June 3, 2019

Twitter Users Recreate Famous Artwork as a Sandwich

We completely missed this last summer but we wanted to show some appreciation for the #KunstGeschichteAlsBrotbelag hashtag (loosely translated as ‘Art History as a Sandwich’). The hashtag was started by Marie Sophie Hingst (@MlleReadOn) and...

May 17, 2019

Modern-Day Artist Activist: The Works of Michael Armitage

While Michael Armitage insists he is not a political artist, it is difficult to deny that there is a sense of protest throughout his work. Touching on themes of homosexuality, women’s rights and terrorism, he explores the reality of his home country and raises questions about the culture.

May 15, 2019

Portraits from Persia – Exploring Art from the Qajar Period

The history of Iran is one that is marred by war, poverty and bloodshed. Indeed, the middle-eastern country has been battling civil unrest and controversy even in recent years. However, for much of the 19th...

April 30, 2019

11 of our favourite Premier League football artists to follow

As the 2018-19 Premier League season comes to an end, we’ve crawled through social media to find a collection of artists who create beautiful artwork inspired by the beautiful game. Football fan art is by...

March 28, 2019

The Magic of Michelangelo

He is famous for creating some of the most famous masterpieces in the world. We look back at the magic of Michelangelo from his childhood and early career through to his later works and death.

March 17, 2019

Q&A with Artist Andrew Forkner

This month we caught up with artist Andrew Forkner for a Q&A session. Andrew is a self-taught animal and character artist, he works in a variety of media, including graphite pencil, acrylics and pastel to complete his originals. We stock his book A-Z of Bird Portraits.

February 14, 2019

The Intriguing Life of Irma Stern

She is considered to be one of the most important artists to have come from South Africa. We look back at the intriguing life of Irma Stern from her childhood and early career through to her later works and death.

February 13, 2019

Q&A with Artist Hashim Akib

This month we caught up with artist Hashim Akib for a Q&A session. Hashim has won many awards including the SAA (Society of All Artists) Artist of the Year award in 2009.

February 8, 2019

Our favourites from the #WeAreNigerianCreatives hashtag

It all started with a Tweet. This time last year Olaloye Bunmi challenged fellow Nigerian artists to showcase their creative work on Twitter using the hashtag #WeAreNigerianCreatives. The tweet went viral with many artists responding by...

January 22, 2019

Revolutionary Art Forms: Cubism

What Is Cubism? A revolutionary art movement that begun around 1907, cubism took a fresh look at reality. Different, seemingly unrelated objects were brought together in a unique way to create a picture that seemed...