With the Canadian artist’s joyful work celebrated in a new film, Maudie, a road trip around dramatic coast and picturesque villages reveals the area she loved to paint
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Rainbow flag to fly over Tate Britain to mark first queer British art show
Tate Britain marks 50th anniversary of 1967 Sexual Offences Act with exhibition including works by Francis Bacon, Dora Carrington and David Hockney
GF Watts: the Victorian painter who inspired Obama
Paintings by GF Watts have influenced figures as diverse as EM Forster and Barack Obama. Two hundred years after his birth, he stands out as one of the most distinctive – and elusive – painters of his times
16th century ‘zoological goldmine’ discovered – in pictures
It was one of those moments historians dream of. In 2012, Florike Egmond discovered an enthralling collection of 16th-century drawings and watercolours of animals collected by the founding father of zoology Conrad Gessner and his fellow Swiss successor Felix Platter hidden away in the Amsterdam University Library.
Katsushika Hokusai’s later life to feature in British Museum show
Museum announces details of first UK exhibition to explore last decades of 19th-century Japanese artist’s life and work
Pablo’s people: the truth about Picasso’s portraits
Picasso has been accused of remaking the world in his own image, but a new exhibition reveals art that captures the idiosyncrasies of each of his subjects
Travel 2016 – Tip 20 – France – Niaux
This travel tip is not so difficult to understand. The 13,000-year old cave paintings in the Grotte de Niaux, about two miles from Tariscon-sur-Ariege are unmissable. Tarascon is worth a look around for 1.5 hours with its clock tower, which provides views over the local valleys, the church of St Michel, and the old town.Continue reading “Travel 2016 – Tip 20 – France – Niaux”
A serene escape for Scream painter Edvard Munch
The artist known for angst-ridden paintings used to find peace in Åsgårdstrand, an old-fashioned fishing town in southern Norway
Greatest Works of Art Ever
Perhaps they are perhaps they’re not – go and see for yourself http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/mar/21/the-10-greatest-works-art-ever
Street Artist extraordinaire
London-based street artist Phlegm has painted his distinctive, fantastical murals in London, Sheffield and beyond. Here is a selection of his best works. http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/feb/10/street-artist-phlegms-murals-from-around-the-world#/?picture=429180215&index=5
