It’s not often, if ever, that you come face-to-face with your own image, hanging on the walls of a gallery. But, last week, this was […]
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Art History | Cultural appropriation & the art of the steal
‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ – Pablo Picasso Cultural appropriation, once discussed in debates amongst academics, has moved into the mainstream media. Teen Vogue […]
Art History | Emmy Bridgwater: Surrealist swans & strange lands
Swans, ravens, hybrid bird-women: these are the creatures of Emmy Bridgwater’s enigmatic, Surrealist artworks. Bridgwater (1906 – 1999) was one of the five founding members […]
Interview | Meet Danny Howes: Portrait Artist of the Year Finalist 2018
Danny Howes is one of Birmingham’s best realist painters. His large-scale canvases document contemporary life and people from the region, reflecting the vibrant, diverse and […]
Artist in focus | Percy Shakespeare: Dudley’s dreamer?
Percy Shakespeare (1906 – 1943) is Dudley’s most notable artist. His paintings – many of which belong to Dudley Museum – depict Black Country life […]
Exhibition review | James Byrne: ‘Between The Islands’
I always look forward to exhibitions at Reuben Colley Fine Art, a gallery that celebrates local artists, and particularly painters. Last night I battled through […]
Artist in focus | Victor Rubin’s Poesie: ‘Figures of the Field’
Amongst an overgrown field of flowers and a horizonless landscape, a couple emerge: framed by a deep red sky, one face veiled, a partner’s hand […]
Art fiction | A short story: ‘The Long Engagement’
The first time I saw her I didn’t realise that she was blind. I’d come to the museum with my sketchbook; she was sat, unmoving, […]
Exhibition review | Horace Panter brings his American road trip to Birmingham | RCFA
A brilliant new series of paintings by artist (and musician) Horace Panter is currently on show at Reuben Colley Fine Art. The collection ‘American Urban’ […]
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Art event | ‘Wine & Watercolours’: RBSA & Artisan Alchemy
An email in my inbox reads: ‘Would you like to come to a ‘Wine and Watercolour event’ in two Birmingham galleries next week’? My answer […]