John Paddison – the Quiet Stone-Carver
John 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...
Guest Profile 19 October 2019
Art Forms
Filmmaking is like Painting – Andrzej Wajda as a Painter
Ladies and Gentlemen, and now I will speak in Polish… – the famous words Polish director Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) said while receiving...
Judyta Dąbrowska 17 October 2019
The Artistic Inspiration of Balenciaga
Cristóbal Balenciaga was the “Master of us all,” as Christian Dior said, and a “couturier in the truest sense of the word,”...
Errika Gerakiti 15 October 2019
Beatles and Biennales – the Life and Times of Robyn Denny
In a grim and conservative post-war Britain, Robyn Denny burst onto the art scene like a Holi festival colour bomb. He arrived at art school in...
Candy Bedworth 3 October 2019
The Largest Mural on Earth
Early Fall, for students around the world, means one thing: back to school, back to writing papers, and exam preparations. For students of the...
Alicja Gluszek 16 September 2019
Lakshmi in Art. The Goddess of Wealth
Lakshmi is a prominent Hindu deity who is also revered by Buddhists and Jains. Her eminent position in the Hindu pantheon emanates not only from...
Maya M. Tola 12 September 2019
Venus Vincit Omnia. Venus in Art
Venus (also known by her Greek name Aphrodite) is the Goddess of Love. We’ve explored some famous Venus’ here. Next, Velázquez’s...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 September 2019
Five Indian Modern Sculptors
Modernism in India did straddle, sneaking lopsided avenue from the ancient to the present. The post-colonial art is typically mentioned as Modern art...
Urvi Chheda 7 September 2019
Through Scissors and Shadows: The Art and Films of Lotte Reiniger
Late one night while struggling with a bit of insomnia, I was channel surfing. I came across a stunning and hypnotic, silent, animated film that was...
Nadine Waldmann 31 August 2019
The Last Craftsman. Exploring Henry van de Velde and the Passage of Modernism
Until 1972, the Museen zu Berlin exhibited, among other things, a teapot and its accompanying set. From above, the teapot is around 22 centimetres...
Geoffrey Bunting 30 August 2019
The Poetry in Painting — Turner’s Ovid in Exile
This petite (9.46 x 12.50 cm) oil on canvas by J.M.W. Turner contains big things: big landscapes, big stories and big skies. It is an imagined scene...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 26 August 2019
Miniature Paintings of the Mughal Empire
The Mughals descended from a lineage of formidable conquerors such as Genghis Khan and Amir Timur. They were themselves the most dominant force in...
Maya M. Tola 23 August 2019
