5 great museums to visit online
Whilst we are staying inside, visit some of the worlds greatest museums online. We know it’s not the same as being there but listening to artists talk about their work is the next best thing and then have a look around the museum.
THE TATE MODERN
María Fernanda Cardoso is a Colombian artist based in Sydney, Australia.
Cardoso “For me, art is freedom, and of course it’s informed by the natural world”
THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM
David Hockney talking about Vincent Van Gogh and the influence on his own work
Hockney: ‘His paintings are full of movement. What people love about Van Gogh’s paintings is that all the brush marks are visible and you can see how they are painted. When you’re drawing one blade of grass you’re looking and then you see more. And then you see the other blades of grass and you’re always seeing more. Well, that’s exciting to me and it was exciting to Van Gogh. I mean, he saw very clearly.”
THE GETTY MUSEUM
Ever wondered how a tapestry was made in the time of Louis XIV? Step inside the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris which still makes contemporary works of art today.
THE GUGGENHEIM
Simone Leigh “The way you understand a sculpture is by relating it to your own body, so you feel its edges and its presence in space by that relationship. When I think about a young black child relating to that sculpture, it’s very exciting for me.”
The National Gallery of Victoria
Enter the world of Petrine Hicks and marvel..