Hags and Slags? A History of Witchcraft in Art
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 31 May 2022
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May the 4th Be with You – Archetypes in Star Wars and Art
Today is Star Wars Day. The first documented use of the phrase “May the 4th be with you” came from Margaret Thatcher’s political party, to...
Ledys Chemin 4 May 2022
Celestial Bodies in Art – Comets, Planets and Stars
When we think about flying objects we usually imagine birds, planes, kites, balloons, or even UFOs! It’s easy to forget that at one point the...
Sarah Mills 12 April 2022
Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year 2022
The year of the tiger is upon us! Tigers are frequently depicted in Chinese art, but they have fascinated so many artists from across the world.
Candy Bedworth 1 February 2022
700th Anniversary of Dante’s Death in 15 Great Artworks
Hardly any author has been such a rich source of literary inspiration for the visual arts as Dante Alighieri. His two major works, the La Vita Nuova...
Caroline Galambosova 13 April 2021
Wonderful Paintings Inspired by Famous Literary Couples
Art & Literature have been ‘a thing‘ for centuries and they’re still at it. We have plucked a few worthy fruits of their union...
Giordana Goretti 6 November 2020
When the Arts Meet: Art Inspired Album Covers
If music is the soul of an album then the art on the cover must be its body. The choice of artwork for an album cover is an important one because at...
Anastasia Manioudaki 11 May 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
Birthday Edition of Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”
William Blake was undoubtedly a genius. And as it usually happens with geniuses and people who are ahead of their times, he was scorned and...
Magda Michalska 28 November 2018
The Bible According to Blake
William Blake, an English Romantic poet, painter and printmaker, was commissioned by his patron Thomas Butts, a civil servant, around 80 works with...
Magda Michalska 5 October 2016
