Rosie Lesso

Warm, glowing shades of yellow like Gold Ochre were a definitive feature of Vincent van Gogh’s art. He developed a love for yellow particularly after moving to Arles in February …

Spanish early 20th century painter Joan Miro had an enduring obsession with daring, hot shades of red like Pure Red Linen, scattering them like jewels throughout his art or streaking …

French post-impressionist painter Paul Sérusier was a colourist at heart. A pioneer who founded the avant-garde art group Les Nabis, he broke away from representational colour schemes into the wild …

In 2006, at the age of 50, renowned Belgian designer Ann Van Hoey officially began her career as a ceramicist, trading a 20-year career stint in economics for a new …

Italian artist Giorgio Morandi was one of the most pioneering artists of the 20th century, even if his form of revolution was one of quiet, calm, and steady, consistent patience. …

American creative Mara Hoffman spent 24 years building up her sustainable namesake fashion brand, securing an international reputation for focussing on high-quality clothing with bold, modern silhouettes. But in 2024, …

English artist Mary Delany’s artistic practice started, remarkably, at the age of 72, when she began making intricate paper collages of botanical flora and fauna in 1772. Her innovative and …

Anna Mary Robertson (1860-1961), better known as “Grandma Moses”, is recognised today as one of the most celebrated American folk artists of the 20th century, but her rise to fame …

Throughout his long and prolific career, French Post-Impressionist, Nabis painter Pierre Bonnard brought rich, red browns like Burnt Sienna Linen into his art, exploring the ways the colour could carry …

Nicole Farhi had a remarkable career in the fashion industry that spanned three decades; she launched her own eponymous womenswear label in 1982, which later expanded into menswear and interiors. …

It is hard to imagine a discipline which the great polymath Pablo Picasso didn’t turn his hand to. Among his massive outpouring of paintings, sculptures, collages, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, and …

The inimitable American fashion guru Iris Apfel (1921-2024) led a remarkable life, not least because she experienced her biggest career breakthrough at the age of 84, having already spent 10 …

After spending nearly two decades as an editor for fashion and design magazines, most notably as Editor-in-Chief for T Magazine where she seemed to have reached a career high point, …

Situated on the French Mediterranean coast, the calm and quiet village of Collioure was an artists’ mecca during the late 19th and early 20th century, attracting creatives with its unpretentious, …

A remarkable enterprise began in 2019, spearheaded by crochet teacher and artist Eva Pacheco; to transform a sunbaked shopping district in the Spanish town of Alhaurin de la Torre near …

One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, American painter Helen Frankenthaler made vast, spatial fields of colour painted in loose, watery pools of paint. Colour was a …