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 26 August 2019
Art Forms
An Introduction to Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan is a Korean born international artist, whose work is key to the Mono-ha movement. If you have ever been lucky enough to encounter a Lee Ufan...
Isla Phillips 21 August 2019
History of Venetian Carnival Masks
It is not a surprise that every carnival, regardless of its country origin or other characteristics, is traditionally associated with Venetian...
Guest Profile 16 August 2019
TAKIS: the Greek Genius that Altered the Course of Post-war Sculpture
After Takis' passing away on 9 August 2019, and with his largest exhibition yet in the UK at Tate, it is important to know about the great Greek...
Errika Gerakiti 15 August 2019
A Secret Revealed in a Dresden Vermeer
Back in 2019, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) announced an exciting new...
Alexandra Kiely 31 July 2019
Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine
Andreas Gursky’s Rhine is an interesting piece that tells the transformation of a real-life picture into an abstract work of art. The move towards...
Michel Rutten 26 July 2019
Japan’s Art Island – Naoshima
Over the next year Japan will be hosting the Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics, expecting visitors from all over the world. If you’re an art...
Isla Phillips 23 July 2019
Pierre Bonnard: Bringing Color to Life
When I was writing the article about the Nabis, I came across the past Tate exhibition on Pierre Bonnard which closed in May 2019. Let’s...
Magda Michalska 22 July 2019
Bold Is Beautiful – a Guide to Spotting a Ravinder Reddy Sculpture
Ravinder Reddy (b. 1956) is a contemporary Indian sculptor. His sculptures of women are now some of the most recognisable examples of contemporary...
Isla Phillips 20 July 2019
Art in Film: Mrs Lowry and Son
Chris Dobson reviews 'Mrs Lowry and Son', an upcoming film about the English artist L. S. Lowry and his elderly mother.
Chris Dobson 17 July 2019
Aubette 1928: a Neoplasticist Gesamtkunstwerk in Strasbourg
Last week I had a chance to visit Strasbourg in Alsace, France. It's a charming city full of picturesque narrow and tiny houses scattered along the...
Magda Michalska 10 July 2019
Wishes & Streams: Trevi Fountain in Rome
With another heat wave hitting Europe this summer, I was reminded of my visit to Rome during the last heat wave with crowds clamoring around...
Nadine Waldmann 4 July 2019
