ALL ARTICLES

Website - www.francesmatassa.com Instagram - @francesmatassa Allegory of Somatic Memory Imprint Why do you make art? I make art because it’s a way for me to connect and process. My grandpa was an artist, mainly a painter, and he taught me and my sister how to draw as children. I never thought I was good enough to do it as more than a pastime because I wasn’t able to draw hyper-realistically. After I was sexually assaulted as a teenager, I withdrew from myself and struggled to

By Glesni Trefor Williams Archivio Aperto is the annual Italian film festival dedicated to rediscovering small-format film heritage, including private, amateur, experimental, and artists’ cinema. As is often the case for women artists from the 1960s and throughout the history of art, their work and even their names were frequently ignored, forgotten and left to the ravages of time. For the festival’s 18th edition, the programme highlighted the experimental cinema and art of,

Website (Representing Gallery) - Micak Gallery Instagram - @quiltofsnakes If I hadn’t been certain of fate before, I certainly was now , Thread, wool, beading, mixed media. 9 x 9" (14 x 14" framed) Why do you make art?   A creative soul withers without an outlet. If I am not creating, I am not truly living.    How do you feel when you’re making art?   When I have an idea for a piece, it tends to consume me. It’s all I can think about until I have expelled the idea from within

I once met a Leslieville gallery owner who asked where I went to school, and when I said I didn't, they said, "Sometimes, that's better."

By Asima Samam Asima's Instagram Asima Samam, Silhouettes at Sundown , Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36, 2025 Moving from Bangladesh to Canada at...

"I feel like there's a real effort to swing more into a contemporary space in the city, and I think that it's a small group of people trying really hard to create platforms and champion these artists."

The more I make, the freer the expression, experimentation, and pure joy emanate from the creative flow.

Growing up far from Iran but still within its cultural space, I often felt like I was speaking a language that had no safe place. My queerness and my heritage were never in conflict, but others constantly framed them that way.

When I painted Mother with the Royal Earring, I wanted to pay tribute to my mother, a strong and talented woman who could always solve life's problems with confidence and peace in her heart.

Parallel Thinking is a series in which two artists compare works on the same themes, motifs, or content by responding to shared prompts.

I came to the conclusion that the expression of good art is honesty. The closer you get to that truth, the better it is.

Show don’t tell is a maxim for writers that trickles in to every art form. Artists are broadly advised to explore rather than instruct...

Often confused with the symbol itself, semiotics is the study of how symbols acquire their meaning...

Social history as part of art criticism means that contextual influences of culture and society can never be too far removed from art.

The reality of life as a professional artist is a topic not well-represented in the public...

An Interview with Viktor Mitic by Laura Thipphawong Viktor Mitic, Instagram This interview was originally published by Arts Help...