Alice Gribbin writes long-form essays on art, examining Renaissance and Baroque painters such as Raphael, Tiepolo and Delacroix and questioning what makes an artwork endure. The essays combine close visual description with broader arguments about aesthetics, metaphysics and the will required to look seriously at painting.
Website: https://www.alicegribbin.com
An artist-author shares behind-the-scenes accounts of how his paintings, especially the Dinotopia series, were made. Readers get practical detail on preparatory studies, model posing, maquettes and sources of inspiration.
Deeply researched profiles and histories of animators and films from around the world, with a focus on Japanese animation and independent artists. Each issue also includes animation news bits and a closing note.
Personal essays on relationships, thinking, creativity and agency, written from a family life on a Baltic island. Readers get reflective, exploratory writing that works through questions such as why music moves us and how to get unstuck creatively.
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