Yves Klein: the artist who invented a colour
“The blue sky is my first artwork.”
Features Archives: 10/2023
The Ghost of a Flea: William Blake’s bloodthirsty nightmare
A gothic painting of a blood-thirsty, morally astute flea.
Who is Norman Rockwell? And what does he mean to Lana Del Rey?
“Those were the days when America believed in itself.”
How thumbs proved that the most expensive painting in history was fake
Dodgy thumbs and dodgier deals.
The horrifying footage of the disastrous Cleveland Balloonfest
Death, injured horses and countless car accidents.
Hunter S. Thompson once named his favourite drug
Everything was a drug to Hunter S. Thompson, even music. “Music has always been a matter of Energy to me,” he once wrote. “A question…
The choir of Sardinian shepherds loved by Werner Herzog
“They have this very strange, very ancient way of singing.”
The painting that made Tracy Emin sit down and weep
“I didn’t know why I was sitting in front of this painting crying.”
The George Orwell guide to the perfect cup of tea
“One strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones.”
How Kazimir Malevich’s ‘Black Square’ threatened Joseph Stalin
“I understand the primacy of pure feeling in creative art.”
“Shove it up your ass”: Dahn Vo’s bitter words to his art collector
A testament to the tricky nature of the artist-collector relationship.