Beyond the Canvas
An art blog with opinions
 

"Don’t be afraid of the clocks, they are our time, the time has been so generous to us. We imprinted time with the sweet taste of...

Small museums make me happy. Especially those in large cities. As a case in point, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is a delightful gem...

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou Just finished watching this amazing documentary made...

Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation and a public health epidemic. It occurs daily across the world and is widely...

It's been 15 years to the day since Anna Politkovskaya was murdered for fearlessly and relentlessly telling the truth. Anna was gunned...

Like many, I have been following the recent events unfolding in Afghanistan. I have mostly been feeling sad and powerless while thinking...

Earlier this week, a near-total ban on abortions has come into effect in the state of Texas. This means that after six weeks of...

There are wounds so deep they never really heal. They are the wounds we share with other people, whether we know them or not, the wounds...

It's not the first time that this blog talks about Marcus Rashford. The 23-year old mancunian footballer used his social media platform...

According to the Financial Times, Abu Dhabi is planning to spend $6bn on various cultural projects to diversify from oil. This is not a...

"I would like everyone to read, not so they become writers or poets, but so that no one is a slave anymore." - Gianni Rodari I recently...

"I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. A riot is the language of the unheard." Martin Luther King, Jr....

“My photography has always provided me with an opportunity to open myself up and see the world around me. And most of all, photography...

Revered by the public, reviled by the art establishment and eventually sold at auction for almost £1m, the Mona Lisa of kitsch was...

"When you see a gruesome picture over and over again, it really doesn’t have any effect." — Andy Warhol Warhol was an avid collector of...