Category: Articles & Interviews

The Net Gallery has been lucky to work with portrait painter Tom Croft on a range of different projects, including the Portraits for NHS Heroes…

Triangle, the latest exhibition at Freelands Foundation, presents recent work by artists on the inaugural Freelands Painting Fellowships – an initiative established in partnership with…

One of our favourite initiatives at The Net Gallery over the last eighteen months has been our series of virtual studio tours. Providing unique behind-the-scenes…

Recently scanned by The Net Gallery to create a virtual tour, The Iridescent Collection exhibition AT TM Lighting Gallery features work by over 40 new creatives,…

The Net Gallery is thrilled to have been able to to collaborate with Arts SU – the students union for University of the Arts London…

Based in Primrose Hill, North London, with active programmes and partnerships running around the UK, Freelands Foundation was founded in 2015 with the goal of…

ARTISTS RESPONDING TO … (A.R.T) is a new initiative that aims to create exhibiting opportunities – both digital and in person – for artists who…

Ahuva Zeloof is a London-based sculptor whose practice centres on an ongoing investigation of the female form. Born in Iraq, Ahuva was raised in Israel…

Public spaces around Bankside have had a creative facelift in recent weeks, thanks to a partnership between Tate Collective and Better Bankside. At a particularly…

In the first instalment of this series on Selling Art Online, we spoke to Swansea- and Donegal-based artist Emma Cownie, who has developed a successful online…

On 28th May 2020, in the midst of Britain’s first COVID-19 lockdown, The Net Gallery launched a unique virtual exhibition showcasing portraits of NHS staff painted…

With successive lockdowns resulting in the closure and cancellation of many of the galleries, markets, festivals and art fairs that artists rely on to make…

Artist and ANV member Lee Boyd is based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. Interested in the psychology of humanising animals and animalising humanity, he is known for his…

Andrew Lucas was born and grew up in Salisbury, but is now based in the seaside town of Torquay in South West England. His love of…

Olly Fathers is a London-based artist whose work explores the interplay between abstract shapes, different materials, and forms. Incorporating woodwork as key part of his practice,…

ANV member Sona Sahakian is a visual artist based in the Hague. She works in a range of mediums including painting, drawing, collage, photography, installation and film/video…

Olivia Hicks is a London-based artist, educator and curator whose practicefocuses on “the relationships between drawing, painting and sculpture”. Influenced by architectural theory, her work…

Maurizio Galia is an Italian artist and art teacher, who has spent time living and working in London. Since graduating from Turin’s Fine Arts Academy…

Painting someone’s portrait is bound to be an intimate affair, but it adds a whole new layer when your subject turns around and paints you…

With the UK advancing along its ‘Roadmap out of lockdown’, it’s hard not to be excited about the prospect of visiting exhibitions in person again,…

It’s great to see what the talented members of Artist N Virtual have been up to lately – and in the last few months, you’ve been up…

Like so many things in life, the path to developing a unique creative identity is not a one-size-fits-all process. To follow-on from the first part…

In the early stages of their careers, many artists worry about developing a creative identity that will allow them to stand out from the crowd,…

First trialled back at the beginning of lockdown, Sky Arts’ new series, Portrait Artist of the Week, is a spin-off from the channel’s every-popular Portrait Artist of…