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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…
Rodrigo S-C
Jul 8
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Brave New Queen
Brave New Queen
Looking at the Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I as a proclamation of power
Kim Vertue
Jul 2
Pineapple Muse
Pineapple Muse
Neither pine nor apple yet the exotic fruit pervaded the art and iconography of seventeenth-century Europe
Kim Vertue
Jun 20
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…
Samuel Belleville-Douelle
Jun 8
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…
Remy Dean
May 31
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…
Remy Dean
May 21
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For the Love of Water-Lilies: Monet’s Final Masterworks
For the Love of Water-Lilies: Monet’s Final Masterworks
Once reviled, now revered, Claude Monet’s series of paintings reflect on the tragedy of war, express a hope for peace & celebrate the…
Kim Vertue
Nov 5, 2023
Take a Bow: The Power of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Take a Bow: The Power of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Reviewing the kawaii career of an artist who continues to deliver the most eclectic and positive expressions of Pop Art
Remy Dean
Oct 22, 2022
Beyond the American Gothic
Beyond the American Gothic
Sharing what Grant Wood taught me about our past…
Rodrigo S-C
Apr 11, 2024
Ghost Paintings of Ubume
Ghost Paintings of Ubume
Considering a recurring motif in traditional Japanese art: ‘Ubume’ is a ‘strangeness’ with the dual nature of an apparition and a ghost.
Mitsuki Nonaka
May 23, 2023
Paul Klee: Abstraction of Place
Paul Klee: Abstraction of Place
How Paul Klee’s colourful transition from observation to abstraction distilled the sense of place…
Remy Dean
Apr 24, 2022
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