There are people that have particularly difficult and painful lives, yet somehow, some are able to go on and bring delight to other people’s. Yayoi Kusama is one such person and her latest exhibition at the Victoria Miro gallery has filled the uplifting artworks void in London recently left by Matisse’s cut-outs. This is an …
It is always the way that when you spend ages evaluating the Top 10 plant inspired album cover artworks of all time, the very next week another one will come along that you like even more. Just try it. Anyhow, rather than update an old post Plant Curator decided to create a new one. So today …
Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871 – 1945) is being featured at Vancouver Art Gallery for one more week. Deep Forest exhibition highlights a body of work where Carr focused predominately on the botanical. The paintings are filled with vegetation full of movement and energy flow, with the understory rolling like a river and the trees rising …
Today’s post delves into the world of album cover art. Who misses handling vinyl? We do. Holding the disc, inner sleeve or album cover of your favourite band was a pleasure to behold. Digital music, while having its own irrefutable qualities, has removed the joy of this ritual. Covers are still produced for every record …
Today’s post was inspired by watching the film Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus last night. A film released in July of last year in the US, but only last month in the UK. It’s a really enjoyable film and significantly one of the main stars is a plant. It got Plant Curator thinking about …