If you haven’t read the original insightful article in Hyperallergic An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo You might ask what’s wrong with being a mostly European or Mestizo woman of the upper class dressing up like Frida Kalho, is are only dirt poor Mestizo women is the only true or authentic I’d say in response…
Category: Painting
Punk the National with Marcus Harvey’s Half Nelson exhibition
Concepts of nationality get punked in this extraordinary exuberant show at the Paul Stolper Gallery Marcus Harvey’s art assess and re-present the images by which a nation thinks it knows itself. He’s the Director and Founder of the Turps Banana Art School, dedicated to teaching a London style of Painting. (An interview about why an…
Get Hyper Korean with stunning treasures from the Hermit Kingdom
Last chance!!! Ends this Sunday!!! Treasures from the Hermit Kingdom stun in the MADE IN NORTH KOREA exhibition. On show at the house of illustration til Sunday 13th May 2 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London N1C 4BH Theres a feeling that the West has little protected its skills and training in the fine arts. So…
Get Colour & Energy into your Life!
Hampstead School of Art – Sundays 2-5pm ‘Art and Wellbeing a Creative Experience’ Marcia Scott from 22 April – 8 July, Summer Term is giving a course at the Hampstead School of art. The course is dedigned to find new sources of inspiration, to stimulate your imagination and creative thinking. Exploring your own creativity in…
I found Jesus! – Salvator Mundi Leonardo at Christies on View in London til Thursday 26th November
Let’s talk about Jesus. Wonky eyes… of course it’s only going to go for £75 Million. Kinda looks like it’s had one of those face transplants. Eye on the right hand is at least 5 mm lower. Jaw on the left hand looks like it need pushing back. I doubt from the photo that much…
The 21st Century’s Neon Goya – Ansel Krut at Painter’s Painters Exhibition Saatchi Gallery
Until 28th Feb 2017 Ansel Krut Napoleon On Elba 2008 Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm By Giuseppe Marasco Ansel Krut with out wanting to has influenced a whole generation of painters. If you have a knowing eye you can spot this influence everywhere. Such an Influence can be detected in Ryan Mosely….
Ryan Mosley at Painter’s Painters Exhibition Saatchi Gallery
on until 28th Feb 2017 Ryan Mosley Emperor Butterfly 2007 Oil on linen 160 x 180 cm Memory confronting the paintings If you have a knowing eye you can spot this influence everywhere. Such an Influence can be detected in Ryan Mosely particularly in the early work bought by Charles Saatchi straight out of the Royal College…
David Brian Smith Visionary Painter of English Landscape at Painter’s Painters Exhibition Saatchi Gallery
Currently on show at the Saatchi Gallery PAINTERS’ PAINTERS til 28 February 2017 David Brian Smith Gainsborough Farm 2014 Oil, Silver and gold leaf on herringbone linen 180 x 300 cm By Giuseppe Marasco David Brain Smith comes from a farming background, in Shropshire, where his father was a shepherd. He is passionate about the English countryside and the…