Beating the cringe factor of social media content when you talk on social media. How many times have you heard, the key to social media is to show your face and talk to the camera? And how many times has the idea of that made you want to run screaming from the idea? Every time? […]

Photography is often viewed as ‘real art’s’ little sister. Spectacular enough to be considered beautiful, unique enough to be admired and precious enough to be cared for but rarely revered like a true art form outside of a small art world circle. Perhaps it is because it comes from a variety of sources and plays […]

Why a visit to an art gallery makes the perfect date! My job gives me the opportunity to meet so many interesting people on a daily basis. Watching people interact with art and talking to them about it is fascinating and I never have the same conversation twice. I’m always particularly excited when I work […]

Art has long played a part in love stories and sagas. It’s role in the declaration of feelings has been poignant through centuries of romances. Luckily for us the pieces created as a result of these sometimes epic and sometimes illicit relationships leaves us with tales to get lost in.

3 ways to use art for self care. As the new year has begun and life is back to hectic normality, for many of us taking, even just a little, time for ourselves to rest our minds will be high on the resolution agenda. Of all the promises to make to yourself this is one of the easiest to keep, especially if you use art to help you.

Goal setting tips for creatives Artists are some of the most amazing people. I am ever in awe of how someone can take an idea from their mind and translate it into an artwork. Creative endeavours demand such a lot of the individual and often that means that there is little space to explore how […]

The biggest year yet for 2020 is upon us. This is a look at the road we’ve traveled to get here and the path we’ll take in 2020

Why banana-gate has nothing to do with the real art world ….

Find out which 20th Century artist are you? Take the quiz With the exciting announcement this week that the National Gallery will be hosting the very first Mondrian exhibition in Ireland next year and with #20daysofseeing in full swing. this week’s post is a fun one. Have you ever wondered which great 20th century artist […]

We live in a very visual environment, filled with messages delivered via images of all kinds but how can we apply art in the everyday like this to fine art?