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Artwork Of The Week: The Avenue at Middelharnis By Meindert Hobbema

(0) Comments | Posted August 30, 2012 | 9:51 AM

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Not bad for a someone who only painted in their spare time. Hobbema was a pupil of the Jacob van Ruisdael, Holland's most famous landscape painter, but got himself a well-paid job with the Wine Importers Association of Amsterdam in 1668....

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Artwork Of The Week: Black Square, By Kazimir Malevich

(5) Comments | Posted July 27, 2012 | 10:51 AM

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It's black. It's a square. It's a bit crackly after ageing.

Malevich described this work as an exploration into 'zero of form' - by not painting objects recognisable in the real world, it's free of logic and reason. All that's left is pure feeling...

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Artwork Of The Week: White Cloud over Purple By Mark Rothko

(1) Comments | Posted July 20, 2012 | 9:14 AM

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Mark Rothko wanted you to be totally immersed in his works, so the best way to view his paintings in person is to stand right up against them, so you can't see beyond the canvas.

This way you will be completely submerged in...

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Artwork Of The Week: Liberty Leading The People, By Delacroix

(1) Comments | Posted July 13, 2012 | 9:57 AM

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To celebrate Bastille Day, this week's Art of the Week is Delacroix's Liberty Leading The People.

Now more famous as Coldplay's album cover, this work celebrates the French Revolution of 1830.

Liberty's air-punching posture...

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Where To Get Your Art Fix In July

(0) Comments | Posted July 9, 2012 | 3:19 AM

If you want to get your fix of art before the whole of Britain is descended upon by Olympic-goers, this is a brief round-up of what there is to see in London and across the UK during July:

For more preview highlights of what's on in London and across...

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Artwork Of The Week: 'Washington Crossing The Delaware River' By Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

(4) Comments | Posted July 6, 2012 | 9:01 AM

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As this week saw Independence Day celebrated across the Atlantic, for this week's artwork we've selected a painting that depicts a crucial moment in the American Revolution.

George Washington leads his army of...

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Artwork Of The Week - 'Dido Building Carthage' By J.M.W. Turner

(2) Comments | Posted March 26, 2012 | 5:52 AM

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The artwork that’s getting us talking this week is J.M.W. Turner’s Dido Building Carthage, painted by the British romanticist in 1815.

Upon his death in 1851 the artist donated this painting – along with Sun Rising Through Vapour (before 1807) – to the National Gallery in London,...

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Essential Art Apps For iPad And iPhone

(1) Comments | Posted March 8, 2012 | 6:44 AM

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Back in January, inspired by David Hockney, we attempted to create an artwork on the iPad – with, it must be said, immensely disappointing results.

But while aping the techniques displayed in Hockney's A Bigger Picture didn't go quite to plan, that...

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