research method in itself. And yet, description is also often ...
Isla Phillips 2 November 2020
Stepping into the South of France with Picasso at BASTIAN
BASTIAN's exhibition Atelier Picasso in London (3rd September – 31st October 2020) evokes the mood and heat of Picasso's later years in the South ...
Isla Phillips 7 October 2020
The Louvre Pyramid and 5 Other Art Museums Designed by Ieoh Ming Pei
Ioh Ming Pei (貝聿銘) (1917-2019) was a Chinese American modernist architect with international acclaim. Exciting for art history ...
Isla Phillips 21 September 2020
