Tag: art

  • DY Begay’s Sublime Light

    The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian is currently hosting a show of tapestries by fibre artist DY Begay. In these works the artist explores her birthplace and home of Tsélaní on the Navajo Nation reservation through beautifully rendered land and skyscape interpretations in colour and texture. Sublime Light is on until July 13th…

  • The spectacular art of Khatija Possum

    The third generation of painters in her family, Khatija Possum is the granddaughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, a founding artist of the contemporary indigenous art movement in Australia. The artist uses Aboriginal ancestry as influences in her work, portraying the landscape through concentric circles that represent human activity, small dots and circles standing in for…

  • You’re Still Here

    It is a commonality, losing someone, but we all experience that loss uniquely. Sometimes that experience is celebratory, joy for a full life. Sometimes it is not. Sometimes it is quiet and peaceful. Sometimes it is not. Whatever the circumstances we often want to mark the occasion. In this project, You’re Still Here, Rebecca Godderis…

  • Iris van Herpen

    Iris van Herpen, the Dutch fashion designer, has just completed a show in Brisbane: Sculpting the Senses. The original show in Paris in 2023 provided the inspiration for the Australian exhibition, which included film, visual art, sculpture, photography and installations as well as the designer’s interpretations of the surrounding worlds around her. Thanks to a…

  • This week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week the blog features a playlist that relates to its entries. The playlist is hosted on Spotify and you can listen to the audio on the player above or by heading over to Spotify on the Web or in the platform’s app. A search for “Music to read a blog by” will bring up…

  • Brides by Yvonne Todd

    Yvonne Todd, a New Zealander who works in photography, has just ended a show at the Dowse Art Gallery in Pōneke Wellington: Brides. In this exhibition the artist has created portraits of brides that look like real wedding photographs. Close inspection however reveals that they are anything but. Instead they are surreal and witty takes…

  • The Spotify playlist

    Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go alongside the articles on the blog. There is always a link with the articles although sometimes it is less obvious than others. To listen click on the player above or go to Spotify and search for “Music to read a blog by”. Paying subscribers to…

  • Rohit Bal

    The Indian fashion designer, Rohit Bal, known for his innovative blending of the sub-continent’s cultural heritage with contemporary design, has died. Bal credited his early childhood experiences of his mother’s shawls and saris with his success, saying that “Fabric is the… lifeblood of fashion”, and his understanding of materials and techniques resulted in a label…

  • A note about photos on the blog

    Over the past few years I have been very conscious that photographs convey a lot more than words but that has presented a moral dilemma. These days when images are an ever-present part of our daily lives it is easy to find something on the Web to use as an illustration for an article. In…

  • Emily Van Hoff’s playful quilts

    Graphic designer, Emily Van Hoff, has come up with a new line of quilting fabrics. The new fabrics have been created for Moda Fabrics and will be available next year. Until then have a look at the artist’s quilts that combine weaving with sculptural techniques and colour to explore materials and their possibilities. See more:…