Art Everywhere

Art Everywhere Art Everywhere wants, well, art everywhere. The collaboration between the Tate, Art Fund and Richard Reed ( CEO of Innocent Smoothies) is bringing art to bus stops, taxis and billboards across the country in an effort to turn the UK into the world’s largest art gallery. They’re promising Bacons at bus stops and…

Is this that ‘summer’ thing people talk about?

It’s been hot. So hot. The kind of hot that other countries get at this time of year whereas we Brits tend to get drizzle and clouds. But we got some sun for once and everyone is still moaning about it being too hot.  So here’re some pieces of china that share our pain. #melting…

Jay-Z knows some artists

…and he’s gonna name-check them in his new song.

Lowry and The Curse of Popularity

When I was a child I couldn’t draw hands. I tried, spending hours trying to perfect them but never could. I think it was my mum who mentioned one day that my figures were like Lowry’s and showed me one of his paintings. It was only after this that I gave up my futile quest…

This month’s obsession (July)

Well, this is technically last month’s too but he’s so good I’m still obsessed. Woodkid (aka Yoann Lemoine)  was formerly a prolific music video director (directing Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die). He’s since turned to creating his own music and he’s bloody good at it. It’s pretty genre bending…