“I’ve used my own blood as a medium and that can be disturbing to some people, but being disturbed is like being awakened and the art that makes you feel alive for good or bad reasons – that’s what I
24 October 2015 to 31 January 2016. There is no doubt that the Sackler Wing of the Royal Academy, London has enjoyed a year of distinguished exhibitions. With the retrospectives of the esteemed American artists Joseph Cornell and Richard Diebenkorn,
13th October – 17th November “Like most Italians, Afro knows how to celebrate. The fanciful, ebullient side of his nature emerges in the high-keyed recent paintings—those in which he allowed himself the most freedom and spontaneity to date. In these,
7th October – 10th January 2015 The Sackler Wing’s latest retrospective celebrates the revered artist Francisco Goya, a Spanish romantic painter who worked during the 18th and 19th centuries. A chronicler of his era, his portraits and wartime canvases are
Described as ‘momentous and moving’ by the Guardian, the cultural phenomena Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy, London has been the talk of the town. Throughout September, photographs of his crystal Bicycle Chandelier have dominated social media, building a
How did you get into art? I can describe my adventure with art in few words – hard work, perseverance, love and truth. Once you fall in love with art, you love to work and you never tire of it.
The work of Richard Diebenkorn defies simple classification – at once inheriting the tradition of Abstract Expressionism from his American compatriots and at the same time flirting with figuration, often on the same canvas. His paintings constantly question the nature
Despite the eclecticism of contemporary art – the myriad of styles and mediums and concepts – the vast majority of artists working today have attended art school at some point in their lives. It is significant then that Alberto Biasi,
In one of his trips to the region in 1841, the English painter J.M.W. Turner made a watercolour sketch of the town of Bellinzona in Switzerland, near the boarder with Italy. In a style that has become particular to the
We have a tendency to over-simplify the Middle East. There has been a huge debate over figurative depiction in Islam since the shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Through the violent actions of a few fanatics and
Interviewing artists for our newest series, Ellen is an editor and researcher currently undertaking a Ph.D. on the success of digital exhibitions. Â
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