Mervyn Peake – British Library acquires his Visual Archive. Art collection by Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake will be best remembered as the author of the Gormenghast trilogy, those wonderful novels full of eccentric characters populatin
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Bob Chaundy
Jul 13, 20213 min read
Werner Büttner – No Scene from my Studio
Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, mixed media artist Werner Buttner was regarded as one of the Bad Boys of the German art scene along with Martin
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julia_mji@me.com
May 18, 20213 min read
Egyptian pioneer artists: Ragheb Ayad
Ragheb Ayad is one of the leading painters of a generation of Egyptian artists commonly referred to as the pioneers (ar-ruwwād ), as they w
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Apr 27, 20212 min read
Yue Minjun & The infectious power of laughter
Yue Minjun was born in Daqing in Heilongjiang, China in 1962. Yue moved from place to place for most of his life because his family had to m
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Bob Chaundy
Mar 30, 20213 min read
Leila Alaoui – Rite of Passage
In 2016, celebrated French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui was on assignment in Burkina Faso investigating women’s rights in the country
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Mar 14, 20212 min read
Affinity by Mohamed Abla
"The most remarkable thing that Abla has done this time is his veneration of something so exquisite that is native to Egypt, the varieties
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David Arturo Carranco Villarnobo
Jan 19, 20216 min read
Who was Roy Lichtenstein?
Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements. He was born in Ne
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julia_mji@me.com
Jan 7, 20213 min read
"Mémoires of Inji" - Inji Efflatoun
Inji Efflatoun, the pioneer female artist and activist, is a shining example of the very best of modern Egyptian art. In the post-1940...
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Bob Chaundy
Dec 16, 20203 min read
Tom French – Transcend
Newcastle painter Tom French’s works are all about the relationship between mind and body. Vessel is one of a series of works that involve D
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Salazar Quas
Nov 10, 202016 min read
Experimentation in Contemporary art in China: Xu Bing and Zhang Xiaogang
Investigating the role of experimentation in the creation and emergence of contemporary art from China in the latter quarter of the 20th cen
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Bob Chaundy
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Henrik Uldalen – Lethe
It’s a common theme in history that reactionary groups look back to a so-called golden age, believing that society’s ills will be cured if o
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Emilie Croning
Oct 12, 20206 min read
Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Childlike Exploration among A Panel of Experts
Originally a graffiti artist in New York City, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) created artworks exploring his own life alongside socio-poli
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Sep 15, 20204 min read
Teatro
Typically Ahmed Saber tends to use symbols; particularly the animal symbol, in some cases imitating the legendary form. In certain instances
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Sep 8, 20202 min read
Red Studio by Jordi Diaz Alamà
The work of any figurative painter is also the fruit of a dialogue with their models, a true collaboration. Every time the painter tries to
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Jul 16, 20203 min read
Sara Shamma – Modern Slavery
When Syrian artist Sara Shamma heard eyewitness reports of Yazidi women and girls being paraded on a platform by their Isis kidnappers in a
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Jul 5, 20208 min read
Art and Mass Media: Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945. After studying at Syracuse University in 1964 for one y
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May 28, 20203 min read
David Downes – Responses to Covid-19
Every major world crisis, be it war, financial meltdown or as now, global pandemic, is interpreted through the lens of artists of all genres
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May 23, 20202 min read
Kemit
"Kemit" is a series of paintings by the Egyptian contemporary artist Ibrahim Khattab, whose current artistic efforts represent a remarkable
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May 5, 20202 min read
Matthew Stone Sculpts The Anatomy Of Figures In Intimately Tinted Sweeps Of Acrylic Paint
Brushstrokes are commonplace in any painting, often serving as a means to compose a cohesively blended image or to add a distinct texture. T
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Apr 30, 20205 min read
Ethic and Photographic: Sally Mann
How much is the conception of art and its banning a matter of times? Taking into consideration Sally Mann’s Immediate Family (1992) and the
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