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Peace and Love – Picasso’s prints in his later years

Pablo Picasso is probably the most familiar ‘stranger’ to most people. His name is incredibly well-known, and even his various anecdotes...

Brassaï: a Nocturne in 'The City of Light'

Written by: Rada Georgieva Hungarian photographer Gyula Halász, more widely known as Brassaï (1899-1984), formed an integral part of the...

Influences of ‘ukyio-e’, Japanese woodblock art, on the works of Vincent Van Gogh

Written by: Ariadne Marek In the late 19th century, ukyio-e, commonly known as Japanese woodblock art, became increasingly popular among...

‘This Botany of Death is what we call culture’

When entering the grand and opaque halls of the Musée Quai Branly, a wind of exoticism and escapism overcomes you. The amber textures...

Louise Bourgeois, Mamá, 1999

Written by: Sara Gioia INGLESE/ENGLISH: Title: Mamá Author: Louise Bourgeois Original title: Maman Date: 1999 Materials: Bronze, marble...

Yuni Kim Lang's Art Healed my Relationship with Hair

Written by: Misa Yamaoka Sometimes visual language is easier to understand than my thoughts. When trying to contextualize past decisions...

Hidden Optics

Written by: Courtney Duncan I often like to say that experimentation is the key to creation because although one might have a desired...

The Agnes Martin Enigma

Although Agnes Martin is certainly one of the most exciting artists working in the 1960s, her oeuvre continues to perplex numerous...

Civic sculpture and the value of ‘art’

I will start this post with an anecdote. In 2018 I was fortunate enough to visit Florence, commonly viewed as the capital of the Italian..

Art Pot x Law Review: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Art and Intellectual Property Disputes

When Schubert composed Symphony No.8 in 1882, he couldn't have expected that two centuries later it would be finished by a smartphone...

Art Pot x Law Review: Returning Art to Modern Conflict Zones

Paraphrasing Clive Bell, art is moral in itself and should be detached by any other social or political context. Nonetheless, we are aware..

Art Pot x Law Review: Legal Issues with John Myatt's Forgeries

“The biggest art fraud of the twentieth century”, also known as John Myatt, produced as many as 200 forged works of art between 1986 and ...

Art Pot x Law Review: Copyright and the Printing Press

Intellectual property is an issue that influences and affects the lives of many, with its theft being a problem that affects creators of...

Art Pot x Law Review: Artistic Debates Surrounding Repatriating WWII art

Restitution (n.) - the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner The issue of restitution has become increasingly...

Art Pot x Law Review: Artistic Exploration of Han van Meegeren's Forgeries

Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) remains in history as the creator of the most scandalous forgeries of 17th-century artworks by the Dutch...

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