An Ode to Autumn with John Everett Millais
Autumn weather can be unpredictable. Some days the earth looks cut out of crystal; the sky is a milky blue, and the sunlight is sparkling and golden.
Hannah Demaine 2 November 2019
Art Forms
Billie Bond’s Kintsugi: The Crack Is Where the Light Gets in
Kintsugi (金継ぎ translates as "gold joinery") is a Japanese art form and philosophy of repairing broken or cracked pottery with gold or silver...
Nadine Waldmann 30 October 2019
The Art in Friends TV Series
Who doesn't love Friends? Without a doubt, it is one of the most watched and most loved TV series in history. We all know about this group of best...
Errika Gerakiti 29 October 2019
The Festival of Diwali Through Art
Diwali or Deepawali is an ancient festival and arguably the most important of all Hindu holidays. It is the third day of a five-day-long...
Maya Tola 26 October 2019
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
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 an honorary...
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," according to Coco...
Errika Gerakiti 15 October 2019
Demystifying Cycladic Figurines
Cycladic figurines have a mythical aura. Their gleaming abstract forms speak of timeless beauty. But what actually are they? Why do they look like a...
Isla Phillips 9 October 2019
100 Years of Bauhaus. It’s Dance Time: The Triadic Ballet
2019 celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus. Widely known for their iconic design and contributions to the art world, Bauhaus concepts also extended into...
Nadine Waldmann 5 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
I Know What I Am. A Fascinating Graphic Novel about Artemisia Gentileschi
The riveting life story of Baroque's most famous woman painter - Artemisia Gentileschi. Told and shown by Gina Siciliano in her beautifully published...
Joanna Kaszubowska 2 October 2019
Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl, Walter Gropius, and the Women of the Bauhaus
The women of the Bauhaus, attracted to the school by a lie, were marginalised by its male masters and forced into a single workshop. Under the...
Geoffrey Bunting 26 September 2019
