A figurative painting can show a person and still feel empty. Another can show only a shoulder, a turned head, a hand on a table or a figure half hidden in shadow, and somehow feel
Choosing the right size artwork can change the whole feeling of a room. A piece that is too small can look lost, even if the artwork itself is beautiful. A piece that is too large
Fauvism was the moment colour stopped behaving itself. For centuries, artists had used colour to describe the visible world. Skin was expected to look like skin. Shadows were expec
Henri Matisse is one of the artists people often think they know before they have really looked at him. Bright colour, loose shapes, dancers, interiors, paper cut-outs, blue nudes,
Artists have always worked with more than paint, canvas, marble and bronze. A chair, a bed sheet, a broken tool, a bottle top, a newspaper cutting, a piece of fabric or a cardboard
Collecting Art does not have to begin with auctions, private dealers or expensive rooms where nobody tells you the price. For many people, it starts in a much quieter way: a small
Art is never made in a vacuum. It carries traces of language, place, family, migration, belief, memory, politics, craft and the body. Even when an artwork looks abstract, it can st
Linocut art has a way of looking both historic and current at the same time. A good lino print can feel rooted in early twentieth century modernism, poster design, craft tradition
René Magritte is one of those rare artists whose images remain instantly recognisable even to people who do not usually follow art history. A man in a bowler hat with his face hid
