Tag: Kris Growcott
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Lego Heroes – The Men of My Childhood by Kris Growcott
Lego men. If you haven’t had a childhood experience with at least one of the yellow little fellas then you’ve missed out on some pretty amazing memories. With their simple, happy faces, and basic movements, Lego men (and more recently women) have flown to the moon, sailed the seven seas, built bridges, raced cars, stormed…
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Do artists want to sell their art online? We hope so.
artFido has now been up and running for almost 9 months. Over that 9 months we’ve learned a lot. We’ve redesigned the site to make it easier for buyers to find the art they’re looking for. We’ve created featured artist and featured gallery sections. We’ve included testimonials and have just introduced a “popular art” page…
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Art and Technology – Where will the future take us?
There can be no doubt that the advancement of technology has had an impact on art. Not only has it increased the ability to share, consider, adore, contemplate, and purchase traditional works, it has in many instances birthed completely new forms of personal expression. It’s doubtful that artists 200 years ago could have imagined creating…
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Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century – The Times Readers Poll
The Times recently released the results of its reader survey of the Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century. After 1,461,523 votes, the results are fairly conclusive, if not a little surprising. As the Times states, several artists would seem to be overrated whilst others seemingly unrecognised for their influence on modern art. Andy Warhol…
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Drugs and Alcohol – Creative Inspirations, Crutches or Distractions
Art, drugs and alcohol have gone hand in hand for centuries. Van Gogh was an avid Absinthe drinker and was known to finish a long day by taking a seat on a terrace with glass in hand, absinthe and brandy following each other in quick succession. Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas were also fans of the aquamarine…
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How to catalogue Aboriginal art – The ACAA confirms standard guidelines
Aboriginal art has played a huge roll in raising awareness of Aboriginal culture, myth, and community within Australia and throughout the world. It has also been instrumental in addressing some of the inequalities Aboriginals suffered at the hands of colonial Australians. The first Aboriginal Australian citizen, Albert Namatjira, gained his citizenship as a direct result…
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What is Pinterest? And is it promoting Art or Porn?
Here’s another site you really should be aware of. Pinterest. What is Pinterest? Well, as the name would hopefully have you guessing, it’s a “Virtual Pinboard”. It’s a site where people go to “organize and share all the beautiful things [they] find on the web. People use pin-boards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes,…
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Classify art by colour? How dare we.
Delicious is one of the biggest social bookmarking sites in the world. If you’re not familiar with it, you should be. Delicious allows users to bookmark websites that catch their fancy and tag them appropriately, all in the hope of sharing those sites with others in the Delicious community. And the most popular art site…