Lightfinder

Offering a fresh perspective on the arts

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

Welcome to the year of the Ox 🐂. "Five Oxen" is a painting by Han Huang, a prime minister in the Tang Dynasty (618–907). The oxen symbolize hard workers that are intelligent and reliable, yet never demand praise. Happy Chinese New Year!

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

"I'm truly sorry Man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union"

Over 200 years after it was written, these lines from Robert Burns' "To a Mouse", seem more relevant than ever.

Happy Burns Night 🐀

Mark Hearld, Field Mouse (2011)

#robertburns #burnsnight #poems #poetry

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

It's official. Today is the most depressing day of the year. But don't let #bluemonday get you down, find solace in art.

#art #artist #love #drawing #artwork #beautiful #nature #painting #illustration #happy #digitalart #design #sketch #smile #sad

[Royal Academy @royalacademy]

We think these are the best artist movies and documentaries to stream at the moment.

What have we missed, though?

(and don't say the Mr Bean movie)
https://t.co/87ugneiBxl

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

Stuck for creative activities during lockdown? Why not try recreating the iconic cut-outs of Henri Matisse...

#HouseplantWeekUK #matisse #lacma #moma #art #print #printmaking #cutout #crafts #henrimatisse #lightfinder

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

What better way to kick off #HouseplantWeekUK than with Henri Matisse?

Matisse used white paper and gouache to create his iconic cut-outs, of animals, figures, shapes and plants, such as this piece, La Gerbe, produced shortly before his death in 1953.

#matisse #henrimatisse

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

Whilst #thequeensgambit is based on Walter Tevis’ fictional book by the same name, it closely resembles the life of Bobby Fischer who thought women were "terrible chess players" who "should keep strictly to the home." Thankfully, times have changed.
#netflix #chess #bobbyfischer

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

"...for me alcohol is like a fire lighter. I really like that glow, but in the end it's not true energy." These words from Tracey Emin may as well have been written by her inspiration, Edvard Munch whos works echo the artist's struggle with alcoholism.

#royalacademy #EminMunch

[Sharon Hall 🇪🇺 @HallPaint54]

@Matthew_Flowers @FlowersGallery @Tate Yes- a lovely portrait

[Matthew Flowers @Matthew_Flowers]

Superb short film about David Hepher https://t.co/2GtMsHHLdO @FlowersGallery @Tate

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

Today, the new series of #staged starts on BBC One. Michael Sheen and David Tennant attempt to navigate their ‘new normal’ at home with their increasingly exasperated families whilst trying to tackle the world of ‘virtual Hollywood’ and their ever more fragile egos.

[Lightfinder @lightfinder_]

On the eve of the UK's departure from the European Union we explore what an independent UK might look like for artists.

#brexit #art #borisjohnson #eu #britain #politics #europe #british #ukpolitics #england #conservative #stopbrexit #unitedkingdom #lightfinder

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

A petition seeking Europe-wide visa-free work permits for touring bands and artists

10,000 signatures means that the government would have to respond. 100,000 would mean it would be considered for debate in Parliament

Twitter, let’s do our thing x x
https://t.co/0Kj0fSmEH2