AI magic: Turner painting of a 21st century Greenwich neighbourhood
by Rashmee
Posted on January 14, 2023
Using Dall-E 2, an AI image-generation tool, I created a Turner painting of an ordinary …
Read MoreThe highs and lows of hotel art
by Rashmee
Posted on October 8, 2021
Hotels that double up as art museums are quite the thing, not just in the …
Read MoreA slice of 17th century life in the National Gallery
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2021
This Sunday bank holiday weekend was a marker for me. It was the first time …
Read MoreHow many Ether for that NFT? Speaking in tongues about art and craft
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2021
/ LANGUAGE How many Ether for that NFT? In plain English, that’s a question about …
Read MoreImagine what could happen if Africa were truly to celebrate its art (and philosophy)
by Rashmee
Posted on February 18, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA No one can accuse the African Union (AU) of overpromising …
Read MoreIn Artemisia Gentileschi, we see the female gaze
by Rashmee
Posted on September 29, 2020
Take a good long look at the painting. It’s probably one the earliest portrayals in …
Read MoreWhy Muslim opinion started to tend towards aniconism
by Rashmee
Posted on September 7, 2020
The tendency towards aniconism and the erasure of the secular-religious distinction is a bit of …
Read MoreEarly Muslims’ attitude to art and creative expression
by Rashmee
Posted on September 4, 2020
In the beginning, there was art. Lots of it, in fact, in the secular space.…
Read MoreA birthday feast of Edvard Munch prints
by Rashmee
Posted on May 17, 2019
A birthday is a good time for reflection. As well as to see an exhibition …
Read MoreWhy 16th century Dutch still life painters were partial to a peeled lemon
by Rashmee
Posted on October 8, 2018
The lemon – half-peeled, glistening, “curling spirals of golden light” – caught our attention rightaway. …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK