Tag: art

'Increasingly, then, the heritage bequeathed to us in these museums is not just trapped in glass, but also in a host of moralising, ‘problematising’ and, ultimately, infantilising, narratives that are in their nature more political than educational.'

'I write and recite these words on January the 2nd 2022, less than two years away from my proposed execution, which is scheduled to take place on November the 16th 2023.'

'Feminine rage is all the rage. It’s everywhere.'

Pioneering artist Liu Wei gave an exclusive interview at the Oxford Union as part of the Union’s Michaelmas Art Festival on the weekend of...

"The growing demand for modern art from an increasing number of collectors is a cause of both celebration and lament for the rest of us."

When was the last time something was so beautiful it shocked you?

English painter Jean Jones was once predicted by Iris Murdoch to become ‘as famous as Van Gogh’.

Whistler orchestrates a symphony of colors, symbols, and gestures that takes art beyond the canvas.

NFTs are not inconsistent with artistic creativity, rather, they are a vehicle for its democratization.

“If you go to an auction, out comes the Picasso—dead silence. Once the hammer comes down on the price—applause. We live in a world where they applaud the price but not the Picasso”.

Anyone who knows even a little about the London art market will know Frieze. Founded in 1991 as a contemporary art magazine by Oxford...

When browsing the shelves of a bookshop, what I am most drawn to is art. I hunt for the brightest colour, the most striking typography, a good-looking image with which to decorate my bedside table. Book covers can use their beauty to their advantage, or even as a form of rebellion.

NFTs are a blockchain based technology that have garnered a lot of hype and news coverage in recent months by technology enthusiasts and investors...

In a city where every other person walking down the street is clad in either a Barbour jacket or an overcoat, and seems to...