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Becoming Frida Kahlo: new BBC documentary paints a compelling portrait of the Mexican artist
Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth Nearly 70 years after her death the brilliant Mexican artist Frida Kahlo continues to fascinate for her unique artistic language that interprets her physical and […]
Kahlo’s ‘Portrait of Christina’ a rare offering at Christie’s
This past August saw the death of a massively influential member of the American music industry—Jerry Moss, the co-founder of A&M Records alongside legendary bandleader Herb Alpert. As Moss’ art […]
Fridamania: appropriation and art museums
Apart from attracting increasing popularity in its own right, Frida Kahlo’s evolution from Mexican artist and wife of Diego Rivera to a pop-culture icon has created a fertile landscape for […]
Lighthouse Immersive files for bankruptcy in U.S.
Classics always find their way into the future—whether through a radio station spinning oldies side-by-side with the new stuff, social media trends sampling dialogue, exhibitions re-contextualizing work, or the simple […]
In search of art: Ken Bromley Art Supplies brings the most Googled artists of the pandemic together in new map series
Over the course of the pandemic, the internet has been our main resource for almost everything, including art. But, in our time at home, what artists have people around the […]
Social distancing doesn’t have to mean distance from art… Here are nine ways to bring the art to you during the coronavirus pandemic
Social distancing and self-isolation have become the new norm for people around the world as the fight to cull the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, continues. Mixed advice, the […]
The art of running…and running routes
‘When I was a kid everyone thought I’d be an artist when I grew up – I was always drawing things,’ said Lenny Maughan in an interview with The Guardian. […]
2018 Museum Trends: Fashion and Social Interaction
Whether through social media engagement, immersive exhibitions, or fashion-forward thinking, art museums are creating novel opportunities to interact with artwork and with that increasing visitorship like never before. The Art […]
A new exhibit in Bogota celebrates Mexican and Colombian art
In 2018, Mexico and Colombia made the collective decision to celebrate their cultural similarities and affinities for one another through art. Un Arte Propio: Convergencias entre Mexico y Colombia is an exhibit featuring […]
It’s not you, it’s me: exploring the Barbican’s ‘Modern Couples’
Obsessional. Devoted. Progressive. Revolutionary. These are some of the adjectives the Barbican Art Gallery has given to the 40 couples represented in their exhibition, ‘Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the […]
