David Bowie: From Popstar to Neo-Expressionist Painter
Most people know David Bowie as a pop star and performer, but do you know his secret talent? He embraced the fine arts as well as music, and...
Michel Rutten 9 January 2023
Music
Zdzisław Beksiński’s Passion for Music
In the history of art, so much has been written and said about the close relationship between music and painting. Numerous painters have declared...
Guest Profile 19 September 2022
Synesthesia – The Surprising and Powerful Fusion of Senses in Art
Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which a perception from one sense evokes sensation in another one. In the art world, there are works that...
Camilla de Laurentis 9 May 2022
Passing Time with Klee: Demonstrating Temporality in Visual Art
Paul Klee was a “musical” painter, not least because he chose the violin and bow before the brush and easel. Klee’s father was a music teacher...
Craig Wakerley 30 April 2022
Circus and Jazz of Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist famous for his use of color. The Circus (below) is a color stencil piece from Matisse’s book...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 30 April 2022
Tormented Lovers, Sumptuous Players – Guitarists in Art
Musical instruments have always had a particular significance in paintings. Throughout the history of depicting music-making in art, the iconography...
Alina Manevskaya 30 April 2022
Music and Art: Tanto Bravura!
Music and art have long been closely tied together, each taking inspiration from the other (for better or for worse). Some remarkable music has been...
Sarah Mills 30 April 2022
Florence Welch – Perfect Model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
We all know Florence Welch, the leader of indie-rock band Florence + The Machine. And if you don’t, I suggest you find her cosmic music right now...
Elizaveta Ermakova 16 March 2022
This Looks out of Tune? Finding Dissonance in Kandinsky’s Paintings
Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky painted some of the most beautiful pieces of art in a style that is instantly recognizable. The flurry of lines,...
Craig Wakerley 16 December 2021
Album Covers You Didn’t Know that Are Pure Art
Every serious music fan will recognize the merits of the following albums for the developments in the history of contemporary music. But…...
Magda Michalska 16 January 2021
Top 10 Statues of Famous Musicians
There are good, bad and ugly statues of the musical greats. Let’s take a look at ten sculptures of famous musicians, old and contemporary, that...
Candy Bedworth 16 January 2021
The Sound of Colour: Music Inspired by Visual Art – Top 10
Visual art has inspired songs from many different musical genres from classical to heavy metal, from opera to old crooners, from musicals to hip hop.
Candy Bedworth 15 January 2021
