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Homer’s Odyssey in Art: the Allure of the Sirens

Hugh Jackman is reportedly in talks to play the lead in a movie adaptation of The Odyssey. In...

Election Season: Voting Facts from Both Sides of the Pond

Election season is most certainly in full swing! While the US anxiously waits to the see who is...

Stepping Out: A Curious History of Heels

You might think that heels are just glamorous (albeit impractical) fashion accessories for women,...

Get festival ready with Isobel Barber at Wilderness workshop

Set in the ancient parkland of Oxfordshire’s Cornbury Estate, Wilderness Festival is the...

Stolen! The Biggest Art Heists Of All Time (Part 2)

This is the second part of our ‘Stolen! The biggest art heists of all time (Part 1)‘ In this...

Stolen! The Biggest Art Heists Of All Time (Part 1)

With a bevy of egregious art thefts around the world, and the upcoming film, “Monuments Men”,...

Wilderness Festival: a celebration of the arts and outdoors

Take every image that you associate with a music festival of old, throw it out and start afresh. ...

Collection Highlights: The Timken Museum of Art

Tucked away in a corner of historic Balboa Park, the Timken Museum of Art is probably one of San...

Night Fall wins prizes at Footage Awards

A film about the liberation of the Nazi death camps won prizes at last night’s FOCAL...

Rhythm-on-Thames: ‘Artists and Music’ at the Bohun Gallery

The difficulty with asking the question as to music’s influence on an artist is that a...

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