Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich have much in common. Both were artists. Both were deeply affected by the Russian Revolution. Almost everything is...
Howard Schwartz 19 October 2018
Loneliness in the crowd. We’re at a café somewhere in France. Seven people sat at the tables: a powdered prostitute, a clown with white make-up,...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 October 2018
Charles White was a prolific artist. The retrospective exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which opened on October 7 and will be...
Howard Schwartz 11 October 2018
For centuries we have seen artists copying others’ work in order to learn how to draw correctly or to find out what style they want to follow.
Helena Pereira 10 October 2018
Statues by Elizabeth Frink litter the British landscape. Born in 1930, she was a Dame, a CBE, a Royal Academician and a Companion of Honour. She was...
Candy Bedworth 6 October 2018
There are four general Ancient Greek stylistic periods. Different, note-worthy styles, influences from invading cultures and their lasting effects...
Rachel Witte 3 October 2018
While on vacation this past week, I got to see a real treat – an exhibition of Chihuly glass at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North...
Alexandra Kiely 2 October 2018
GIF IT UP is an annual gif-making competition for the most creative reuse of digitised cultural heritage material. This year’s 5th edition is run...
Europeana 1 October 2018
Joseph Roulin worked for a post office in the French town of Arles. He didn’t carry letters—he rather was sorting mail at the train station.
Zuzanna Stańska 30 September 2018
David Hockney is an artist who lately, while creating his works often reaches for… his iPad. A coloured window designed on a tablet has been...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 September 2018
The Advancing Women Artists foundation (AWA) is a group that aims to restore female artists to the world. Founded by Jane Fortune after a trip to...
Alexandra Kiely 27 September 2018
Renoir painted Deux femmes dans un jardin / Two Women in a Garden in 1919, the last year of his life. By this time, the artist’s vision had been...
Howard Schwartz 26 September 2018
