Category: Art

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

George Catlin and the Indians

An affecting impression of a man and the affinity which he found with his subjects, though always remaining on the outside. ...

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Amazon ’s Newest Venture: Selling Art

This grouping together of 100 odd fine art galleries selling expensive artwork through one of the world’s largest corporations creates a very different experience for the buyer....

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Simon Fowler : Interview

Using a style reminiscent of Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, Fowler's labour intensive work has complemented the avant garde work of Dub and Bass group The Bug, doom sonicists Sun O))), Jap-rock...

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Hanging Offence : Giulia Demichelis

'I often see hesitation in trusting the professionalism of the art business.' Independent curator Giulia Demichelis answers Trebuchet's questions...

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Hanging Offence : Vitrine

'maybe it is time to start thinking about new ways of talking about how art operates and how we define quality'...

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Word. Sound. Power. (Tate Britain)

We are in collaboration with the artists. Where work is subtitled we begin to demand the presence of a voice and find ourselves clutching at headsets for dear life. We begin to translate our familiar...

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The Rebirth of Nature : Louise McNaught

A magical world where animals are gods, magic exists, and things around us possess an ethereal, delicate yet simultaneously bold appearance. LouiseMcNaught at DegreeArt...

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An ABC of Aesthetics

There is a distinction between art and entertainment, one of them being that art is meant to be hard work. ...

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Cob and Guts (and curation)

Life in dreams is magnified, multiplied and recycled to form a new visual language that drifts in and out of cognitive understanding. Francesca Goodwin investigates new curatorial approaches at Cob...

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Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld

Courtauld literally lived with his collections and so it was the physical composition of the work (such as Gauguin) itself wherein his main interests lay ...

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Caroline Niño [Interview]

If we create a balance between all the elements in that space placing them strategically around all the space, on balance, in the space between the elements, there is harmony....

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L.S. Lowry : Tate Britain

Beloved by many, but seen as a novelty act with shaky technique by others, L.S. Lowry has never quite fitted into the art establishment despite his enduring popularity....

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Hanging Offence : Proud Galleries

Classic, limited edition printed photography in an age where most people have cameras in almost every electronic device they own...

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Jan Kempenaers : Breese Little Gallery

Jan Kempenaers presents man-made and natural monuments; formed and found stone....

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Hanging Offence : Jerwood Charitable Foundation

It’s a travesty that political society, for the most part, doesn’t value artistic thinking and exploration as it should. This civilisation will be poorer in all ways as a result....

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SUPERPAINTINGS at Transition Gallery

They're laughing. Are we?...

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Restless Ribeiro : An Indian Artist in Britain

A leading painter during the 60s and 70s, he was considered THE leading Indian artist resident in the UK until he was overshadowed by changing tastes and the epic rise of Anish Kapoor...

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Hanging Offence : Scream

'our aesthetic is bold, bright, high impact works with an emphasis on the skill or craft of creating works of art' ...

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In Defence of Art

They would then stalk, with a suitably knowing sneer creasing their upper lips, around the space and direct small troops of eager attendants to move paintings a little to the left or a little to the...

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Broad Vision: Inspired by… Images from Science

So often in art/science collaborations it is clear how the process has benefited the arts practitioners; it is often more opaque what benefit the scientists have gained....

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Oliver Sin, Artist : Interview

Everybody has a unique perspective to sense and communicate. Mine is mostly comes from my musical heritage. It's like improvising in music. Science and futurology are all parts of my style....

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Mumbojumbo and Gobbledygook: The Language of Art Terminology

Sometimes I invent new terms and insert them into conversations just to see who pretends they understand...

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Saloua Raouda Choucair : Tate Modern

It is her unique position as an outsider that has allowed the structures to develop - rather than the over-stipulation of an omnipotent artist...

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Hanging Offence : The Residence Gallery

I want this gallery to see through the golden cage of the absolute to the highest realms of freedom and possibility....

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Anita Goldstein : Interview

The West-Bank wall is covered on its Palestinian side with lots of graffiti (many slogans, but also street art) whereas its Israeli side is completely blank. I think it's a nice metaphor...

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Celina Teague : Brave New World Hits a Glitch

Teague applies a moral surface to the artwork, as such, she reveals herself as an activist and her paintings become personal tales of her protests...

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Hanging Offence : Charlie Dutton Gallery

'communications between gallerists, artists and the viewers can become misunderstood: rudeness, anxieties and insecurities are a lethal cocktail'...

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Metal Machine(gun) Music : DISARM

DISARM, currently showing at the Lisson Gallery in London features playable musical instruments created from illegal firearms and artworks of sci-fi sonic weapons...

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Thatcher in DegreeArt

Will her image become a universal iconograph? And if it does, what exactly will it signify?...

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Hanging Offence : Ruth Garde

'I'm not sure there is such a thing as an artistic controversy, but there have certainly been many controversies surrounding art' Ruth Garde, curator, talks to Trebuchet about Michaelangelo, Bernini...

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