A newsletter telling the stories behind famous artists and the private collections that grew into museums, written by a former finance professional turned art enthusiast. Issues combine biography, historical background and museum discovery, with a growing focus on smaller, lesser-known museums.
Website: https://www.artobiography.co
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.
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.
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