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5 Artists Who Harness The Power Of Words
From the INRI on the top of so many Renaissance crucifixes to Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", words have often played their part in painting. Here, though, are five...
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The graffiti artist from Jersey who disrupted the Art World
Over the last 10 years, graffiti artist turned blue-chip darling, KAWS has become a household name with his cartoonish iconography, gigantic sculptures, collectable toys and vibrant paintings. With a background...
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The Godfather of Street Art
Hambleton was a Canadian-American street artist who is widely credited as the original godfather of street art and kingpin of the creative revolution that exploded in the East Side in...
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Animals in Contemporary Art
Animals and art have a glorious history, from Durer's Rhinoceros to Stubbs's majestic Whistlejacket - not to mention Landseer's super-kitsch Stag At Bay . So it's no surprise contemporary artists...
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Celebrity, Identity, Money, Death and Time
Andy Warhol is one of the most iconic artists in the history of experimental art. He pioneered the Pop Art movement, commercialising the genre in ways that had never been...
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Creativity in Crisis
In these unprecedented times of global lockdown and self-isolation, more than ever before we're looking to artists to inspire and offer escapism from the current difficult circumstances we're finding ourselves...
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Banksy Auction Success Despite Current Crisis
With the world adjusting to self-isolation and global lockdowns and the stock market suffering, last week the Sotheby's Banksy auction offered hope to the art market and proved that art...
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Race, Power, Money
"I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.” Earlier this month we installed three pieces by...
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Nostalgia and the North
"I bought this guy called Harland Miller, who puts really offensive slogans on Penguin books. I've got pretty much the most offensive word you can have huge in my house."...
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Stock Market Volatility
Any period of volatility can prove a frightening time for investors. Meanwhile, the fine art market is traditionally seen as a lower-risk area for investors to place and potentially accumulate...
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Know What I Mean?
Words are the building blocks of Mel Bochner's art. He uses language as an artistic medium, drawing attention to its physical form and visual presence as much as to its...
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Mel Bochner And The Power of Words
BLAH BLAH BLAH. A phrase that can mean anything and nothing. Mel Bochner calls it ‘the black hole of language’. As he explains, “We live in a world that is...