Top 10 – Laughable Works Of Art

Top 10 – Laughable Works Of Art

Some works of art are funny ha ha. Some are funny and we’re laughing with them. Some are funny but we’re laughing at them. Art is a subjective means of communication and most times it’s just down to the artist’s ability to get their message...
Top 10 – Artists Behaving Badly

Top 10 – Artists Behaving Badly

Artists were very likely the first ‘Rock Stars! Since Caravaggio, they have left behind a legacy of volatile extremes whether it be drunken incontinence or in your face infidelities. For every triumph achieved in their careers, there is always a story of excess and...
Top 10 – Come Up And See My Etchings

Top 10 – Come Up And See My Etchings

‘Come up and see my etchings’ was a students catchphrase in the 1940s that rapidly gained a much wider currency throughout the English speaking world. It may find its root in Mae West’s ‘come up and see me sometime!’. But Prof. S. H. Monk...
Top 10 – Most Violent Works Of Art

Top 10 – Most Violent Works Of Art

This is not an easy or palatable topic, but art is steeped in violence. The human condition seeks it out, and in doing so glorifies the deity of bloodlust. Interestingly enough with the advent of film and the demise of the church, splatter-art has taken a back seat at...

Top 10 – Monochrome: Works of Art in Black and White

A new exhibition at the National Gallery is a celebration of monochrome and in particular painting in black and white. The term monochrome is used to describe paintings, drawings, design or photographs in one colour or values of one colour. The show at the National...