‘It’s fun, fun, fun’: the Arctic artist who took up painting for ‘cigarette money’ | Art and design

‘I sold a drawing for $15 and in return they gave me a bigger piece of paper’ … Untitled by Ashoona.

It’s hard to comprehend what life is like in Kinngait, a chilly hamlet home to a thriving artist cooperative in the Arctic north of Canada. It’s currently the depths of winter there, with an average […]

How a European colour revolution brought us the humble Christmas card | Art and design

Boot out … woman’s boots, English, 1870s, Manchester Art Gallery.

What would Christmas be without the humble Christmas card? It’s hard to think of a more quintessentially British seasonal tradition than propping up colourful bits of stiff paper on your mantelpiece, but in fact we […]

Remembering the Slip: the Manhattan street that birthed a generation of artists – then was demolished | Art and design books

woman works with yarn

The cover of Prudence Peiffer’s new book, The Slip, features the kind of photograph New York City dreams are made of. In the 1958 shot, taken by Hans Namuth, a bohemian-looking group – many of […]

‘Beyoncé is wearing my jeans!’ Markus Klinko’s best shot | Art and design

Photographer Markus Klinko for My Best Shot

I was a classical concert harpist before I became a photographer. I studied at the Paris conservatoire and signed with EMI Classics. Then, in 1994, aged 33, a hand injury prevented me from playing. I […]

‘Like an exploded iPhone’: why Sarah Sze is the perfect artist for the age of information overload | Art and design

Overwhelming … Measuring the Infinite by Sarah Sze, at the Guggenheim.

In 1972, John Berger’s revelatory TV series and subsequent book, Ways of Seeing, began by discussing the changing ways we experience art via the then recent innovation of colour televisions in homes. Berger argued that […]

Emily In Paris Fame Lily Collins Dishes On Her Obsession With Interior Design

Lily Collins dishes on her obsession with interior design

Lily Collins dishes on her obsession with interior design ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Actress Lily Collins has recently become obsessed with interior design. The 33-year-old ‘Emily in Paris‘ actress, who is the daughter […]