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A week or so ago a post appeared in my Twitter feed – Why do Artists have blogs? isn’t a website enough?. I would love to credit the twitter-er who posted it, it may even have had an article attached, of course I forgot to take note of it. If I have tracked it down by the time I have finished this post I will add it, if not….well, if you recognise it-get in touch.

Anyway, this tweet got me thinking. I’m an Artist, I have a website, I have a blog. So whats the point?

Well, for me the two areas are different in a few important ways. The website is a showcase of work-this is who I am and what I do. It develops as I do (nothing worse than a totally static website). The Blog is a place to communicate and share-I like to share. It evolves along with me, I mean to say that there is a transient element to my thought process and focus. Not a bad thing at all, its a more personal place than the website-but hopefully no less professional. Is there a self promotional aspect to it? Absolutely, an online presence for an Artist (just like a business) should have. It’s striking a balance between shoving your work down the readers throat and sharing information about interests, other artists, even other blogs however that I feel is key….I may be old fashioned, I still think of the art world as a community.

Discovering Artists or Art related blogs can be time consuming because (rightly so) there are lots out there. Twitter has been a powerful tool in bringing blogs together right in front of my eyes (Go fish and find some). So far the blogs I visit can be categorized as Artist and Information, or a mix of both.

With this post I want to share my favorite blogs. With a bit of luck readers may want to share some of their favorites with me.

Artists blogs: well they fascinate me, I’m naturally nosy so I like to see what Artists are reading, watching and going to see. The best ones mix this in with a touch of the personal and human. This appeals to me given my general and consistent state of bumbling confusion.

Artists (links included):

Dean Melbourne-From Perfume to Bird song
(beautiful title for a blog by the way)


Cathy Lomax-Art Review And Comment
Boo Saville-Lets Die Together
Matthew Stone-Optimism as cultural rebellion

All of these blogs have varying styles when it comes to blogging, some post more often than others. I try to blog once a week but honestly I would rather not blog than write a dull post (and I have done exactly that in the past and bored myself off of my chair with a painful thud) So the frequency of the posting is, I think, unimportant.

Information (links included): Whats on/Reviews/Interviews

Articulated Artists
London Painting
The b-uncut blog
Art-Pie
Art Licks
Beautiful Decay
Today In art
This Is Tomorrow
ArtSlant

Of course there are hundreds more out there but these are the ones I visit on a regular basis. I want to add to the Artist Blog list…so again let me know about ones you may be following.

Blogs on Twitter (links included):

@todayinart
@BeautifulDecay
@artlicks
@b_uncut
@art_pie
@articulatedart
@thisistomorrow_

A word or two about Twitter. Its a great place. People tweet me links to Artists, blogs, exhibits-all sorts that they think I may like. So thank you!