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Art is one of the oldest disciplines in human history. Styles may have changed since cave paintings but the love of creation has never diminished. These articles cover everything from Chinese art to Western neo-expressionism.
Art can take many forms and French artist Oskunk wields his Posca pens like magic wands across Paris and beyond. One of my favourite artists is Keith Haring. His ability to create art anywhere made his work accessible to anyone. It courted controversy within the art world when he was alive and that only enhanced …
Skateboarding culture might seem like a pastime for delinquents but its influence on modern art cannot be understated. Picture a modern art museum. Perhaps one like MoMA with all those white paintings nobody understands. Now think of skateboarding culture. How well do you think those worlds complement each other? Very well, in fact. Artists like …
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From his days as a TV image retoucher, Wong Ping has blossomed into an animator with a unique sense of style. Chinese culture site Goldthread made a video about Wong Ping, an animator from Hong Kong. He's a 34.4-year-old and started out in broadcasting before founding Wong Ping Animation Lab in 2014. According to Wong, …
Saul Steinberg called himself a "writer who drew" and worked with some of the biggest brands of the 20th century. At work, I nearly fell down a Wikipedia rabbit hole but stopped myself at Saul Steinberg. The reason I even got there was because I was looking up Slash from Guns N' Roses and discovered …
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Rome wasn't built in a day but this kintsugi foodsafe was and Alex shows us how. The art of repairing pottery with gold, known as kintsugi is popular for its aesthetic appeal and the associated philosophy. The problem is, it can take months to do and in an ultrafast world, we want things done quicker. …
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The Black American painter was often cryptic in interviews, but his words said more than he could have ever imagined. I've never been interviewed for media. But if I was, I'd probably be like Jean-Michel Basquiat. His curt response to the few he participated in were typical of an artist who preferred paint to parle. …
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Ever heard of City Pop? Hiroshi Nagai painted the artwork for those soundtracks in the 80s. Whenever I listen to Broken Wings by Mr Mister, I have this vision of a warm sunny Saturday afternoon in 1994, drenched in vivid colours. Little did I know that aesthetic had already existed a decade before thanks to …
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The actress paid homage to Lorraine O'Grady, campness, and black art as a whole. Amongst the plethora of camp looks at the Met Gala on 9th May was Tracee Ellis Ross with an empty frame. But it was much more than that. Her black Moschino dress was gorgeous (as was she because it's freaking Tracee …
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The likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are open to public domain reinterpretation. Firstly, happy new year to you all. We hope 2019 is even more prosperous than 2018. If you're a creative or a lover of the arts, today's events might help with that. 1st January is Public Domain Day. What does that …
Yes, the anniversary of his death was yesterday but everyday should be a celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat. That's the line I'm going with anyway. I won't pretend I knew about him for years. He was a name I'd heard but not explored further than occasional utterances. Then I went to see his Boom For Real exhibition at …