Chris Levine on creating his iconic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘I was the wild card’ Ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we spoke to artist Chris Levine about the making of his iconic hologram portraits of Her Majesty. He reflects on two years of preparation, that fateful day in Buckingham Palace, and Lightness …
As mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth is coming up on its 30th anniversary, co-founder Manuela Wirth says she made a concerted decision not to step out with a splashy party to celebrate. Instead, Wirth is going back to her roots as an arts and crafts teacher in her pre-gallery days by establishing the first U.S. outpost …
To be clear, Billy Gannon is not Banksy. Or at least – that’s what he says. “The problem I have is that when I say to people, ‘I am not Banksy,’ I can see this look in their eyes, and they say, ‘That’s what Banksy would say,’” says the 58-year-old from Pembroke Dock, west Wales. …
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“I love Bob Ross,” says Tia Blanco with a laugh. “He’s so good.” RAEN’s Tia Blanco walks us through her makeshift art studio at her home in Oceanside, California. She’s produced an impressive stockpile of completed canvases in the last few months. Her most recent addition is a walkway of purple trees. It looks like …
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Brand new fan-created art shows all six original Avengers and their respective Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 replacements together. All six original Avengers loom over their respective MCU Phase 4 replacements in new Marvel fan art. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently in a transition period after the culmination of the Infinity Saga. While the …
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Which one is better for making art: living in the city among gifted friends or isolating on an inconveniently located island? Robert Rauschenberg famously tried both. In 1970, at age 45 and acclaimed for his alchemical ability to turn detritus into art, he felt tired of living in Manhattan. He purchased property in Captiva, off …
A new piece of Thor: Love and Thunder fan art imagines what Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher could look like with a comic-accurate design. A new piece of fan art for Thor: Love & Thunder imagines what Gorr the God Butcher could have looked like if Marvel Studios followed his appearance in the comics. Thor: Love & Thunder is …
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An archaeologist is calling for a US auction house to withdraw a monumental Roman sculpture from sale, claiming he has photographic evidence of its direct link to a dealer involved with illicit trade. Prof Christos Tsirogiannis, whose academic research focuses on antiquities and trafficking networks, said Hindman Auctions in Chicago should cancel its auction of …
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Mary-Kate & Ashley star alongside their younger sister Elizabeth Olsen as variants of the Scarlet Witch in fantastic fan poster by samuel_cheve. Unlike the variants of Wanda seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness played by Elizabeth Olsen, some fantastic fanart imagines Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as variants of the Scarlet Witch. The Olsen …
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She was born without arms and legs to a farming family in 1784 and, measuring just 37 inches in height as an adult, was put on show in touring fairground attractions. Billed as The Limbless Wonder, Sarah Biffin painted, wrote and sewed with her mouth and shoulder, alongside prize fighters, wild animals and other sideshow …
