The story behind Frida Kahlo’s ‘Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and The United States’
Painted like a map of her conflicted identity.
Features Archives: 11/2023
What is ‘painter’s colic’ and did it kill Vincent van Gogh?
“Look no further than the harmful nature of the pigments.”
Exploring the bitter feud between Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo
“To think you were believed by those castrated Milanese roosters!”
How Meret Oppenheim reinvented herself through art
“I make reality of ideas as they come into my head.”
Louis Wain: The eccentric artist Nick Cave said he was a “disciple” of
“His art has a visionary intensity that is uniquely his own.”
‘Portrait of Francis Bacon’: The stolen Lucian Freud painting that is lost forever
“Would the person who holds the painting kindly consider allowing me to show it?”
How Edie Sedgwick became Andy Warhol’s biggest victim
Warhol’s cruelty towards his superstar is devastating.
Stuart Brisley: the man who bathed in maggots for two weeks
Maggots, black water, and rotting offal.
