It is June and we would have been preparing for the launch of Diana’s second major solo exhibition Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic. Initially scheduled for August as part of Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, it was supposed to take place at Scottish...
On my virtual curatorial visit to Diana’s studio yesterday I was struck by the abundance of nearly quarter of a million works in the #artistsupportpledge Instagram inititiave set up by artist Matthew Burrows. Now, this is a sight to behold and wonder. Nearly...
It is Day 29 on 29 May 2020 in the lockdown countdown at #CreateToConnect. We have been following this challenge campaign initiated by 64 Million Artists and the challenge du jour is to write a love story in 10 words! It may be difficult to sum up the love story...
Magic realism is one of the most powerful drives in Diana’s current painting project about contemporary fairy-tale magic. Let’s then go back to the source, to Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) – the Argentinian godfather of this literary genre which blends...
Once upon a time the millennium clock tower used to chime with Johann Sebastian Bach’s music every hour at the National Museum of Scotland. Nowadays, silenced under the COVID-19 pandemic museum closure, it still echoes in our collective memories. Is there a...
