Art movements

Movements and artists that explain what we see today, from the Bauhaus to minimalism.

Architectural Illustration as Graphic Art

Elevations, plans and imagined cities: architectural drawing is a graphic genre with a long history. How to look at it, and how to hang it at home.

A mesh, some ink and a squeegee. How screen printing works, how Pop Art turned it into a visual language, and how it differs…

Scissors, magazines and an idea. Photomontage began in Dada Berlin and moved onto covers and books. How it differs from collage, and archive images.

Rothko wanted his paintings seen from about 18 inches; Newman asked people to stand close. How Abstract Expressionism used scale, and what it means…

From the London Underground to ocean liners, the travel poster turned places into images. Its story, visual language and what to know before hanging…

From a cot quilt for her son to textiles, books and painting, Sonia Delaunay made colour a language. Her story and simultaneous contrast.

Taking a line for a walk: Paul Klee turned drawing, colour and signs into a language of his own. His life, his Bauhaus teaching…

In 1915 a black square hung high in a corner changed the history of painting. What Suprematism was, what it wanted, and why it…

Between 1953 and 1968, a small German school reshaped industrial and graphic design. What HfG Ulm was, who made it and why its mark…

Publisher, designer, carver, printer: ukiyo-e was a team effort. How the prints were made, why Europe fell for them, and what to know about…

Thousands of dots of pure colour that, from a distance, become a Sunday afternoon. What pointillism was, how optical mixing works and what it…