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How homesickness inspires art

Gail Tolley looks at homesickness through the eyes of three contemporary artists and finds powerful new themes of identity and connection.

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Talent, tech and visual art

Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?

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Is fake news killing fictive art?

Parafictional artists create projects where the imaginary interacts with real life. But the growth of so-called ‘fake news’ is providing a new challenge.

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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy

Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?

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  • J. Bate, The mysteries of nature and art in
  • The mysteries of nature and art in 4 severall pts / [John Bate].
  • The world of wonders : a record of things wonderful in nature, science, and art.
  • The world of wonders : a record of things wonderful in nature, science, and art.
  • The jewell house of art and nature. Conteining divers rare and profitable inventions, together with sundry new experimentes in the art of husbandry, distillation and moulding / [Sir Hugh Plat].
  • The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art ; by way of dialogue / [Benjamin Martin].
  • The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art ; by way of dialogue / [Benjamin Martin].
  • The coats of arms of Frederick and Augusta, Princess and Princess of Wales, presented to Cromwell Mortimer after he elucidated for them the rarities of nature and art in Sir Hans Sloane's museum. Engraving, 1748.
  • Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature, being the summe and substance of naturall philosophy, methodically digested / First designed by John Wecker and now much augmented and inlarged by Dr. R. Read. [Translated by William Rowland] ; a like work never before in the English tongue.
  • A complete practice of midwifery : consisting of upwards of forty cases or observations in that valuable art, selected from many others, in the course of a very extensive practice. And interspersed with many necessary cautions and useful instructions, proper to be observed in the most dangerous and critical exigencies, as well when the delivery is difficult in its own nature, as when it becomes so by the rashness or ignorance of unexperienc'd pretenders. Recommended to all female practitioners in an art so important to the lives and well-being of the sex / By Sarah Stone, of Piccadilly.
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