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While we praise iconic artists like Andy Warhol for popularizing screen printing, we have the Song Dynasty (dating back to 960-1279 AD) to thank for the art. Initially, the Song Dynasty utilized the method of screen printing for transferring designs onto fabrics. From there, screen printing found its way to Japan and then later, in the 18th century, made its way to Europe and the western world. We could spill a little more digital ink about serigraphy and commercial screen printing in the early

Living in Paris for some years, he wrote about the city and was ‘a sophisticated observer, an unusually literate reader in other cultures’

Just when you agonize over churlish antics at City Council, and why Mayor Bob Whalen doesn’t silence Peter Blake’s tirades with a mute button.

A roundup of the latest art publications

Made in partnership with Fedrigoni UK and Praline, the book compiles an overview of the artist’s influential career, plus a forward from David Hockney and essay from Patrick Elliott.

A new Peter Blake book is designed to celebrate the artist’s “DNA and essence” Peter Blake: Collage incorporates around 30 typefaces – many bespoke or customised – in an attempt to create a playful approach to the artist’s work. June 10, 2021 5:01 pm London design studio Praline has revealed a new book dedicated to British pop artist Peter Blake’s collage work, incorporating an eclectic variety of typefaces and graphics. Produced in collaboration with paper company Fedrigoni and...

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Brad Butterworth on the 03 Americas Cup: "They were trying to put bullet proof vests on us" by Shirley Robertson 9 Jun 12:44 UTC 9 June 2021 Brad Butterworth at the Media Conference following the loss of the Americas Cup in 2010 © Richard Gladwell Shirley Robertsons guest this month is one of the most successful tacticians of the modern era. From the Americas Cup to the Whitbread, the Admirals Cup to the Sydney Hobart, New Zealands Brad Butterworth has been at the ...

Works by the pop artist who designed the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover and a former Telegraph cartoonist are among those selected by Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for the walls of their home in Downing Street. Mr and Mrs Johnson have taken advantage of his access to the government art collection to display 44 works, including a nod to Mrs Johnson's connections to the Birley family in a series of prints of upmarket nightclub Annabel's. A freedom...

When I discovered the album, it was a form already past its prime. Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released in November 1982, a few months after my first birthday. By the end of 1983, it had sold 22 million copies worldwide. Until then, no album by a solo artist had sold more than 12 million. Almost 40 years later, its sales total – more than 50 million – is still unbeaten.