Visual Arts
Vale Michael Hobbs
Always engaged, always curious, and always up for a conversation - it was Michael Hobbs' love of life and art…
Working through your creative blocks
In 2017, musician, composer and music teacher Erica Bramham set herself the challenge of writing a song a day. Here's…
Instagram is changing the way we experience art, and that’s a good thing
Instagram offers visitors authority and agency in sharing their experience, a trend which galleries are keen to tap into.
What adult artists can learn from children and young people
In this extract from the latest Platform Paper, Polyglot Artistic Director/co-CEO Sue Giles reflects on the ways that listening to…
How strong partnerships made a regional festival a national event
‘We don’t feel disadvantaged being in the regions. In fact, we see this as an opportunity,' says former Four Winds…
New study reveals why some people are more creative than others
Mapping the brain reveals that creative people are better able to co-activate brain networks that usually work separately.
Revising old work – is art ever really finished?
To change or keep as is? A director, a playwright, a live artist and a choreographer reflect on revisiting and…
How to make ideas happen
Three creative entrepreneurs – the founders of Parlour Gigs, Underground Cinema and Envato – share how they got started; how…
Study shows women perform 50% lower at art auctions
Forty years of data reveal a significant price gap between the results achieved for male and female artists across global…
International art project raises the bar on Instagram
52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS is a year-long art project that uses Instagram to talk about current political and social issues,…