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...

“Who needs to NOT think of you as a Black artist to consider you a real artist?” - Kerry James Marshall There are a handful of artists...

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

"The Smog Collectors materialize the reality of the air we breathe. I place cut, stencilled images on transparent or opaque plates or...

Venice is, among many other wonderful things, synonymous with glass. The work of the Murano glassblowers has inspired countless artists...

"Black women’s heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors. The hair she paints has a mind...

Painting is a visual language where everything in the painting is meaningful, is important, is coded. But sometimes, because of the...

It's been 176 days since Breonna Taylor was killed. Breonna was 26-year-old, she worked as an emergency room technician and was on the...

Ever heard of that theory according to which trees are immortal? No? Then you clearly do not know me very well. Of course trees are not...

A powerhouse. There is no other way to describe this extraordinary artist whose breakneck rise has seen her work displayed and celebrated...

Christo left us earlier this week, he died in his New York home at the age of 84. Together with his life and work partner Jeanne-Claude...

Discovery no. 1: Gorky Park is a name I used to associate with a spy movie from the 80s. Now I know where it is, it took me well over an...

With permanent installations across the globe, Barcelona-born Jaume Plensa is the one of the doyens of large scale artistic projects in...