AE Russell’s Visions of Ireland
George William Russell, known as AE, painted the spirits and visions he had seen since childhood. His Irish landscapes are topographically familiar,...
Hannah Demaine 17 January 2020
Artist Stories
Book Review: Sofonisba, Portraits of the Soul
Sofonisba, Portraits of the soul is a book by Chiara Montani about the life and work of the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. Sofonisba was an...
Errika Gerakiti 15 January 2020
Last Chance to See: William Blake at Tate Britain
Tate Britain is the oldest of the United Kingdom's four Tate galleries, the others being the Tate Modern in London, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Chris Dobson 14 January 2020
Simon Hantaï: A Journey to Abstraction
Simon Hantaï was a Franco-Hungarian painter whose work is marked by a reflection on painting techniques. In an evolution that carried his art to...
Maia Heguiaphal 7 January 2020
The Joy of Lucian Freud. The Self-portraits
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is regarded as the pre-eminent British figurative painter of the last sixty years. Francis Bacon, two decades older, and...
Guest Profile 27 December 2019
The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…” Clement Clarke...
Rachel Witte 6 December 2019
Titian’s Metamorphoses
In the 1550s and early 1560s Titian delivered a series of seven large canvases to King Phillip II of Spain. Each translated a small section of the...
Isla Phillips 19 November 2019
The Majestic Art of Alexander McQueen
A Champagne Supernova, as Maureen Callahan calls him in her book, Alexander McQueen, was a pioneer of the 90s fashion. Along with Marc Jacobs,...
Errika Gerakiti 14 November 2019
The Works of Yves Klein: Lover of Blue
Yves Klein was born in late April of 1928 in Nice, France. His mother, Marie Raymond, was a renowned member of the Art Informel movement, which...
Guest Profile 22 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
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
