Japanese Body Painting Artist

I learned a few new things about the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron at the preview of the exhibition of her photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum - which opened last week. View of the Julia Margaret Cameron exhibition There are currently two exhibitions about Cameron in the museums of South Kensington The Julia Margaret Cameron Exhibition is on display in Room 100 (the

The names of the artists and artwork selected for The Columbia Threadneedle Prize have been announced. You can find them below - along with some of the images of the artwork The last Threadneedle Prize awards Dinner - in the middle of the exhibition at the Mall Galleries You will recall I posted the The Columbia Threadneedle Prize - Call for Entries back in July. This week those who entered

Would you like to spend a month in Rome with a studio, room and board provided? This post is about opportunities to spend time in Rome painting - supported by a scholarship or other Funding. The Forum Seen from the Farnese Gardens (1826) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot H. 0.28 m; W. 0.50 m The RBA Rome Scholarship 2016 The prize is presented with a view to offer an enriching learning

The Call for Entries for the BP Portrait Award 2016 was published yesterday on the National Portait Gallery website - so it's time to write my Annual Guide to how to enter and how to improve your chances of being selected! Many of those who've been selected in the past have told me they've found it very helpful. The closing date for digital entries from artists all over the world is 2nd

A round-up of recent posts about art, artists, art exhibitions and news relevant to art by me and others in newspapers, journals, blogs and Facebook A new exhibition Artist & Empire opens at Tate Britian this week. Mahadaji Sindhia entertaining a British naval officer and military officer with a Nautch c.1815-20 Anonymous Delhi School Watercolour on paper, 222 x 317 mm | British Library The

Ever wondered how Google rates websites to determine how they rank in their search engine? The aim of this post is to: tell you the latest news from Google - it will impact on whether and how often people find your website or blog relate what Google says about how to rate websites to things that artists do on or with their websites. Every so often you will see a TIP. What's New? Google did

ING Discerning Eye - exhibitions by Nicole Farhi and Larry Lamb. Yesterday I ventured out after a week of resting my frozen back and went to visit the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.... ...and got to meet Larry Lamb, one of this year's selectors and Tony Humphreys, the CEO of The Discerning Eye charity who were both chatting to a well known lady who I very much suspect