The Poetry in Painting — Turner’s Ovid in Exile
This petite (9.46 x 12.50 cm) oil on canvas by J.M.W. Turner contains big things: big landscapes, big stories and big skies. It is an imagined scene...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 26 August 2019
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Dame Ethel Walker – A Sensitive Portrait
Summer is on her way out the door, signalled by darker nights and chilly mornings. But before we bid her farewell, let’s take a look at one more...
Candy Bedworth 22 August 2019
TAKIS: the Greek Genius that Altered the Course of Post-war Sculpture
After Takis’ passing away on 9 August 2019, and with his largest exhibition yet in the UK at Tate, it is important to know about the great...
Errika Gerakiti 15 August 2019
Discover South American Art in the Museum of Solidarity “Salvador Allende” in Chile
It’s a small and relatively unknown museum but it offers a great collection of modern and contemporary South American and international art. And...
Anna Deáki 5 August 2019
Logomania – Words in Art
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,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 1 August 2019
Thawan Duchanee: “Paintings Are a Way of Expressing Feelings Without Any Explanation”
Thawan Duchanee (1939-2014) was a painter, sculptor and architect from Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. He is Thailand’s most celebrated...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 30 July 2019
Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine
Andreas Gursky’s Rhine is an interesting piece that tells the transformation of a real-life picture into an abstract work of art. The move towards...
Michel Rutten 26 July 2019
Japan’s Art Island – Naoshima
Over the next year Japan will be hosting the Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics, expecting visitors from all over the world. If you’re an art...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 23 July 2019
Bold Is Beautiful – a Guide to Spotting a Ravinder Reddy Sculpture
Ravinder Reddy (b. 1956) is a contemporary Indian sculptor. His sculptures of women are now some of the most recognisable examples of contemporary...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 20 July 2019
Sun, Sand and the Sound of the Sea – The Great British Summer Captured in Snapshots
As a born and bred Brit, the meaning of summer for me is quite simple. Get the shorts on, get the sunglasses out and get down to the seaside.
Tony Heathfield 15 July 2019
Painting of the Week: Miguel Covarrubias, The Mexican Street Scene
An ordinary, rather empty street in the Mexican countryside. Two people. In the center, a woman with closed eyes, covered by a blue shawl. Pensive.
Alicja Gluszek 14 July 2019
A Special Appearance of Leonardo’s Saint Jerome
A very special painting has just arrived in New York! To honor the five hundredth anniversary of the artist’s death, Leonardo da Vinci’s...
Alexandra Kiely 13 July 2019
