Designer Daniel Voshart's works use a technique that has become popular online. You probably know about Nero, the tyrannical emperor who ruled Rome for 14 years in the first century—the one who perpetrated political murders, persecuted Christians, and fiddled while his city burned. But have you ever wondered what he looked like? Daniel Voshart did. The Toronto... Continue Reading →
Falko One
Falko One's street art has taken him from his beloved Cape Town to Singapore, Dubai and beyond. In search of something closer to home, the internationally renowned graffiti artist embarked on a journey across South Africa with Red Bull to leave his mark in colourful murals in each of the towns, small dorpies and informal... Continue Reading →
Cycladic Society (Narration / poem by Professor Stampolidis)
The Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art, Professor N. Chr. Stampolidis narrates the rise of the Early Cycladic society (3200 to 2000 B.C.) and its civilization through the prism of the cycladic figurine, the symbol that defined globally the history of Art from the Prehistoric Age up until the 21st century because of its... Continue Reading →
The British Museum Puts 1.9 Million Images Online for Public Use
As part of a website refresh, The British Museum has made over 1.9 million photos of its collections freely available to the public. Visitors to their online collections website can download images, and share & adapt them for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Museum director Hartwig Fischer said of the refresh: The British... Continue Reading →
Old Book Illustrations: An Online Database Lets You Download Thousands of Illustrations from the 19th & 20th Centuries
The Golden Age of Illustration is typically dated between 1880 and the early decades of the 20th century. This was “a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration,” writes Artcyclopedia; the time of artists like John Tenniel, Beatrix Potter (below), Arthur Rackham, and Aubrey Beardsley. Some of the most prominent illustrators, such as Beardsley and... Continue Reading →
Why People Believe They Can’t Draw? How To Prove They Can!
" Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally - in a very practical way. He’ll demonstrate how the simple act of drawing has the power to make a positive difference in the world. Graham specialises... Continue Reading →
Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use
Paris Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris have recently made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artworks freely available to the public on their collections website. Artists with works in the archive include Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, and thousands of others. From Hyperallergic: Paris Musées is a public entity that oversees the 14 municipal museums of... Continue Reading →
