What Makes Art Last
14Jun
05Jun
Five Things That Changed the Art World
Art is about tradition but it is also about innovation. In no particular order, here is my short and selective list of things that changed the art world...
29May
37,000 Years of Art Appreciation
No wonder so many of the masters have been French – they've had more practice than the rest of us. It looks like humans first picked up a brush about 37,000 years ago...
17May
Art Becomes Art? Or Art Begets Art?
Take Andy Warhol – Not only did he question the very notion of what original art might be, he essentially mechanized its production. Yet today, anything he did (or didn't do himself - as the case may be) instantly...
03May
Mirrors in Art
In a sense mirrors are optical illusions and can never present a fully accurate version of reality. Having a mirror nearby can add both intimacy and distortion to an image. We behave differently when we are alone with a...