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A Serbian Film: Is It Art?

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 The definition of art is one that has been debated for centuries, yet never truly defined. Most will agree that art should move us; it should stimulate us emotionally and intellectually; or at the very least it should be aesthetically pleasing. It is accepted that; “…art refer[s] to intentional, conscious actions on the part of [...]

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Heraldry as Art… in The Park

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If art has often been an expression of the personal power of a monarch, it can also be felt, personally, as powerful to all people. So, even art which was created in undemocratic times can be fundamentally democratic, having a universal appeal.

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Lucy Driscoll – Present

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Present – A picture article by Lucy Driscoll.

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Lucy Driscoll – Fun

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Fun – A picture article by Lucy Driscoll.

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What Is Art?

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Over the past 100 years we have seen a fundamental shift in the human condition, but how we deliver the artistic experience has remained stubbornly inflexible.

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Haegue Yang’s Teacher Of Dance – Reviewed

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Five tomato cans, elevated on a cylindrical platform boasting tightly -knitted mauve exteriors, great visitors to Haegue Yang’s foremost solo UK exhibition Teacher of Dance.  Seoul-born Yang has been living and working in Berlin and Seoul for the past fifteen years and Teacher Of Dance presents an album of over a decade of the artists [...]

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“I help people celebrate their lives – it’s the best part of my work.” Illustrator Denis Blandford – Art Beat Interview

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I help people celebrate their lives. It’s the best part of my work.

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The Epiphany of Ramon Llull – “art by the artist series”

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Finally admitted to her bedchamber, he was overwhelmed when she revealed a breast eaten away by some terrible disease.

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Windsor in Colour – how it began, “art by the artist” series

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I had so much fun painting the castle, the river, the trees in bright pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues and reds…my expression of the fun and colourful town that is Windsor.

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Fragments Take Flight – An Exhibition of Art

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My obsession with birds is now seriously cemented, but I don’t have it in me to be a twitcher. My memory just isn’t up to bird watching. At least, I will always get joy from seeing a bird, I even like feral pigeons. But try as I might I can’t tell one bird call from another, and facts and names don’t stick in my head.

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