by Alan Todd | Mar 21, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion
I’ll be first to admit that I don’t understand cryptocurrency or NFTs, or for that matter, algorithms and blockchains. But then again, I struggle to understand many tech-related things and simply accept that somewhere in the world there are people who do. I have a...
by Alan Todd | Mar 13, 2021 | Opinion
The idea of self-regulation in the Arts is an interesting one and given the process through which Magnum photos is currently going to cull unacceptable images and their tags from their million strong collection, an apropos one. There is nothing new about...
by Alan Todd | Mar 11, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork
Once upon a time between the two world wars, before there were computers, pocket calculators, 3D printers or even televisions, boys left school at fourteen and took up apprenticeships where they learned specific skills under master craftsmen. My father was no...
by Alan Todd | Mar 8, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
One of the commonest questions asked by the general public [along with ‘how long did it take to do?] is’ why does some art cost so much? Both pointless questions but part of the inexplicable myth. Price/quality and time/quality are in themselves seemingly rational...
by Alan Todd | Mar 4, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
If or when you decide to send one of your works to an art competition you would have to assume that there is a universal canon for deciding whether a work of art is good, bad or indifferent? Well, there must be. It stands to reason. Judges regularly award...
