July 7, 2020

5 Birmingham Based Artists Worth Following This Month

Taking you through some of the best artists we found who have a connection to Birmingham either from being born there, living there, or studying there.

November 7, 2019

Q&A with Artist Stephen Wiltshire

This month we caught up with artist Stephen Wiltshire, one of the most extraordinary artists of modern time. Stephen has an incredible talent for drawing and painting detailed, accurate and lifelike city skylines, having only...

August 30, 2019

Hats Off to Peaky Blinders Fan Art

The fifth series of Peaky Blinders has returned to our screens after a break of almost two years, but fans have been keeping themselves very busy in the meantime. A recent campaign by the BBC...

July 11, 2019

Q&A with Artist Stephen Doyle

This month we caught up with artist Stephen Doyle from Cork in Ireland. His work focuses on Queer community and it’s interaction with the rest of society. Tell us about which artists influenced your work...

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.

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...

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...

November 30, 2018

3 Artists Giving a Different Perspective On Celebrity Portraits

Yung Jake, Tony Rodriguez and Failunfailunmefailun are 3 artists who are doing something different when it comes to celebrity portraits. We wanted to showcase their work in this months featured artists blog post.