Do you ever read a critique of a painting that you don’t agree with? Of course we all do. A recent review of The Stolen Kiss by Jean Honore Fragonard in the UK’s Independent bothered… “The Stolen Kiss”: depicting violence against women
Some do indeed worship at the alter of the state. Most artists don’t make a living at their art, and most people who study art formally fail to develop their studies into a viable career.… The art welfare state and publicly funded poverty
The sun is shining and my paint brushes are far too dry for their own good. The heavy paper I like to use is pristine and awaiting the tentative first brush with acrylic fate.
Subtitled, What can we learn from art about our sense of identity, this short article explores some of the themes of the Wellcome Collection’s (London) show Identity: 8 Rooms, and appeared in Art of England… Art and Identity
Brigitte Coulombe is an artist in Northern Ontario, Canada. Her work in this show are semi-abstracted minimalistic interpretations of Lake Nipissing. Floating free on the wall, they are unframed. This show was held in the… Périphéries
Art of England has published a short piece of mine looking at the impact on creativity in art from the wider use of (mainly) digital technology and social media. Art of England, issue number 65.
Art of England has published a short piece of mine on older, and late-blooming artists. Art of England, issue number 64.
The September issue of Frieze art magazine is all about ‘theory’ or what appears to pass for theory in the art world. The whole issue reads like some undergraduate magazine or papers prepared by graduate… Physics Envy: or why art theory isn’t
“Tu m’” by Marcel Duchamp is a good example of how this artist played with our sensibilities. Karl Gerstner, in his Puzzle Upon Puzzle, which examines Tu m’ in exquisite #161617233 / gettyimages.com detail is… Tu m’: me pense que…
Kodak has announed the end of production of Kodachrome film. Those who still use film will know Kodachrome film for the quality of the colour and indeed I suspect many of us used Kodachrome as… End of Kodachrome and a way of seeing the world