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Review: Luka Jikia
Gali Street is a street in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Luka Jikia took an image of this street to build one of his colour symphonies. Only the silhouettes of the buildings and the forgivingly blue sky escape the festival of colour…
Yves Klein, the blue artist who wanted to levitate
“Come with me into the void”. That was Yves Klein's (1928 – 1962) title for the lyrics of a song used in his 1960 exhibition Pinturas antropométricas. The void, lightness, transparency, “that…
Art on skin: a selection of 'artistic' tattoos
The old-timers among us may remember when only sailors and ex-cons had tattoos. If someone who wasn't an old sea dog or hadn't done time in the slammer was sporting a…
Shipping tutorial for artworks
SHIPPING TUTORIAL Tips for packing your artworks safelySHIPPING ARTWORKS WITH ARTELISTAPacking an artwork so that it doesn't get damaged in transit is very important, and a task…
Art books: new releases for World Book Day
This April 23 is World Book Day and even though this year we won't be able to celebrate it by buying something at our favourite bookshop or at the stalls that fill our streets every year, we want to suggest…
Art in sick times: a selection of artworks that pictured the plague
Albert Camus's The Plague sold out in bookshops and Bergman's The Seventh Seal as the official film of the quarantine. Europe has been turned upside down in a matter of weeks and many want to know more…
The world's best museums without leaving your sofa
They say every crisis is also an opportunity. For art lovers, this lockdown has been a chance to discover (or remember) that many museums have excellent tours…
Do you know the Speed Art trend?
Every generation has its art and the millennials' gallops somewhere between Street Art and digital art. The key? Saving time in the creative process. Speed Art is painting or drawing done in a short space of time and in one go…