1.         Do your research

The beauty of browsing through art on the web is that you can look at hundreds of photos without having to trawl round galleries – saving you time and (perhaps) money!

“Art is metabolic”

Whilst we’re impressed by Meese’s clear dedication and passion for art (he calls for all politicians to resign so that art can reign), his statement that art is metabolic got us thinking…

Bitcoin is a new online currency so baffling, so intangible that you would be forgiven for thinking it cannot possibly be real. Bitcoin is a cyber-currency with no government backing and no central bank...

Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools -- robotics, new software, cognitive research -- to make artworks that surprise and delight. 

Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture.

Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile.

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds.

How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself. 

Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways.

Using video mapping and projection, artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo captures and shares his memories and friendships.

Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art. 

At the 2008 EG Conference, artist Miru Kim talks about her work.

A British artist becomes an online hit after he created a remarkable drawing of the Lower Manhattan skyline as seen from the top of the Empire State building.

The whole concept of weird art is a very grey area. Obviously you can have weird art but the question is ‘Is it the art or the viewer?’ It is in fact our own perception of a piece that determines the weirdness of it. 

Sporf will be staging 5 day art fair in the steel city of Sheffield, featuring some of Sporf’s best artists and a few new additions to the Sporf Roster.

Since moving into a new studio at CADS see: www.cads-online.co.uk I've managed to begin to further develop my (obsessive) drawing skills...

I don’t know about you but I’m really excited about the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the Queens Gallery in London. Yes the Damien Hirst exhibition might be grabbing a few more headlines...

So in Sporfs 2^nd blog post we thought we would introduce you to two of Sheffield’s finest artists; John Ledger and Nick Spencer...