35 Secret Santa Gift Ideas To Make The Holidays Magical
The holiday season is upon us and that means it’s time for Secret Santa gift ideas! If you’re not familiar with the concept, Secret Santa is where a group of…
Wide horizons: The art of Joe Furlonger
At art school in the 1970s, a young Joe Furlonger was ‘happy just to be painting’ — an activity enjoyedsince childhood and a counterpoint to his work on the family’s…
Currier and Ives and the Joys of Winter
Share: by Cynthia Close Massachusetts born Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) was a lithographer who went into the printing business as a very young man to support his family. He initially found…
Travis Jeppesen on the 59th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Chan Tze-woon, Blue Island, 2022, DCP, color, sound, 97 minutes. ALTHOUGH THE GOLDEN HORSE traditionally serves as the most coveted launching pad for Chinese-language filmmaking, this year, because of political…
Prizewinners at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2022
I’m very pleased to see that both the website of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Mall Galleries have lists of the Prizewinners at the Annual Exhibition 2022…
Ep 123 The Most Important Skills an Artist Can Have
In today’s art podcast we are going to talk about the most important skills an artist can have. And you might think the most important skills are things that revolve…
Artist Interview – Dan Smith
Who are you and what do you do? My name is Dan Smith (aka Smithy) and I am a pencil artist. I specialize in realistic drawing which started off using…
All About Burgher of Delft and his Daughter by Jan Steen
Title of Artwork: “Burgher of Delft and his Daughter” Artwork by Jan Steen Year Created 1655 Summary of Burgher of Delft and his Daughter The oil on canvas painting by…
Collaborative Winter Bulletin Board 2022
I do a collaborative bulletin board for winter every year. Here is the link to the post where I shared a lot of past boards >> https://www.artwithmre.com/2022/11/need-some-winter-bulletin-board.html When I made…
Marcel Dzama at David Zwirner | London
“Cuteness,” writes the theorist Sianne Ngai, “hinges on a sentimental attitude toward the diminutive and/or weak… a sadistic side to a tender emotion.” The cuties in Marcel Dzama’s artworks are…