Art
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Yasmin David: Into the Light At The New Walsall Art Gallery
Finding a new artist’s body of work to love and savour is always a moment to cherish. That is what I encountered when I checked out Yasmin David’s ‘Into the Light’ exhibition that is currently showing at the New Walsall Art Gallery. The exhibition is the first of David’s work, she is a relatively unknown artist with work of real beauty that was hidden away in her home in Devon during her lifetime, only to be discovered in its entirety by her daughter Clio David, during lockdown. Now the work is taking its rightful place in the museum that is also home to the world renowned Garman Ryan collection, rightful,…
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Wolves in Wolves – Touring The North Route
This summer, the city of Wolverhampton has been overtaken by Wolves, beautiful decorated wolves. The #WolvesinWolves2017, is the largest public art event ever to take place in the city with 30 wolf sculptures located in and around the city centre. The wolves have been created by a range of artists that range from High Schools and University students, to renowned artists from around the world. The wolves are on display around the city, with two trails that you can access at your leisure, or through an organised wolf walk. On Wednesday night I took my boy Joe Luca on the Northern wolf walk which lasted for two hours and took…
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Dating Ideas for Culture Vultures
Dating used to be so simple. You would meet someone, in a pub, or a club, maybe even at High School and you would go on a series of dates and decide whether you liked the person enough to make it a more permanent attachment. Maybe you would meet that special person at work, or on a train traveling to work and a relationship would develop. These days, things are very different and one of the main ways to meet someone is through online dating sites. This is for a range of reasons, with the rise in divorce meaning there are more over 50s dating, the sort of people who…
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Cass Art opens its doors in Birmingham
“Cass Art is on a mission. A mission to fill every town with artists, underpinned by the company’s long-standing manifesto. Cass Art is committed to encouraging everyone to realise their creative talents by providing the world’s top quality materials at the guaranteed best prices.” On Saturday Cass Art opened its latest store (its 12th in the UK) in a beautiful building on Corporation Street. There were pretty enormous queues snaking their way down the street as Artists, both professional and amateur, waited to check out the enormous range of art supplies at the guaranteed best prices, including famous names like Faber-Castell, Winsor and Newton, Daler Rowney and Fabriano. As someone…
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Posters and Prints For Low Cost Wall Decorating Ideas
Regardless of how colourful the home is, it will be even better if the walls around it are transformed from a dull, bland appearance to one with a more artistic feel. This piece takes a look at 4 cheap ways to achieve this. Wall Stickers Wall stickers can instantly improve the look and feel around a space. Fortunately, they can be found easily and minimum effort is required to put them up. It is a perfect option when stencilling and painting are out of the equation. Picture gallery Do you have lots of pictures lying in boxes around the home? You can transform your wall into a mini gallery by…
