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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1863-1933) was a Scottish designer and key figure in the ‘Glasgow style’ of the 1890s. She joined Glasgow School of ...

We’re loving Art Deco at the moment and looking at artists such as Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), who is best known as a painter but also had an influenti...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Charles Ashbee (1863-1942), multi-disciplinary designer and architect of the Art Nouveau movement. As...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Owen Jones (1809 -1874), a major influencer of 19th century art and taste. In his twenties, he travel...

This month we are profiling Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) one of the leading designers of the Arts & Crafts movement. He was a founder member o...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Anni Albers, an alumnus of the Bauhaus school of art and design. After she joined the school in the 1...

I first came across Silver Studio through my collection of Art Nouveau book covers. It was one of the major pattern design studios of the late 19th...

Igshaan Adams is a South African artist who uses sculpture and weaving to create installations. His latest exhibition, Kicking Dust, references a i...

The Brutal Beauty exhibition is a retrospective of one of the art world's outsiders, Jean Dubuffet. He was a playful artist who liked to experiment...

I recently visited the permanent displays at the Tate Modern, including the installation by Yinka Shonibare CBE. This work entitled The British Lib...