Rich is a non-gender specific term. But what about the fact that the top ten richest artists are all male. After all How many female artists featured in the top 100 auction sales, last year? 83% of the artists in Tate Modern are men, along with 70% of those in the...
What is rich? Here are some definitions taken from the Oxford English Dictionary that may apply to the ten people who top our 1% richest list of successful artists. Rich Definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 1) Having a great deal of money or assets;...
History tells that where there is big money to be made there is always a scammer out there to fake it. Many artists have copied their heroes in order to learn from the process of re-creating a work of art, but to forge a signature on it is where the trouble begins. It...
Artbytch - Bloody hell it’s depressing this year. I don’t know which artistic musical literary or just general all-around genius I’m mourning from one moment to the next: last weekend I was sobbing into my copy of AA Gill’s last ever article, and I bet there’ll be...
This week's Top 10 takes a look at works of art that have been hated by some but not always by all. Hate is a subjective state of mind, what one individual or group may love, another may vilify. This selection of works may be critically acclaimed but carry very little...
Warning… If you are easily offended then please do not open this top 10! Art has been a great marker for social change and most of the works in this week's feature would hardly raise one of my eyebrows. I leave it up to your discretion to act as judge, jury and...
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 across, or not. Here is our...
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...
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...