American painter Danielle Orchard riffs on art history’s masters to offer an updated, feminist view of the muse. It was an honour to write the […]
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Artist couple: Margaret and Berthold Wolpe at Winterbourne
Art history has been built upon mythical images of the individual male genius. Working alone in his studio, he is driven by his unstoppable imagination. […]
Emilie Flöge: Finding forgotten dress designer and Klimt’s muse in Vienna
I recently visited Vienna to find Gustav Klimt’s most famous painting ‘The Kiss’ and the forgotten dress designer and muse who inspired it, Emilie Flöge. […]
Rebecca Fortnum: ‘Exhuming’ 15 female sculptors who worked with Rodin
Who were the female sculptors who worked with Rodin? A moving new body of work and exhibition by Rebecca Fortnum, ‘Les Praticiennes’, shines an important […]
Curating | ‘Reframing the Muse’ at London Art Fair
I am thrilled to announce that I am curating 2023’s edition of Platform at London Art Fair with the theme, ‘Reframing the Muse’! The exhibition, […]
Arpita Shah’s Modern Muses
Photographic artist Arpita Shah is replacing male Mughal emperors with modern female sitters in her empowering new series, Modern Muse, which has recently been acquired by Birmingham […]
‘Muse’: Uncovering 30 real-life artist-muse relationships
What are artist-muse relationships really like? Today, our concept of them is one of the (art) world’s greatest clichés. The muse is a young, attractive […]