I made a fish creature with a big open mouth.  I thought it could be used as a soap dish, or to hold things like hair elastics, paper clips, or change. I liked the idea of creating an animal that … Read More

The National Museum shows permanent exhibitions of works from its own collections and temporary exhibitions that incorporate works loaned from elsewhere. It houses Norway’s most extensive collections of art, architecture and design. Founded in 1837, the National Gallery housed Norway’s … Read More

The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. … Noted for its central themes of sex and death, the museum has been described by Walsh as an “adult Disneyland.” MONA was officially … Read More

The River Gallery in Yangon promotes Myanmar’s most talented contemporary artists including Ba Kline. Six years since the country opened its doors to the outside world, Myanmar’s visual art scene is blossoming, as artists enjoy unprecedented freedoms. As the leading … Read More

Coastal Peoples Gallery has brought insight to a global audience and shed light on the art and cultural diversity of Canada’s First Nations and Inuit peoples. Established in 1996, the Gallery has welcomed visitors and collectors to experience a superb … Read More

The Lenbachhaus is a municipal museum in Munich, Germany with 30,000 sq ft of exhibition floor space. The art collection held by the Städtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus currently comprises around 35,000 works of art including Kandinsky’s Squares with Concentric Circles. … Read More

Shape Everywhere we look we see shapes – they are all around us! In art, shape is defined as an enclosed space with length and width; a flat area surrounded by an outline. Artists use all kinds of different shapes. … Read More

Value Value, sometimes referred to as ‘tone’ relates to the relative lightness or darkness of a colour. The lightest value is white, with the darkest being black.  The difference between the two is referred to as the contrast. From our … Read More

Texture Texture is the element of art that works to incorporate the sense of touch into the artistic experience.  Texture in art represents the way things actually feel, or the way they look like they would feel if touched. Artists … Read More

Space The element of space relies on the manipulation of all the other elements.  How the other elements are placed by the artist creates space. Artists will place elements in the foreground, middle ground, or background to create their ideal … Read More