Portinari was the painter of Brazil. This statement refers not only to his nationality, but also to his work. During his life, the painter portrayed...
Rute Ferreira 3 March 2018
Adults say that childhood is the best phase of life. It is this time when we are freer and more sincere and sometimes our best memories come from...
Rute Ferreira 1 March 2018
Being an English teacher, so much of what I look at is linked to the literary world. With the previous examination specification, we used to be...
Wendy Gray 27 February 2018
A recent documentary that was filmed with the help and support of Stanley Spencer’s two daughters, revealed the personal anguishes the family...
Wendy Gray 22 February 2018
Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was a German-born neoclassical painter. In autumn 1760 he moved to England and started to work for a clockmaker, Stephen...
Klaudia Zelazowska 18 February 2018
People often say that contemporary art is trash. But, can we turn the equation the other way and make trash art? El Anatsui’s grand...
Magda Michalska 15 February 2018
Valentine’s Day is here and the internet is full of advice on how to make this day special. We’re joining with a few ideas inspired by art...
Europeana 14 February 2018
A lifetime of training could not have prepared Frederick Stuart Church for 1863. But his works of fantasy that came after clung to and perhaps even...
Anthony de Feo 12 February 2018
Petrus Christus (c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 February 2018
What do Alexander McQueen, Gucci and Iris van Herpen have in common? Well, they are three of the best-known contemporary fashion brands, and their...
Pola Otterstein 9 February 2018
“To be or not to be, that’s the question”. With that simple sentence, you certainly remembered one of the greatest geniuses in...
Rute Ferreira 8 February 2018
Marlene Dumas is a South African painter living in Amsterdam. She paints provocatively but her portraits of celebrities, young women, or children are...
Magda Michalska 7 February 2018
