Written by Fruzsina Vida No matter what chair you are sitting on at the moment, the object that is keeping you comfortable is a result of decades and centuries-long development. […]
Category: Art
The Scream is How You’re Feeling Right Now
Written by Agata Lunarska “I was walking along the road with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, […]
Tragedy On Canvas: A Visual Guide to Shakespeare’s Women in 19th Century Art
by Madeline Brace Content Warning: This article, the art and plays it concerns and the articles linked below feature potentially distressing subject matter including suicide, mental illness, forced marriage and […]
Bizarre Desires Behind the Glass: The Contemporary Come-back of Wunderkammers
Written by Fruzsina Vida From 16th century cabinets of curiosities to a riveting app to fight off the pandemic monotony, private collections of wonders have found their audience through centuries […]
The Impact on Art of Pandemics Past: A Visual Guide
By Madeline Brace Content Warning: This article, the art it concerns and the articles linked below, feature potentially distressing subject matter including pandemics, terminal illness and bereavement. It has become […]
The Pre-Raphaelites: Sir John Everett Millais and Ophelia
By Agata Lunarska John Everett Millais was born in 1829 in Southampton. He showed extraordinary talent in painting and drawing and at the age of 11 he started attending the […]
Artemisia in The National Gallery, London
by Mia Gane Positioned just off centre, staring towards her audience and regally dressed in the guise of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr, Artemisia Gentileschi paints, and […]
Modern Art: Storytelling or a load of old chairs?
Spoiler alert: I love modern art. Some of my favourite artists of all time include Robert Rauschenberg, Anselm Kiefer and Mark Rothko. A lot of people I know whose opinions I […]
Q&A With Rose Anne Evans
Rose Anne Evans is a first-year French, German and Linguistics BA student here at the University of York and she’s written a book, Fight For Freedom, to raise awareness about […]
Review: York Art Gallery: Albert Moore
York Art Gallery’s latest exhibition is the first solo exhibition of Albert Moore since his death in 1893. The show has been organised by York Museums Trust and Museum De […]