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Van Gogh's Bedrooms in Chicago

Van Gogh's Bedrooms is a very unusual exhibition opens in the Regenstein Hall of The Art Institute of Chicago today. It closes 10th May 2016. While most of us won't be able to see it in person, there are quite a few resources online which allow us to appreciate some of the effort which has gone into this exhibition. At the end of this post I've also listed my very extensive list of posts on this

Daniel Smith: From mineral to watercolour paint

I was impressed by some Daniel Smith watercolours I saw last Friday. Today you can enjoy them too! As somebody who has studied geology in the past I'm intrigued by some of the minerals they're using. I love the names of the minerals. What's also impressive is the level of information you get about each individual colour on the Daniel Smith website. Each colour gets an individual page with: an