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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Art thieves strike again…
A few weeks ago, I found out about the interesting case of the missing street art ‘Slave Labour‘ taken from the side of a Poundland shop. It seems to have happened again. This time in less mysterious, but equally as … Continue reading
Around the world in eighty arty farty cafes
Inspired by my musings about whether cafes can provide inspiration, I decided to list some of the most arty farty cafes around the world, some of which have been nominated for by friends, others being just famous for being arty … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Tea Zen, Boulders, Cafe, Cafe de la Rotonde, George and Davis, Hockney, Jazz Cafe, Jericho Cafe, Korova Arts Cafe, Man Ray, Oriel Tir A Mor, Picasso
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‘Do It’ yourself art?
Yesterday I managed to persuade my family to accompany me to the Do It Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery which I’d stumbled across on the BBC Website a while ago. I wanted to try to get them all engaged in … Continue reading
Arty Farty Cafes
This isn’t going to be about art, as such, but I had a random slightly-arty thought today while in my favourite ‘cafe for being alone and arty in’. I have a number of cafes in town that I like to … Continue reading
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One, two, three DRAW!
In February I took my children to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and they seemed to be fairly uninspired by what they saw, with the exception of Helen Chadwick’s piss flowers, which made them giggle. Later that week … Continue reading
The sweet lady
Yesterday I was in Newport visiting my mum as it was her birthday. As we were browsing the charity shops, as we do, we came across a brand new art gallery. Most of the paintings in there were quite traditional: … Continue reading