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Who Crafted the ‘Roman Remains’ recently Discovered Beneath Boston?

Who Crafted the ‘Roman Remains’ recently Discovered Beneath Boston?

In the aftermath of the harrowing revelation,that the ostensible Roman ruins discovered beneath the new...
Wine: The Medium of Choice for the Avant Garde?

Wine: The Medium of Choice for the Avant Garde?

The art world, that great machine of invention and secrecy, is alive at present with...
Great Artists: Marcellus Vire

Great Artists: Marcellus Vire

The Salt of Memory: The Enduring Tear Art of Marcellus Vire In a century increasingly...
Letters: Disagreement on the Motor-racing as Fine Art Debate

Letters: Disagreement on the Motor-racing as Fine Art Debate

Sir, I have, with mounting incredulity and indeed a kind of moral nausea, perused the...
A Day in the Life of Clementine Varot: Curator

A Day in the Life of Clementine Varot: Curator

In the heart of Paris, nestled between antique bookshops and cafés still wreathed in Gauloise...
Film Review: Kilo Barnes’ Oblivion in Reverie

Film Review: Kilo Barnes’ Oblivion in Reverie

Kilo Barnes, the provocateur best known in contemporary art circles for his “repaintage”,the meticulous obliteration...
Answering Your Fine Art Questions: Episode 1

Answering Your Fine Art Questions: Episode 1

Is it possible for a painting to ‘age’ and improve in the same way a...
Victorian Unicycling Adventures continued

Victorian Unicycling Adventures continued

From the Journals of Basil Bromley, Artist and Mechanician Entry the Fourth , 17th of...
Is Motor-Racing One of the Fine Arts?

Is Motor-Racing One of the Fine Arts?

In this article the fine artist Hedge Fund says that it is. To pose the...