Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Hope you had a moment or two to be thankful this Thursday with family, friends, or your cat. New York days are ever shorter, and people are officially entered into the Holiday Vortex. Mariah Carey tirelessly lipsynched her jingle at the Macy’s Thanksgiving […]
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Air: A journey through this invisible, ethereal & vital element
The Gallery’s summer blockbuster exhibition ‘Air’ explores the cultural, ecological and political dimensions of this elemental substance with major works by more than thirty leading international and Australian artists including Carlos Amorales (Mexico), Dora Budor (Croatia), Tacita Dean (UK/Europe), Mona Hatoum (Lebanon/UK), Jonathan Jones (Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi, Australia), Anthony McCall (UK/USA), Ron […]
In Conversation with Michael Harding About His Professional Watercolours
Michael Harding has been producing oil paint since 1982, and now his long-held dream of making a high quality watercolour range has finally been realised. With a vision to develop colours of the highest intensity and integrity, and with as many pure single pigment colours as possible, Michael Harding has introduced […]
Reimagining Portland’s museum — inside the four PMA expansion proposals — Portland Museum of Art
This article appears in the Portland Phoenix. The Portland Museum of Art is a postmodernist landmark on the city’s Congress Square. The museum is now planning an even more dramatic architectural landmark that may upstage the handsome brick façade with its signature quartet of arches. Back in 1983, the Portland […]
What is Beauty in Art? And Does it Still Matter?
What is beauty in art? It’s an eternal question which tests our ideas of history, culture, geography, politics, race, religion, time and place. But the question remains: should art be beautiful? And if it should, what does beauty in art mean? For those who gaze on artwork, “beautiful” is often […]
Mhairi Killin at Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art
In August 2018, the carcasses of nearly 120 deep-diving beaked whales washed up along the coastlines of Iceland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, and Scotland’s Hebrides archipelago. Scientists concluded they were victims of the sonar signals from naval exercises, which can confuse the echolocation systems the animals use to survive. Mhairi […]
A Post for Gallery Owners | How To Work Successfully With Artists
Today’s post is from a little different angle than normal RedDot articles. Today I would like to speak directly to other gallery owners. Though most of my posts are directed to artists, I know that I also have a good number of gallery owners who follow the blog – I […]
Hayfield Oak Leaves #4 | The Unfathomable Artist
“Hayfield Oak Leaves – Original” [12th August 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, drawing with H, HB, 4B and 8B, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digitally edited picture 2642 x 3116 pixels. Adhering to on from my previous collection “Cluster of Oak […]
First Days of Art with Kindergarten!
I have uncovered that just about every single art trainer has struggled with training kindergarten at some time. I believe the purpose is that they are like a magical bag of tips: you never ever At any time know what to anticipate! That’s why I focused an entire section of […]
The Colour Pencil Pressure Test
In my next report about employing color pencil I am concentrating on strain. Understanding the strain you use when laying down pencil is 1 of the most essential elements of performing with this medium. Listed here I will clarify how to evaluate and alter the stress you use to help […]