A unique 1936 painting by famed Belgian cartoonist Hergé has sold for €3.2 million at an auction at the Artcurial in Paris, setting a record for the most expensive comic book art in the world, artnet has reported. Originally purposed to serve as the cover image for The Blue Lotus, Read more…
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the most widely known painting in the world, and somewhere in the back of our collective minds we all know it must hold the highest price tag for a piece of art. You can imagine my surprise to not find it listed on Wikipedia’s Read more…
Your minimalist home probably need a splash of colour, and you’re unsure what colour will best fit into the plainness without introducing garish unbalance. Well, here’s something that may surprise you. Colour mechanics giant Pantone announced a pair of colours as the colours of the year 2021; vibrant “Illuminating yellow” Read more…
Amazon Prime has a Tolkien epic series on the way, and if its newly revealed synopsis is accurate it will be- you guessed it, EPIC. Obtained by Tolkien fansite theonering.net, the synopsis text describes the series as an epic drama that predates both of The Hobbit and The Lords of Read more…
Although for many 2020 seems to have merely extended itself, it is in fact a new calendar year. However you think about it, this is a relevant fact that is especially important for artists and other creators, who must adjust as quickly as possible to whatever events the year brings. Read more…
There are very few names more associated with great Nigerian art than Bruce Onobrakpeya. The revered artist and scholar is a household name whose works are taught in schools all over the country. And now he is debuting a fresh collection of incredible artworks. The exhibition, tagged “Facade” began on Read more…
Digital artist Anthony Azekwoh has a new artwork out, themed after the #EndSars campaign which has become widespread and spawned massive protests all over his native Nigeria and around the world. Named “No More”, the artist attached a note detailing the artworks inspiration. The artwork features a young African woman Read more…
By Roselyn Saseun and Pelumi Okelade When you start out reading this book you’re likely to think “this could be kinda interesting”. We already know that female lead character is sick, so one of two things is to happen: either the author was going to pull the “I am going Read more…
Sometime around 1785, French artist Jacques-Louis David was granted a commissioned project behalf of King Louis XVI of France. The artwork, “Oath of the Horatti” was to be about loyalty to the nation, and therefore to the King. David had a quite different idea of what loyalty to the nation Read more…
Your art sucks. When I use the word “art” in reference to it, I do so in politeness, to you, not the…thing you have forced upon the powerless canvas/paper/wall. It is a pathetic imitation of what is useful, and is of no worth. You may think I am being overtly Read more…
