Forget the joy and energy of youth – your best days might yet be ahead. Henri Matisse’s were, even when he barely made it out of surgery alive in his
Local artists have now taken up residence in several Staffordshire schools to transform children's designs into larger-than-life Staffy sculptures. The sculptures will form part of a major public art trail
Kanzan Shimomura (1873–1930) was a pivotal figure in the development of modern Japanese painting. Born into a family of Noh performers who served the Kii Tokugawa samurai family for generations,
“When you've been really nihilistic in your life when you're younger, and then you feel you've been given a second chance.”Emma Barnett speaks to artist Dame Tracey Emin about her
A recent visit to the Tate gallery in London underlined how paintings can give great insight into the era in which the artist lived. Each room offers an excellent summary
Bournemouth resident Gerald Mahood is set to host his first solo show in the UK after only recently having met his birth mother, a pivotal moment that has shaped his
If you checked out the Archibald prize finalists back in 1983, one painting in particular might have caught your eye. Taking up seven feet of wall space, Dr Brown and
It is so nice to be delighted by a thing, especially if it is a small thing. For the artist Paul Lucien Maze, those small things were colours or feelings.
“Walking into Tate Modern’s huge Tracey Emin retrospective is like walking in on her crying, naked, sobbing and snotty,” said Eddy Frankel in The Guardian. It feels as though “you
Francisco de Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son Photo via Wikimedia Commons 1. Caravaggio (1571-1610) Baroque violence and drama dominated both life and art for this 15th-century Italian artist. In his