The Elemental Expressions of Olafur Eliasson
Round Rainbow Art comes in many forms, but one thing all those forms have in common is their rather hopeless dependence on light – so...
Odilon Redon: Art born from the disingenuous
Icarus, 1890 The most radical forces in art are not, as most people assume, genius, inspiration, or sheer talent, but instead a lack...
The Candid Canvas of the Barbizon School
Women Picking Daisies (1865-70) by Jean Baptiste-Camille Corot In the mid-19th century the French village of Barbizon was the artis...
Collection: "Masks" by Anonymous
Although I sometimes pay for it, most of the art that I collect I actually get for free. As I'm a famous art writer, artists give m...
Shoen Uemura: Beauty for Whom?
Do women depict their own sex differently than men? This is one of the questions to arise from the exhibition Shoen Uemura and Bijinga:...
Ilya Repin: Reading Between the Lines of Realism
They Did Not Expect Him, 1884-8 Nineteenth century Russia is far better known for its composers and writers than for its artists. ...
Sonia Delauney: Chasing Rainbows
Colored Rhythm, 1946 Ever go to an exhibition and think, "Hey, I can do that." If the passivity of being an art grazer is...
Make-up as Art: Ayami Nishimura by Rankin
In the long history of art the earliest canvas was probably our own skin, as primitive man first took to daubing his uniquely hairless ...
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