By Gavin Lenaghan in Art And Culture
To what extent would you be willing to use your own body for your art? That is a question that many artists over the last century, in particular, have asked themselves, producing results that have been by turns insightful, controversial…
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By Lily Crossley-Baxter in Art And Culture
This post was originally published on Tokyo Cheapo. Yokohama has a lot going for it—stunning views, the ever-growing craft beer community, Minato Mirai—but there’s also a burgeoning contemporary art scene that’s well worth exploring. Finding the best of the Yokohama…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in How To
The ubiquity of the printed image in our contemporary world makes it unsurprising that the art of printmaking – encompassing such traditional disciplines as relief, intaglio, screen printing and lithography – continues to capture so many artists’ imaginations. However, while…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in Art And Culture
It seems that everyone has an opinion on public art, whether positive or negative. Is it all a waste of taxpayers’ money, or a welcome way to add interest to what may otherwise be a dull urban or rural landscape?…
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By Becky Matthews in Art And Culture
This post was originally published on London Cheapo. London’s start-up boom is growing, and much of it is going on in east London. However, Camden Collective is bringing creativity and economic regeneration back to NW1, an area that is home…
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By Becky Matthews in Art And Culture
This post was originally published on London Cheapo. If you’re an artist or a creative, wherever you’re based, chances are you will come to London to work and meet people. Chances are you will also be broke, and struggling to…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in Art And Culture
Some artists handle the divide between amateur and professional more easily than others. While some can become disillusioned by a stop-start practice defined by only occasional sales or gallery interest (perhaps due to prohibitive time, money or location factors), others…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in Art And Culture
If there is one type of institution that may never receive its just credit for its pivotal role in producing some of the world’s genuine creative greats – in fields often far transcending fine art – it has to be…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in How To
It can be very easy, as an aspirant or current artist, to see the broader art world as arcane and impenetrable, in which those who possess the ‘gift of the gab’ all too often triumph over those with the most…
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By Lara Mae Pantallano in Interviews
Alessandro Andreuccetti – Being an Artist Please Give Us A Few Words Of Introduction About Yourself I am from a land of ancient artistic traditions – Tuscany – where every city, every street, every corner of the landscape is reminiscent of…
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