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.
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.
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.
Where it all began The exuberant Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech, or Salvador Dali, was born in Figueres, Spain, in 1904. His parents, Salvador
We recently re-found this fantastic series of images by photographer Jeff Friesen from when he recreated many of Banksy’s street art pieces in LEGO format.
Where it all began Edvard Munch was always destined to become an artist, with historian Peter Munch for an uncle, and artist Jacob Munch also
Where it all began One of the most famous names in art history, Claude Oscar Monet was born in Paris on the 14th November 1840.
Regularly celebrated as the greatest artist of all time. We look back at the abstract life of Pablo Picasso from his childhood and early career through to his later works and death.
A look back at the life of Frida Kahlo. Born in 1907 at the family home just outside Mexico City, she had a complicated childhood, marred by polio which left her disabled at the age of six years old.
Born Andrew Warhola on 6th August 1925 in Pittsburgh, USA, Warhol was brought up in a working-class home. His Mother an embroider and his Father a construction worker, his parents were Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants from an area that is today known as Slovakia.