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Paint by Numbers: The Bold Art of Robert Indiana

Paint by Numbers: The Bold Art of Robert Indiana

An appreciation of big LOVE, Hard-Edges and vibrating colours…
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Rodrigo S-C
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Brave New Queen

Brave New Queen

Looking at the Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I as a proclamation of power
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Kim Vertue
Pineapple Muse

Pineapple Muse

Neither pine nor apple yet the exotic fruit pervaded the art and iconography of seventeenth-century Europe
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Kim Vertue
Marketing the Mona Lisa, Portrait and Product

Marketing the Mona Lisa, Portrait and Product

Considering the hype surrounding Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic portrait painting in our media-driven consumer society…
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Samuel Belleville-Douelle
The Mescaline Drawings of Henri Michaux

The Mescaline Drawings of Henri Michaux

Using art to map the mind-body interface at what was the cutting-edge of brain-science research…
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Remy Dean
Shaping Successful Stories

Shaping Successful Stories

structural media theorist Gustav Freytag knew what shape a narrative must be to please us and it still seems true…
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Remy Dean
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How Long is a Piece of String?

How Long is a Piece of String?

Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Stoppages’ is a set of related artworks that tell the conceptual narrative of a radical creative process…
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Remy Dean
Eggs Marcel

Eggs Marcel

Not a fancy hotel breakfast but a brief look at eggs in the art of Marcel Broodthaers
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Remy Dean
Rodin and Balzac, Approaching the Gates of Hell

Rodin and Balzac, Approaching the Gates of Hell

Auguste Rodin’s radical statues — inspired by literature to change the trajectory of Modern sculpture
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Remy Dean
The Bread is the Life

The Bread is the Life

Many artists have used the humble loaf of bread to speak of survival, cultural identity, transcendent spirit…
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Kim Vertue
Alone With Frida

Alone With Frida

Two self-portraits by Frida Kahlo that tell the story of relationships, rifts, and reconciliations
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Kim Vertue
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