Mervyn Peake will be best remembered as the author of the Gormenghast trilogy, those wonderful novels full of eccentric characters populatin

Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, mixed media artist Werner Buttner was regarded as one of the Bad Boys of the German art scene along with Martin

Ragheb Ayad is one of the leading painters of a generation of Egyptian artists commonly referred to as the pioneers (ar-ruwwād ​), as they w

Yue Minjun was born in Daqing in Heilongjiang, China in 1962. Yue moved from place to place for most of his life because his family had to m

In 2016, celebrated French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui was on assignment in Burkina Faso investigating women’s rights in the country

"The most remarkable thing that Abla has done this time is his veneration of something so exquisite that is native to Egypt, the varieties

Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements. He was born in Ne

Inji Aflatoun "Mémoires of Inji" - Inji Efflatoun Inji Efflatoun, the pioneer female artist and activist, is a shining example of the...

Newcastle painter Tom French’s works are all about the relationship between mind and body. Vessel is one of a series of works that involve D

Investigating the role of experimentation in the creation and emergence of contemporary art from China in the latter quarter of the 20th cen

It’s a common theme in history that reactionary groups look back to a so-called golden age, believing that society’s ills will be cured if o

Originally a graffiti artist in New York City, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) created artworks exploring his own life alongside socio-poli

Typically Ahmed Saber tends to use symbols; particularly the animal symbol, in some cases imitating the legendary form. In certain instances

The work of any figurative painter is also the fruit of a dialogue with their models, a true collaboration. Every time the painter tries to

When Syrian artist Sara Shamma heard eyewitness reports of Yazidi women and girls being paraded on a platform by their Isis kidnappers in a

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1945. After studying at Syracuse University in 1964 for one y

Every major world crisis, be it war, financial meltdown or as now, global pandemic, is interpreted through the lens of artists of all genres

"Kemit" is a series of paintings by the Egyptian contemporary artist Ibrahim Khattab, whose current artistic efforts represent a remarkable

Brushstrokes are commonplace in any painting, often serving as a means to compose a cohesively blended image or to add a distinct texture. T

How much is the conception of art and its banning a matter of times? Taking into consideration Sally Mann’s Immediate Family (1992) and the