Art History
Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' was admired for centuries, but it wasn’t always world-famous. A daring 1911 theft transformed it from a Renaissance portrait into a global icon, proving how scandal can create legends.
Art Education
Collaborative art projects in schools nurture creativity, teamwork, and inclusion. From murals to performances, they teach pupils essential life skills, foster community engagement, and prepare young people for the challenges of tomorrow.
Art History
Who really created the first abstract artwork? This question reveals more about the Western art world’s biases than about the artists themselves. Explore key contenders, forgotten pioneers, and the deeper meaning behind abstraction’s origins.
Art Market
Auctions and galleries drive the global art market in very different ways. This article explores their dynamics, from spectacle to stewardship, and examines how collectors, institutions, and artists navigate value, reputation, and cultural responsibility.
Photography
Chris Killip’s 'Askam-in-Furness' returns to the community where it was created, shown complete for the first time alongside unseen images, reopening Signal Film and Media’s Cooke’s Studios with a moving portrait of resilience, memory, and history.
Art History
As Mughal rulers adapted to India’s climate and culture, their dress evolved from Central Asian coats to sheer cotton robes. These garments embodied political assimilation, spiritual symbolism, and the transformation of imperial identity in South Asia.
Art Education
Explore how integrating technology into art education transforms creativity, accessibility, and skill development—blending digital tools with traditional methods to prepare students for a dynamic, hybrid future in the creative arts.
Photography
Long before Photoshop, photographers in the darkroom used clever techniques to alter images—crafting illusions, myths, and political messages that challenged photography’s claim to objectivity and truth from its very beginnings.
Art Education
Dismissed as child’s play or meaningless decoration, abstract art is often misunderstood. Far from random splashes, it is rooted in history, philosophy, and skill — challenging viewers to engage emotionally and intellectually.
Know Your Artist
Caravaggio revolutionised painting with raw realism and dramatic light, but his life was marked by brawls, exile, and scandal. His turbulent story reveals how conflict and genius collided to produce some of art’s greatest masterpieces.
Art Education
The myth of the overnight success in art masks years of dedication, rejection, and persistence. This article explores the long road behind the canvas and why real artistic triumphs rarely happen overnight.
Art History
El Lissitzky’s iconic propaganda poster, “Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge,” merges abstract Suprematist aesthetics with revolutionary ideology, symbolizing the Bolshevik Red Army’s fight against the White Russians through bold geometric composition.