A subculture of designers and artists—masters of fictional architecture—are at last getting their moment in the limelight. A new book, Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture: Imagined Interior Design in Digital Art, which is being released with Gestalten publishing house on June 16, looks at…
The Arts
Why Cecily Brown’s Lush Paintings Have Eternal Market Appeal
Painter Cecily Brown is best known for large-scale canvases filled with bravura brushstrokes that exert a certain visual magic. They reward long and careful looking, appearing abstract on first glance and eventually resolving into suggestive figures. Such compositions often conjure…
‘Billions’ Superlatives: Buff Artist Frank Grillo Steals the Show
First, an apology: We didn’t do any superlatives for last week’s episode of Billions. Too many other things got in the way—like reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the Game of Thrones series finale, a show that is way worse than Billions, and celebrating…
Ty: a dextrous artist who wove threads of UK rap culture together
Ty, who has died aged 47 of coronavirus, was a sharp and witty MC who ably nourished the UK hip-hop scene despite being ignored by the media Ben Chijioke, aka Ty. Photograph: no credit The death of British rapper Ty,…
Kanye West Says Every Yeezy Product Is An ‘Art Piece’ Because He’s ‘An Artist’
Kanye West first came onto the hip-hop scene in the early 2000s. He quickly made a name for himself as being one of the most outspoken and creative artists in the industry. His creativity didn’t stop at just making music, however.…
Evolve or perish: Virus reshaping art auction market
The coronavirus pandemic poses a huge global challenge to auction houses large and small, but those that have embraced technology could prosper as nervous investors seek a safe haven, according to experts. Major London-based house Sotheby’s has closed its London,…
One-Punch Man artist shares 10-year-old daughter’s drawings online
Manga art looks like it’s drawn by someone twice her age. We’ve seen some brilliant art come out of Japan over the years, covering everything from chalk-drawn masterpieces on school blackboards through to 3-D illustrations that look as if they’re about to jump…
Prince Charles is one of the UK’s most successful living artists. Here are 15 of his works.
Though he describes himself as an “enthusiastic amateur,” Prince Charles is said to be one of the most successful living artists in the United Kingdom. His paintings were first exhibited in Windsor Castle in 1977, next to the work of his other…
Benin prince calls for Bristol Museum to return stolen sculpture
A prince of Benin has called on a British museum to “blaze the trail” in returning one of thousands of artefacts looted during the colonial era. The sculpture, currently at Bristol Museum, is one of the “Benin Bronzes”, taken…
SPOTLIGHT: Meet Tantua, Nigeria’s first functional sculpture artist who’s ‘giving life to classic cars’
When Diseye Tantua, a Nigerian artist, first experimented turning car parts into furniture in 2016, he had no clue that such adventure would catapult him into limelight. Tantua, then, was only driven by the quest to sustain his late father’s…