While the canon of art history is filled with female nudes, visions of Black femininity are largely absent. Challenging these traditional perspectives, and reframing the […]
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Shaun Morris: Painting Birmingham’s beautiful ‘edgelands’
For his major solo show, ‘Autofictions’ at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, Shaun Morris has visited late night truck stops, his local […]
John Singer Sargent portraits dazzle at Worcestershire exhibition
If I could choose one artist from history to paint my portrait, it would be John Singer Sargent. This Great American painter depicted high-society sitters […]
This Book Will Make You An Artist!
This Book Will Make You An Artist! Really? Yes, really! This colourful activity book is filled with easy, simple art ideas for kids aged 5 […]
How Paula Rego’s dark fairy tales changed my life
Above all, Paula Rego (1935 – 2022) was an extraordinary storyteller. Through drawing, collage, printmaking and painting, she reinvented and reframed traditional folklore, famous fairy […]
Cut and paste: The revolutionary history of collage
Collage is often perceived as child’s play, dismissed as craft with paper, scissors and glue, and associated with amateur, folk and women artists. Even in […]
Lucian Freud prints among major gift to The New Art Gallery Walsall
Lucian Freud is best known for his raw and expressive figurative paintings. Working from life, he made portraits of those closest to him – friends, […]
15 Inspirational Quotes from Vincent van Gogh
When Vincent van Gogh tragically ended his life at the age of 37, he left behind around 2000 artworks which, thanks to his sister-in-law, finally […]
The Silver Thread That Runs Through Art History: Metallic Threads, Embroidery, and Symbolism
“Silver thread” lives in two worlds. Spiritually, it’s the bright tether between body and soul. In the studio, it’s literal metal—heavy, malleable, quick to tarnish—drawn […]
Debbie Baird and Brian Wood Explore Ego, Identity And Power
Artists don’t have all the answers. Instead, the best ones pose questions. In the case of British figurative painters Debbie Baird and Brian Wood, who […]