Yoshitomo Nara, a Japanese artist known for his large-eyed figures, has gained global recognition through exhibitions and influences from music and childhood experiences in post-war Japan.Read More →
Gerhard Haderer, an Austrian caricaturist, explores societal issues through impactful illustrations, faced legal challenges over “The Life of Jesus,” and shifted to art after cancer surgery.Read More →
Jessie Marion King (1875 – 1949) was a well-known Scottish illustrator who specialised in children’s books. She also painted pottery and crafted bookplates, jewellery, and fabric. King was a member of the Glasgow Girls, a collective of female artists.Read More →
Cute illustrations of a traveling otter and his many adventures by Beijing-based artist Simon Lee . The style of the illustrations remind me of the woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e) of Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858). Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries.Read More →
André Lhote was a French painter, illustrator, teacher, and art critic. Trained as a wood sculptor, he eventually shifted to painting, influenced by Gauguin and Cézanne, and notably contributed to Art Nouveau and Cubism. He founded Academy André Lhote and achieved notable recognition in his lifetime.Read More →
Dru Drury (4 February 1724 – 15 December 1803) was a British collector of natural history specimens and an entomologist. He had samples collected from across the world through a network of ship’s officers and collectors, including Henry Smeathman. Read More →
Alma Haser explores the fascination with identical twins, highlighting their genetic similarities, the formation process, and unique differences like fingerprints despite being nearly identical.Read More →
Louis Sparre (1866 – 1964) was a Swedish furniture designer and ceramicist who worked in Finland, pioneering design renaissance with striking geometric forms.Read More →
A selection of work by Métis artist Jean Paul Langlois from Vancouver Island, currently based in East Vancouver. Informed by pop and pulp culture, particularly Westerns, 70s sci-fi and Saturday morning cartoons, Langlois plays with ultra-saturated colours and motifs as a way of grappling with a sense of alienation from his own cultural backgrounds — both indigenous and settler.Read More →
“Thoughts, silent thoughts, of Time and Space and Death…” When thirty-six-year-old Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass in the summer of 1855, having poured the whole of his being into this unusual and daring labor of love, it fell upon unreceptive and downright hostile ears — a rejection that devastated the young poet.Read More →