March = Women’s History Month, and this is the next story about a remarkable, contemporary artist named Maria Anto (Maria Czarnecka). Anto was a...
Pola Otterstein 13 March 2018
Charles Santore is an American illustrator of magazines, advertisements, and books. He’s had a successful career working on magazine covers like TV...
Alexandra Kiely 12 March 2018
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
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
Since February is the LGBT history month in the UK where I live, I want to participate in the promotion of tolerance and raising awareness of the...
Magda Michalska 21 February 2018
Today I would like to talk about Charles Keeping, an illustrator whom I discovered in my childhood. You may already be familiar with his work,...
Sarah Mills 20 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 installations...
Magda Michalska 15 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
Paula Rego is probably the most important figure in the narrative British painting nowadays. She draws her inspiration from fairytales, myths,...
Magda Michalska 10 February 2018
Just before the outbreak of the WW2, a small town in Cornwall, UK, became a haven for British artists. Built of granite and surrounded on three...
Magda Michalska 5 February 2018
Some time ago, while writing an article about moustaches in paintings, I came across a fascinating German Expressionist who was not part of the...
Magda Michalska 1 February 2018
