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A Day in the Life of: Thaddeus Quince, Collector

In a Georgian townhouse tucked into a moss-soft crescent of Bath, England, lives a man...

Diary of an Artist – Anonymous, London

1st August, 2025 Woke up at 2:47pm with a hangover and a mouth that felt...

The Ontology of the Left Shoe in 17th-Century Portraiture

By Dr. Lionel Cavendish-Smythe | Lecturer in Symbolic Aesthetics, University of St. Ives & Hove...

Artist CV: SANDY WARRE-HOLE

Born: March 22, 1981, Dartmoor, England Lives and works in: Skye, Scotland EDUCATION • MFA...

Ipswich Fine Art Weekend: A Bold Brushstroke Toward Art-World Relevance

Once considered a pleasant if sleepy waypoint between Colchester and the sea, Ipswich has made...

How to Collect Contemporary Art – New Book Coming Soon

A Guide for New, Emerging and Established Collectors in the 21st Century In the ever-evolving...

Review: Doodle Pip’s Ten Minutes Crammed Into Nine Minutes

Shortlisted for the Llandudno Art Prize 2025 Doodle Pip has never been an easy artist...

The Stick Insects: A Retrospective in Fragments @ Pimlico Wilde, London

It is rare for a group show to carry the atmospherics of a family saga...

Beyond the Banana: A Review of the Exmouth Academy’s Brazil Painting Show

The Exmouth Academy’s much-anticipated exhibition, “Brushstrokes of Brazil: Liminal Vibrancy in the Tropics”, promises a...