Artwork

How To Light Art

Whether your art collection is composed of a selection of prints, family photographs, the most sought-after contemporary art or priceless Old Masters, the critical question is, ...

Introducing the Artists of DKT Artworks

TheHouseDirectory meets five artists from DKT Artworks to discuss their craft and to gain an insight into some of their projects DKT Artworks was established in ...

Guinevere’s Guide To Buying Antiques

Marc Weaver shares his expertise on how to select antiques for your home and tells us about Guinevere’s new photography exhibition. Q1 Guinevere is one of ...

Ceramic art: Craven Dunnill Jackfield collaborates with Frances Priest

Frances Priest’s ceramic art installation at Edinburgh Hospital is engaging patients, staff and visitors with its visual warmth and texture. Completed in December 2018, the work ...

‘If One Thing Matters’: exhibition by Lizzi Porter

Lizzi Porter’s exhibition ‘If One Thing Matters’, at the Barefoot Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka, depicts a series of small creatures painted in oil over gold leaf ...

April Russell’s top tips for displaying art

Here at April Russell, we are very passionate about what we do. We believe art enhances an interior, and creates a depth to a scheme that ...

Darwin’s Magical Menagerie

Leading antiques emporium, Jamb, is hosting an inaugural exhibition of taxidermic art, ‘Darwin’s Menagerie’ by the Dutch ‘fine taxidermy’ atelier, Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren. Founders ...

Bronze sculptor Paula Swinnen at Guinevere

Guinevere Antiques has represented bronze sculptor Paula Swinnen since 2011, and will be holding an exhibition of her work from 11 June to 31 July. Discover ...

Paper still lifes

Fideli Sundqvist is a Swedish prop designer and paper-cut artist living and working in Stockholm. These three-dimensional paper creations are inspired by 16th-17th century still-life ...

The Pimm’s deckchair

A giant deckchair, taller than a double-decker bus, has appeared on the beach at Bournemouth. Commissioned by Pimm’s to mark the start of British Summer Time ...

Happy Blondes

Adam and Clare Gilchrist of Veedon Fleece have re-interpreted this 1951 textile design by Wendy Bray, who graduated in 1951, Festival of Britain year, and a ...

Heavy Metal

Spotted at the Palace Art Fair this month: freelance artist Bridget Davies’ charming watercolours of antique cutlery and other second-hand shop finds. Her ‘Heavy Metal’ paintings, in ...