How to Look at Abstract Art
You do not need to understand abstract art to enjoy it. A simple method for looking slowly: distance, colour, form, gesture, title and feeling.
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Visual culture
Essays on how we look: colour, form, space and the presence of art at home.
Photography as Wall Art
Landscape, architecture, detail or black and white: how to choose photography wall art, look after it, and the ethical questions to ask about an…
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Organic Shapes in Art and Design
Rounded sofas, arches, irregular vases and prints of soft forms: why curves soften a space, what research suggests, and how to use organic shapes…
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The Power of Negative Space in Art
Empty space in an artwork is not a gap: it creates emphasis, balance and breathing room. What negative space is, classic examples and how…
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How to Build an Affordable Personal Art Collection
Originals by emerging artists, original prints, photography and art prints: how to build an affordable art collection slowly, with no investment promises.
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Art and Emotion: Why Images Matter to Us
An image can calm us, unsettle us or return a memory. A reflection on our emotional response to art, without formulas or a single…
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Why Art Matters in Everyday Spaces
You do not need a museum to live with art. A reflection on why the images we choose for our homes matter, and how…
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The Psychology of Colour in Art and Interiors
Does blue calm and red excite? What we really know about colour and emotion, what is cultural habit, and how to use colour well…
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A Brief History of the European Art Poster
From the lithographic Paris of Chéret and Mucha to London Underground posters, Art Deco and Swiss design: a journey through European art poster history.
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Art and Architecture: A Creative Connection
From a cottage wall to the Rothko Chapel: how art and architecture converse through proportion, rhythm, scale and material, and what that teaches at…
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