Kaoru Yamada is a Japanese illustrator, copywriter, and AI artist who finds beauty and hope in the everyday.
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Inspired by childhood memories of the countryside and his love of Vietmanese traditional dress - and the women in it - Bui Trong Du creates delightfully harmonious, vibrant works that are both life affirming and calming.
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90 year-old printmaker Sabra Field, a beloved figure in Vermont, USA, decided to be an artist when she was 8. The serenity of her landscapes is so very compelling.
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As we transition out of 2024 - with some trepidation by most I think - I want to focus on the earth and all the things that make it real and grounded for most of us. Through the eyes of Bolivian artist Mamani Mamani.
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Valentino Monticello’s intricate fine wine label collage is all about Christmas. And wine. As it happens, in opera.
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To get you ready for the hustle and bustle of the holidays, here is a bit of soul healing calm from the Japanese woodblock print master, Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991)
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For Gao Xiang - hailing from China’s Yunnan Province, the ox is a metaphor for the power of love to overcome all obstacles and is the hero of an ancient cosmology myth inspired by a 7C BC poem.
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Syrian artist’s Louay Kayyali’s (1934-1978) portraits filled me with so much emotion that I had no space - or need - to speak.
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There is something about Lebanese artist Sara Chaar’s work that is ethereal and immediately compelling.
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Considered a pioneer of contemporary art in Taiwan, Yao Jui-cheung spent a memorable residency in Scotland that resulted in a melding of traditions and a new technique.
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Brazilian-Italian artist Mariannita Luzzati explores the allure of landscapes and their interaction with humankind
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Yunnan-based artist Wu Jun explores the feeling of rootlessness brought by change. I first wrote about his work 8 years ago and now, amidst AI and the surreal political landscape, the reasons are different but the change is the same.
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Konrad Mägi (1878-1925) was one of the first modernist painters in Estonia, a brilliant colourist, and an extraordinarily versatile portraitist and landscape artist.
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Pawel Kuczynski is an award-winning Polish illustrator who reflects society as he sees it, warts and all
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I am not a quilter nor do I profess to know anything about it except that these extraordinary fabric designs by contemporary Nihonga artist Fujiyama Nobu are just too luscious to refuse.
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A client recently suggested that I look at Tunisian artists, for there is much talent there - and so I did. Slimen Elkamel is a Tunisian poet and artist whose vibrant art melds poetry, storytelling, and memories with a healthy dose of imagination.
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Don't skip the details here! Accompanying this week’s exhibition by Olga Goldina Hirsch - curated in collaboration with writer and curator, Irene Kukota - today's spotlight is on the details of Hirsch's art, laden with memories and the in-between.
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The contemporary Georgian artist Mamuka Dideba's "Urban Allusions" are outside of space and time, made up of light and form that when refracted through our unique experiences create beautiful associations.
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