Articles By: Canvas Staff

Edinburgh
MUSEUMS National Museum of Scotland This is the Scottish museum, Edinburgh’s answer to London’s British…
Canvas Staff
26 min read
Copenhagen
MUSEUMS Designmuseum Danmark No one can consider their time in Copenhagen complete until they’ve dug…
Canvas Staff
25 min read
ConversationMétiers d'Art
When the Dancers Shine
Canvas: Why is this the first time that Van Cleef & Arpels hosts a heritage…
Canvas Staff
4 min read
ConversationMétiers d'Art
Harmonious Abstraction
How did the partnership with Van Cleef & Arpels begin? WS: It all started last…
Canvas Staff
5 min read
ConversationMétiers d'Art
The Nature of Design
How do you feel about being chosen as the winner of the Van Cleef &…
Canvas Staff
5 min read
Stockholm
MUSEUMS Fotografiska The perfect place to begin any tour of Stockholm is at Fotografiska, a…
Canvas Staff
24 min read
Library
Khatt: Egypt’s Calligraphic Landscape
Calligraphic script is ubiquitous in Egypt, its styles ranging from graphic and modern to elaborate…
Canvas Staff
5 min read
Library
Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art
Authored by scholar and former MoMA curator Fereshteh Daftar, this book is an impressive, well-researched…
Canvas Staff
3 min read
Library
Geometry and Art in the Modern Middle East
Favoured for its aniconic elements, geometry in Islamic art has been used as a way…
Canvas Staff
3 min read
Library
Passing Time
“There is nothing more beautiful than to forget oneself,” writes Fouad Elkoury in Passing Time,…
Canvas Staff
3 min read
Library
Drawing Lines
“Who are we as Lebanese? What has the war triggered in us? How do the…
Canvas Staff
2 min read
Library
Slapstick Formalism: Process, Project, Object
It’s hard to pin down the type of work that Brad Downey creates – a…
Canvas Staff
2 min read

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