Artsy New Year’s Resolutions
Do you also try to change your life when the New Year approaches? Quitting smoking, finding a girlfriend/boyfriend, going on a diet, starting a...
Magda Michalska 1 January 2020
Do you also try to change your life when the New Year approaches? Quitting smoking, finding a girlfriend/boyfriend, going on a diet, starting a...
Magda Michalska 1 January 2020
Today I am taking you to a New Year’s Eve party. This year, like every year, we hope that the year coming will be better. But hearing that the...
Marija Canjuga 31 December 2019
Seeing a place, object or person through the eyes of an artist can change our perception of the subject of the artwork. So, if art is such a powerful...
Guest Profile 13 December 2019
Since ancient times, patrons have played a vital role in art history. Patronage can be found almost everywhere - in Europe, feudal Japan and...
Candy Bedworth 7 December 2019
The Crown is not amused… There’s a scandal brewing behind the doors of Buckingham Palace. Let’s investigate art in The Crown,...
Tony Heathfield 25 November 2019
Halloween has passed and the Christmas season has officially started. With it the longer nights, warm glow of lights and candles, and the headache of...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 November 2019
Late last year, the art world mourned the death of Sister Wendy Beckett (1930-2018), the quirky British nun who became a world-wide sensation as a...
Alexandra Kiely 9 November 2019
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
Sea, harbours, weather, ships, sailors, fishermen, merchants - maritime life is rich and fascinating. Let's see a few great depictions of its...
Europeana 4 October 2019
Artists starving in garrets is an old cliché. In fact many famous artists were sensible enough to have a day job in order to pay the bills! Some of...
Candy Bedworth 30 September 2019
What do Jean-Michel Basquiat, The François Vase, Tracey Emin and Xu Bing have in common? Words! So, in the spirit of light summer reading, let's...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 1 August 2019
As we head into summer holiday season, let’s take a look back at the gorgeous travel posters designed by British artist Rosemary Ellis. One of the...
Candy Bedworth 11 July 2019