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Claire Milner
Gardeners of Eden Art, Conservation and the Interconnected Natural World For more than two decades, British artist Claire Milner has explored the relationship between humanity and the natural world, using painting to address biodiversity loss, habitat destruction...
Tabish Khan
On criticism, London's changing art scene and why art should be for everyone. Art critic Tabish Khan has spent more than 15 years exploring London's exhibition scene, championing emerging artists, questioning the conventions of the art world and encouraging...
Lisa Snook
For sculptor Lisa Snook, clay is more than a material. It is a means of exploring memory, emotion and the experiences held within the body. Drawing on her background in fine art and art psychotherapy, Snook creates expressive, often figurative works that explore...
Clifton Contemporary Art
Situated in the heart of Bristol's Clifton Village, Clifton Contemporary Art has established a distinctive identity through its carefully curated selection of painting, sculpture, ceramics, original prints and jewellery. With a particular focus on artists from...
Jeff Dillon
Painting the Character of the Canadian Landscape. For Canadian artist Jeff Dillon, the natural world has been a source of fascination since childhood. Growing up surrounded by the varied landscapes of British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario, he developed an early...
Christian Coop
For Christian Coop, drawing a building is a way of understanding the decisions, ambitions and ideas behind it. Through his Freehandlines project, the architect and watercolour artist has painted more than 1,000 London landmarks, creating an extensive visual record...
Otto Schade
Constructing a Visual Language A figure built from intertwining ribbons can appear solid and fragile at once. In Otto Schade’s work, those bands become a means of constructing bodies, objects and narratives, giving familiar subjects an unexpected complexity....
James Carter – Creative Flair
After more than 600 interviews with artists and galleries, James Carter has found that the conversations often become most revealing once the recording stops. Questions about pricing, unanswered gallery emails and the cost of opportunities have helped shape...
Mireille Botros
Finding a New Life Through Art. For British-Egyptian artist Mireille Botros, painting became much more than a creative interest. After building a successful career in banking and business consulting, a period of serious ill health prompted her to reconsider the...
Nazanin Ghahramani
Rooms, Roles and Resistance A bed’s edge becomes a route into imagined lives; a bedroom mirror becomes a place to rehearse another identity; a bathroom becomes a site where the body is brought into line with expectations of femininity. In Nazanin Ghahramani’s...
