Beyond the Canvas
An art blog with opinions
 

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

Fourteen years before moving to the iconic Trafalgar Square location, the National Gallery opened its doors to the public on 10th May...

While Italians get ready to enjoy their 79th year of peace and freedom, somewhere not too far from us the winds of war are howling. April...

"When you look at my works, you don't remember an object. There remains an experience, a passage." - Richard Serra Serra revolutionized...

"The Keffieh is full of poetic and political symbolism. The fishnet pattern is a symbol of collectivism and is often interpreted as the...

"The Russian army has bombed an art school in Mariupol where 400 people were seeking shelter from a fire." This is one of the 5 stickers...

In my mind, a portrait is the depiction of an actual person, someone who has lived. Their portrait was made so their story could be told...

"I like the idea of thinking of femininity as something solid and enduring rather than always something fragile and weak." - Simone Leigh...

You know when you're having a conversation with a friend and the following day you read something that exactly echoes your thoughts...

If there is an equivalent of Zoom fatigue for art shows, I 100% suffer from it. The ridiculous speed at which I move from one room to the...

Paula Rego died today. The art world has lost one of the greats. I'm so glad I got to see her some of her work one more time at the...

On 11 June 1946, the Italian people voted in an institutional referendum to replace the monarchy with a republic. I won't lie, it was...

Whether it’s the first one or the latest of many, a visit to Florence’s Uffizi is bound to leave you breathless. Such are the quality and...

'My piece is not talking about old slave ships; it's about what happens today' says Romuald Hazoumé about his multimedia installation 'La...

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...

At long last, my reading drought has come to an end. I am currently re-reading the original version of The Life Before Us written in 1975...

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...

"Political activity does not interfere with my work, it feeds it. And if I'm interested in racism and fighting racism, then that should...