Modern Art

Art is certainly existential, out there somewhere, locked in creative minds who are dreaming about it, or perhaps already sitting there in everyday existence, on a wall, standing on a plinth, stretched on a canvas, fired in a kiln, or even cast in bronze. An…

Did you attend Nuit Blanche? Being a fairly busy chap, I haven’t previously gone to Nuit Blanche. I don’t know why; I just didn’t make it, ever. Nuit Blanche started in 2006 when I was likely even busier. I bet a lot of folks have…

It is a bit of a stretch to surmise that the impressionists began their great foray into light and colour by gazing into someone’s eyes at the Moulin De La Galette, which looks like it may indeed have been possible…

When Goya painted “The 3rd of May, 1808” people had couches but he certainly wasn’t painting something to match the couch. I use that expression because it has been a standard joke among artists for as long as I can remember.

‘Virtual’ is a tricky word, and these days it has significant meaning. Over time, at least since the beginning of the internet, we have been like little ants who run all over the place and create their kingdom…

Lately, AI is the talk of the town with that two-letter acronym being a normal part of everyday speech. ChatGPT has also become quite familiar, especially in the sense of its writing, automatic writing, of letters, or most dramatically, student university essays. In the…