Sometimes, the most arresting art emerges from the juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory elements. In “Know That I Am Here,” a hand-drawn piece by Horolyn “Holly” Davis, we encounter a powerful paradox – a newborn baby, […]
Francis Nguyen is a Canadian artist mostly working in bronze casting. Though he is an accomplished painter, his bas-relief sculptures in his new series Piercing the Veil present some of his most captivating work to […]
Unlike tempera painting, which consists of colored pigments mixed with binders in aqueous solution, egg, casein and animal glue, oil colors have linseed, poppy or walnut oil as binder. The oil colors are very bright […]
The beauty industry is a big one and keeps expanding with time. One of the established sectors in the industry is the facial beauty sector. This is where eyelash extensions and everything concerning facial beauty […]
Bela Balog began publishing his digital fine art works last year. He has worked at home for several years, experimenting, learning new digital techniques. Already this year, he has received a Featured Artist rating from […]
The Swiss-based American artist Minoo has expressed her gratitude and support to the healthcare workers who are giving their time and effort to fight COVID. Her “Serenity” mini-art series, in which she included a selection […]
Just north of the historical center of Athens, Greece is the Metaxourgeio District. It has been home to artists and writers, such as poet Tasos Livaditis, who grew up there in the mid-20th century. Livaditis […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything, from how we work and shop to how we communicate and learn. Worryingly, governments have overtaken market forces in deciding economic winners and losers, with arts spaces ending up among the biggest losers despite well-documented evidence that the sector is […]
Before COVID-19 shutdowns in March 2020, my drama students and I at Carleton University were scheduled to attend a live theatre production of Daisy, by playwright Sean Devine, that opened (and promptly closed) at the Great […]
The actor Michael Sheen recently complained about the lack of opportunities in film and journalism for working-class people. Writing in the New Statesman, Sheen said that the path he had taken into the film industry – […]
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