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Who is Banksy? This question is asked by many people around the world. Banksy is an anonymous street-artist based in England who is also known as vandal, political activist and film director. His graffiti art…

Birmingham Though it doesn’t make the top of the lists often, Birmingham has a rising street art scene that just keeps growing. Work your way away from the city centre and you will discover several…

A Brief Look at The Austrian Master of Darkness Many people imagine art that is full of blinding colour, vivid cartoonish characters and fun frantic action, others however see the opposite. When people go to…

In west Germany there is one place that is renowned for its sense of fashion, youth culture and art – Dusseldorf.

In today’s climate where everything is lightning fast including the average attention span, it’s tough to get anyone’s attention, let alone get them to focus on a piece. Artists are no doubt having this trouble…

A Look at The Czech Artist Sculpture has long been recognised as an exceptional artistic endeavour. From the gigantic heads of Easter Island to the sphinx, its clear that replicating life in a more permanent…

In the past Europe has been home to so many of the world’s most famous artists. Painters, sculptors and designers have all come from the several small towns and quiet villages that scatter across the…

The final part of our history of French art brings us into the 20th Century, the radical Modern Art era. With the adventurous work of Derain and Matisse in the Fauvism period it seemed obvious…

French art for many centuries led the way for the rest of Europe, many great European artists were heavily influenced in what was going on in France. Artists from England, Holland, Germany and elsewhere traveled…

Our first part of the history of French art looked at how important the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was in teaching and exhibiting art in the mid-16th Century. At first this was…