Tulips might be best associated with spring, but they’ve just started to reappear on florists’ stands across Britain, bringing some colour and light to these dark months …
The yellow pigment has faded over time, leaving a white canary and blue foliage, but the subject of this painting – a young girl’s sadness at her first confrontation with death – is as clear to us as it was to viewers nearly 300 years ago …
London is set to host ceremonial processions through the streets of London this week, although likely with a different tone to that inspired by Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector and the first (perhaps not the last) commoner to become head of state in Britain …
Stephen is surrounded by the tools of his murder and the remains of his tattered robe – perhaps this is a scene that some people recognise on this Boxing Day morning, after the celebratory highs of the day before …
Strange how we have been fed some specific visual styles from certain artists. At first sight, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was by Van Gogh, not Mondrian. No squares of primary colour …
The colours in this oil painting seem so faint, fading, even vanishing, beckoning the viewer towards them. Birgir’s approach to creating artwork is delicate, whispering, heightening the senses and drawing us in …
This week marks the feast day of St Andrew (30 November) and it’s a public holiday in Scotland. The image on the left isn’t what you’d perhaps immediately associate with Scottish …
A new exhibition about British, German and French art in the aftermath of the First World War opens tomorrow (5 June) at Tate Britain. The physical and psychological scars …
