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An intimate look at Ben Nicholson’s everyday inspirations Throughout his career, Ben Nicholson (1894 – 1982) transformed everyday homewares into extraordinary experiments in abstract art. Nicholson’s studio was filled with objects that inspired him. From patterned mocha-ware jugs and cut glass goblets to spanners, hammers and chisels, these ordinary personal possessions were a source of […] Read more →

Degas, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso – the artists that changed the way we see. In the late 19th and 20th century, European artists challenged all aspects of the creative process, reflecting the tumultuous times in which they were living. Painters broke with convention and felt compelled to find a new artistic order. Ideas of line, colour and […] Read more →