Beyond the Canvas
An art blog with opinions
 

‘M y aim was to create a group of figures engaged in unknown activities, intentionally leaving the situation ambiguous to the viewer. I...

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

Sometimes the Venice Biennale takes you places you'd never dream of going to. A decision to escape the mad crowds of San Marco and take...

Go early, go alone. This could be my motto for many things, but it becomes particularly fitting when I'm on my arty trips. And, for the...

My experience at the Venice Biennale is that it is often the fortuitous detour, aka me getting lost like I inevitably do, that is going...

“During the first two weeks of the war, I had the impression that art was only a dream, that I had only dreamed these twenty years of my...

‘The series was created from a personal need for spiritual grounding after experiencing trauma. The search for what gives meaning to our...

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