Mall Galleries Blog

Curator's Choice: Nicholas Usherwood

Nicholas Usherwood, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federation of British Artists / Mall Galleries and Chairman of its Exhibitions Committee, tells us of four works from Buy Art | Buy Now which stood out for him. After a variety of careers as a lecturer in art-schools, administration (at the Royal Academy) and exhibition organisation, Nicholas has spent...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Mon, 2017-07-31 12:50

Curator's Choice: Haidee-Jo Summers ROI

Haidee-Jo Summers, a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, tells us of six works from Buy Art | Buy Now which stood out for her. Awarded Artist of the Year 2012 by the Society of All Artists and one of the few artists chosen by the BBC to paint the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant from the Millennium bridge,...

Posted by Liam Kilby on Wed, 2017-07-26 15:45

Artist Spotlight : Claire Gill

Claire Gill uses photomontage, or digital collage, to construct her intriguing sescapes. Slightly surreal, yet wholely familar, her work situates itself somewhere between photography and painting. Dominik Slowik talks to the photographer and artist about her processes and inspiration. See Claire Gill's work on Buy Art | Buy Now What does your process involve? I create fine art limited edition...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Fri, 2017-07-21 11:49

Curator's Choice : Annabel Elton

Annabel Elton, Head of Commissions at Mall Galleries and consultant for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, moonlights on Buy Art | Buy Now this month with a 'non-portrait' selection of works.

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Tue, 2017-06-13 13:32

A Guide to Own Art

Have you ever seen a piece of artwork, fallen in love and felt that you had to have it, but were deterred by the price? You’re not alone…

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Thu, 2017-05-25 17:46

All about Tagsmart: An Interview with CEO Lawrence Merritt

Lawrence Merritt is CEO of Tagsmart , the people behind the fantastic Certificates of Authenticity that come with every purchase made on Buy Art | Buy Now . Anna Preston speaks to the CEO of the start-up tackling fakes and forgeries in the art world. Tagsmart is an invaluable resource for the contemporary art market, assuring trusted providence and authentication...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Tue, 2017-05-16 17:19

Curator's Choice: Anna McNay

Anna McNay, art writer and editor, tells us of seven works from Buy Art | Buy Now which stood out for her.

Posted by Liam Kilby on Mon, 2017-05-08 14:18

Chestnut in the morning light by Frances Bell Buy Art

Artist Spotlight : Frances Bell

Frances Bell is a Northumberland-based, Florence-trained portrait painter who has exhibited regularly at Mall Galleries with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Perhaps most well-known for her portraits, it is her painterly landscapes of the Northumberland farmland that have gone down a storm on Buy Art | Buy Now . Mall Galleries' Anna Preston talks to Frances about animals, portrait...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Tue, 2017-04-04 12:56

Landscape Evening Light by Annie Boisseau Buy Art

Curator's Choice: Anna Bromwich

Anna Bromwich, Mall Galleries' Art Consultant, tells us which seven works from Buy Art | Buy Now stood out for her

Posted by Liam Kilby on Fri, 2017-03-31 10:27

Curator's Choice: Abby Trow, Editor decomag.co.uk

Abby Trow, editor of online eco interiors magazine decomag.co.uk, tells us which five works from Buy Art | Buy Now stood out for her.

Posted by Liam Kilby on Wed, 2017-03-29 14:48

Curator's Choice: @CamberwellCollector - John Watson

Known on Instagram as @CamberwellCollector, John is the current chairman of the St Ives Society of Artists (STISA). Here, he tells us which six works stood out for him on Buy Art | Buy Now

Posted by Liam Kilby on Wed, 2017-03-29 10:30

Lavendar Walk by Sally Wyatt Buy Art Buy Now

Artist Spotlight : Sally Wyatt

Anna Preston talks to Buy Art | Buy Now featured artist Sally Wyatt about her painterly practice. Browse Sally's work now You have described your painting process as 'intuitive'. How do you go about creating a work intuitively? Something unusual will catch my eye in a landscape and become the creative trigger. I may know the subject well, make a...

Posted by Anna Bromwich on Mon, 2017-03-06 10:31