Wangechi Mutu creates amalgamations of humans and machines, sensual black female bodies and grotesque textures are synonymous of body diseases, cultural trauma, & gender constructs; her aesthetics re-write the codes of femininity in our society.

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Francesco Melzi, "Leda and the Swan (after da Vinci)", oil on canvas, Italy, 1508-1515.

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In the second of our guest blogs, Dr Tom Normand HRSA recalls his home town Dunfermline's most famous family of artists

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SOMEONE (@ dottylogic on instagram) asked if we could take a break from art history gore so today we are heading to the origins of art mew-veau with spring by frances macdonald.
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"Forever Autumn" is an artwork by English artist Jeff Rowland, who is known for his rain-soaked oil paintings with an anonymous couple. For him rain symbolised washing away history and starting afresh, marking the start of a new journey.

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ghost cats in judith slaying holofernes by artemisia gentileschi - something i don’t have a cat pun for but a piece of art i sorely wanted to reproduce for this series.

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The cover of the June issue of features a work by from the collection, ‘Free West Indian Domincans’, c. 1770; to learn more, visit https://t.co/9M4Jl6eU52

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Harlem Girl with Blanket, 1925, Lodewijk van der Helst⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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M.C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist and creator of mathematically inspired illustrations, is our

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Beati pauperes... Beati mites ... Beati (Psalms 1:1)
1964 watercolor/gouache/paper
Salvador Dali

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Over the impressive length of her career (almost 7 decades), Loïs Mailou Jones had produced paintings, drawings and textile designs in the context of the Harlem Renaissance.

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"The Red Tractor" is a painting by French artist Maurice de Vlaminck, who was influenced by Van Gogh and Cézanne and thematized in his later works the destruction of nature by humans and technology.

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