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Calling all art and food lovers! Who isn’t excited about a chance to see art come to life?

We’ve recently teamed up with the National Gallery, London and Anti:dote, Singapore to offer a unique afternoon event that will invite guests into the world of one of Van Gogh’s most famous masterpieces - Sunflowers.

There will be a variety of food and drink pairings available, with a menu that features delicate desserts like the Sunflower Praline Pot made of sunflower sorbet on chocolate oat milk cream with orange marmalade and a chocolate sponge base. Feel free to pair this with Anti:dote’s signature themed cocktail Colorful Yellow, featuring white rum, yellow Chartreuse, toasted sunflower seeds infused with St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur and tropical fruits.

While you’re sipping and snacking, you’ll be surrounded by a picture-perfect setting designed to create an immersive trip inside Van Gogh’s painting. The dining room will be decorated with a collection of sunflower-themed ornaments, assorted fresh sunflowers, and a framed replica of the masterpiece. There will also be a photo wall available so you can capture every unique moment as you indulge in this artistic dining experience.

This isn’t an event you want to miss! Click the link below to reserve your spot. Tickets will be available from March 3rd to April 2nd.

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Can you tell if an image was generated by a human or a machine?

Calling all Vincent van Gogh fans!⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In collaboration with Artistory and the National Gallery, London, Anti:dote is thrilled to announce the launch of Season of Impressionists – a Vincent van Gogh inspired afternoon tea this March.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Priced at S$58++ per guest. An option to further elevate the experience with free-flowing tipples for two hours is available from S$75++ per guest for Laurent Perrier Brut or S$90++ per guest for Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Book your table now and immerse yourself in the world of Vincent van Gogh. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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View menu: https://bit.ly/SeasonOfImpressionistsMenu⁣⁣⁣
Make a reservation: https://bit.ly/SeasonOfImpressionistsReservation⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Lovebirds, as well as many other bird species, are widely believed to have a strong pair bond and often link with each other for life.

As some of our feathered friends prepare for spring migration while we celebrate Valentines day - a concept that originated with Geoffrey Chaucer’s late 14th century poem, Parliament of Fowls - we use this occasion to take a look at some of the most most peculiar bird behaviors when it comes to “birdly love”.

1. “Harmonious” cooperative breeders: Harris’s Hawk

Most often, social groups of Harris' hawks contain a single monogamous breeding pair. However, these hawks are known to practice simultaneous polyandry, where more than one male mates with one female and shares in the responsibilities of raising offspring.

2. Ritualistic and “flirtatious” birds of courtship：Flamingo

When courting begins for these birds, Groups of flamingos perform ritualized stretching and preening - a spectacular parade of fabulous flirting.

3. “Loyal companions” with a twist：Wandering Albatross

The wandering albatross is the poster bird for avian monogamy. The graceful glider is known to mate for life, partnering up with the same bird to breed, season after season, between long flights at sea.

Divorce rate for Wandering Albatross is extremely low, however, scientists at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found that, at least for one particular population of wandering albatross, whether a pair will divorce boils down to one important factor: personality. According to their research, an albatross couple’s chance of divorce is highly influenced by the male partner’s “boldness.” The bolder and more aggressive the male, the more likely the pair is to stay together. The shyer the male, the higher the chance that the pair will divorce.

4. “Home raiders” but with a noble cause：Blue Jay

All jays raid nests, but unlike most birds, Blue Jays do so primarily to feed an incubating mate or growing young, rather than for their own meals.

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🖼️ 1 Title: Arnolfini Portrait, Museum： National Gallery
🖼️ 2 Title: Painting the myth of Bacchus and Ariadnel, Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
🖼️ 3 Title: Bathers at Asnières, Museum: National Gallery
🖼️ 4 Title: Women of Paris: The Circus Lover, Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ARTiSTORY is delighted to present our 2023 collection, Free Spirits, featuring one of the finest ornithological prints ever made, The Birds of America, by American artist John James Audubon (1785-1851).

From the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, we bring these feathered creatures to life.

As visually fascinating creatures, birds have always been a source of inspiration for the fashion industry. Traveling with these birds, with wings outstretched, ARTiSTORY invites you on a flight to behold the majestic beauty of these avian friends.

This redesigned collection by our designers draws inspiration from the current fashion and color trends which aims to further transform our classic collection into visual symbols applicable to various consumer scenarios.

We pay tribute to Audubon with a collection of redesigns utilizing geometric and spatial re-compositions that transfigure these mighty creatures and further release their vitality and grace as they entice us into a mystical wonderland full of lilting songs, fanciful flights, and entertaining antics.

These visually striking patterns and design elements offer a wealth of commercial opportunities and value for our licensees: from pattern-printing on apparel, household items, and appliances to exquisite NFT collections.

With wings spread wide we fly, to discover the wonders of their world and our shared planet.

🎉 COMPETITION TIME 🎉 To celebrate the launch of our range of menswear t-shirts in we are offering our followers the chance to win a t-shirt for themselves and a friend. Enter our competition to be in chance of winning two of our iconic Kiabi t-shirts inspired by Renoir and Munch .
 
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PLEASE NOTE: Renoir t-shirt in a size MEDIUM and Munch t-shirt in a size LARGE.
 
This is an international competition so get tagging, commenting and liking. Good luck!  
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
 
Born in Limoges in south-west France, Renoir was one of the leading painters of the Impressionist Movement, using a technique of broken brushstrokes and combining bold complementary colours to capture the light and movement of his subjects. As his career progressed, so did his painting style that saw influences from his travels to Italy, Holland, North Africa and Spain where he found new artists and styles to admire and adopt in his own way. His friendship with Monet, another great Impressionist painter, is also marked in Renoir’s work, who began to use lighter colours.

We are excited to announce the launch of our art and culture online store.  Sign up for notifications at www.artistorycollections.com  

Inspired by the original artworks at and we’ve applied beautiful, modern and on trend designs to some of your favourite products. You’ll also be able to discover the stories behind the designs.  
 
We invite you to welcome art from centuries past into your present, modern lifestyle.

One story that we at and are very excited to share - our new partnership together!

ARTiSTORY is pleased to announce it has recently signed a multi-year agreement with The British Library to work on IP licensing in the Greater China market. The British Library is the UK's national and the world’s most comprehensive research collection, providing information services to academic, business, research and scientific communities. A specialist in art and cultural IP licensing, ARTiSTORY works with world’s top museums, galleries, science centres and libraries. The addition of the British Library sees ARTiSTORY expand its portfolio into the “library” category.

The British Library has a collection of over 170 million items, ranging from prints and electronic books to periodicals, films and rare manuscripts, as well as digital image and sound collections. Iconic legacies such as Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the works of Shakespeare, the story of Medusa and many more would become source of inspirations of ARTiSTORY’s annually refreshed themes of design collections.

Across the UK and Commonwealth this weekend, celebreations are underway for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee... How will you be partying? Are you having a street party?

Royal Families and regal ccrowns and costume have been prevalent across the globa for many centuries. The National Palace Museum in Taipei holds a vast collection of historic Chinese royal items such as this stunning Qing Dynasty crown! Have you got your crown ready?

Drawing on the aesthetics and wisdoms of different cultures that were grown on the land it ruled, the best craftsmen from Qing Dynasty combined modern craftsmanship with traditional arts, even from the West, to make jewels that then became crowns or costumes. Crowns and Regalia focuses on the headdress and accessories from the collection and their glittering beauty. Taken from Kingfisher’s feather, the natural but mysteriously stunning blue colour comes from a now disappeared technique called ‘Tian-tsui’. With a natural shimmer on the blue feather and other precious pearl and gems, these headpieces are not the brightest but can reveal the elegance of their wearers on any festive and ceremonial occasions.

The ‘Headdress with Double Happiness’ is such an occasional piece, for the wedding ceremony. The Chinese character of ‘double happiness’ means the joy of connection of two families, celebrating the marriage of two but also their families.

This Memorial Day we thank our soliders who fought to protect our country. We thank their families and friends who supported them and sacraficed their loved ones to keep our fellow Americans safe.

We hope you take this weekend to spend time with your families and to reflect and appreciate our country.

Memorial Day weekend is also the unoffical kick off to summer!

Our colleagues in our United States office are enjoying their long weekend off with their families. If you need an activity this weekend, head over to the MFA Boston to see some of the American works featured. This painting of Betsty Ross making the first American flag seemed fitting for this week! We chose this painting by Raphael Tuck & Sons because of the patriotic colors, you often see worn this holiday weekend.

Did you know? - The International Museum Day 2022 calls for “The Power of Museums” by , focusing on building communities, achieving sustainability and looking to the innovative future.

From ARTiSTORY’s 2023SS creative collection, Marvelous Menagerie, a group of furry friends and flying spirits is walking on the welcoming palm and up through the jungle of diverse colors. Among them, there are rabbits reinterpreted from a mug made by Paul Revere Pottery, a female-ran studio in early 20th century that provided immigrant girls with an education and job opportunities. You would also see various bird species studied and drawn by American naturalist, John James Audubon (1785-1851), whose work allows us today to see images of some now-extinct-birds. At the background, the symbol of “three hares” found on Dunhuang murals, a world heritage site, are decorated on spaceships that fly up to the sky to discover the unknown universe. These figures together create a harmonious community across time and space and resonate with what museums can achieve to empower human being.

Want to learn more about the stories behind these designs and the objects that inspired them? Get in touch and we will tell you more!

ARTiSTORY proudly presents our creatives and narratives with museum partners


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Albercht Dürer (1471-1528) – From what is now Nuremberg, Germany, Dürer was a printmaker and painter, thought of as Germany’s greatest Renaissance artist, having bought the genre to Northern Europe after his Italian travels. He created woodcuts with a Gothic style, portraits, altarpieces and religious works. His rhinoceros depiction is one of art history’s most celebrated animals. He’d never seen the animal so added many fanciful additions to fuel imaginations of the viewers, many of who at the time would have only this illustration as reference to this magnificent beastly animal.

He depicts an animal with hard plates that cover its body like sheets of armour, with a gorget at the throat, a solid-looking breastplate, and what appear to be rivets along the seams.

Who is ready for a beach day? ☀️🏊🏻‍♀️🤽🏽‍♀️🏄🏾‍♂️🍦 Comment where your favourite place to swim outdoors is!

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) – French born, Gaugiun is best known for his self-imposed exile to Tahiti for his final years, where he left his wife and children behind in Copenhagen. He was also recognized for his creative relationship with Vincent van Gogh (we’ve all heard of him!).

He influenced avant-garde developments through his artistic experiments and was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. He flattened forms to allow colour to enhance the meaning of his artworks. He also developed his own theoretical approach to painting based on imagination, rather than traditional views towards masterpieces. Many of his pieces feature Polynesian women and the rich colors of nature.

National Gallery, London
The Bathers, 1897

Today as we celebrate Earth Day 2022, we are celebrating an early pioneer of global exploration. A woman who bought the worlds or art and science of botanical discovery together in the 17th century. We believe she would be actively encouraging 21st century sustainability, eco-friendly and environmental preservation.

Maria Sybilla Merian was a German artist who paved a way for women to explore anddiscover science and far off lands like no woman had before her.
Her naturalistic, scientific illustrations were created during her various travels toexotics lands including Surinam. The colourful illustrations of insects and plantlife were created from her studies ‘the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies’.

Her works are still studied today, across multiple fields and this book is held within the collection.

Today is so we have explored the collections within The National Gallery to discover what furry, four-legged, crawling or scaled friends people have been painted with throughout history.

Are you celebrating with a pet today? Comment your pet, animal and their names for us below!

* A girl with a kitten 🐈‍⬛ - probably by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1743
* The Graham Children - William Hogarth, 1742 (with their goldfinch bird 🐦 and cat 🐈 )
* A Boy and a Girl with a cat 🐱 and an eel 🪱 - by Judith Leyster, about 1635
* Sportsmen resting - Dutch?, about 1650 with pet dogs 🐕 and owls 🦉
* Portrait of a lady with a dog 🐶- Italian, late 16th century.

A slightly unusual selection though some firm favourite pets have continued to be household friends! Which pet here would be your favourite?

ARTiSTORY has signed a new partnership with The Benaki Museum in Greece!!

The Benaki Museum opened its doors in 1931 in Athens and is among the most extensive and innovative museums in Europe. Arranged across ten buildings, it welcomes over 450,000 visitors a year to its galleries and exhibitions, performing arts hub, manufacturing and research facilities and pioneering shop.

ARTiSTORY will be creating designs inspired by the Museum’s extensive collections which include over 120,000 works of art, 200,000 books, 1 million photographs, and thousands of rare documents covering Greek and Roman Archaeology, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art, Early Modern Greek Material Culture, Modern and Contemporary Greek Photography, Architecture and Design, Music and Performing Arts but also Islamic, Chinese, Pre-Columbian American, African and Korean Art, as well as an extensive collection of toys and games from around the world.

The Benaki Museum joins ARTiSTORY’s prestigious group of other cultural partners: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery, London; Brooklyn Museum, New York; the National Palace Museum, Taipei; Dunhuang Culture & Tourism Group, China; and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid. With offices in London, Barcelona, Boston, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai, ARTiSTORY, with support from its investment partner Sinofaith IP Investment Company (SIPIC), is well placed to bring this world-class museum brand to the global marketplace.

“I am excited about the Benaki Museum joining ARTiSTORY’s growing art and cultural IP portfolio. This is a significant milestone for ARTiSTORY as we expand our portfolio to include more world’s leading cultural organisations from various countries” comments Yizan He, founder & CEO of ARTiSTORY.

We’re excited to share we have been working with contemporary artist Sveta Dorosheva for ARTiSTORY’s Global Artist Programme.

Sveta has been
inspired by the canopies, murals and flying stories of the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang, China and incorporated these with Western myths and fairy tales.

Born in Ukraine and currently based in Israel, Sveta creates art for books, magazines and brands. She has published best-selling books and been shortlisted twice for the World Illustration Awards. Sveta’s narrative art and detailed illustration reveals her fascination for myth and fairy tales.

“I read a lot of fairy tales as a child, because I was rather of weak health and spent lots of time in bed. I was enthralled by these mysterious, enchanting worlds”

Sveta’s fascination with myths and fairy tales is the foundation of her artistic creations and it is these wonderful ideas from the innocence of childhood that enable her to observe the world with curiosity. Sveta was blown away when she first saw images of Dunhuang. Her first impression was “oh my, this looks like 500 Buddhist Sistine chapels and nobody knows!” During the creative process, although there was not much detailed English information about Dunhuang, Sveta found the artistic inspiration of the caves inexhaustible. And she discovered something new every time she looked. "I am so fascinated by the art treasures in these caves that I am overcome by a childish feeling of discovery.”

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¡Hola! ARTiSTORY has partnered with Spanish Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid.

One of Madrid’s “Golden Triangle of Art” museums and located in the main boulevard of the city, the museum holds over 1,600 iconic paintings, including artworks by Italian, Dutch, German and English artists ranging from the 13th to 20th centuries. Collected over two generations of the Thyssen-Bornemisza family, in 1993 the collection became a public museum for all to enjoy and admire, now known at ‘Everyone’s Museum’.

Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, John Singer Sargent and Paul Cézanne are just a handful of the great artists seen in the museum. Key art movements including the Renaissance, Expressionism, Impressionism and Cubism are represented, alongside medieval art from the likes of Jan Van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer.

Together we will build a global licensing programme, taking inspiration from the wealth of artwork within the collection.

Keep an eye out for many featuring soon from this collection, as well as many designs and products launching soon!

“I’m very pleased to have signed our first Spanish Museum, giving us two European, two American and two Asian cultural sites within our portfolio,” says Natasha Dyson, co-founder and licensing director of ARTiSTORY.

From left: Michael Yang, Managing Partner, SIPIC; Evelio Acevedo Carrero, Managing Director of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum; Natasha Dyson, Co-founder and Licensing Director, ARTiSTORY

¡Hola! ARTiSTORY has partnered with Spanish Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid.

One of Madrid’s “Golden Triangle of Art” museums and located in the main boulevard of the city, the museum holds over 1,600 iconic paintings, including artworks by Italian, Dutch, German and English artists ranging from the 13th to 20th centuries. Collected over two generations of the Thyssen-Bornemisza family, in 1993 the collection became a public museum for all to enjoy and admire, now known at ‘Everyone’s Museum’.

Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Édouard Manet, John Singer Sargent and Paul Cézanne are just a handful of the great artists seen in the museum. Key art movements including the Renaissance, Expressionism, Impressionism and Cubism are represented, alongside medieval art from the likes of Jan Van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer.

Together we will build a global licensing programme, taking inspiration from the wealth of artwork within the collection.

Keep an eye out for many featuring soon from this collection, as well as many designs and products launching soon!

“I’m very pleased to have signed our first Spanish Museum, giving us two European, two American and two Asian cultural sites within our portfolio,” says Natasha Dyson, co-founder and licensing director of ARTiSTORY.

From left: Michael Yang, Managing Partner, SIPIC; Evelio Acevedo Carrero, Managing Director of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum; Natasha Dyson, Co-founder and Licensing Director, ARTiSTORY

Helen Hyde (1868-1919)- American born, Helen is renowned for her color etching process and woodblock engraved prints. After Hyde's father had passed away, she moved and lived with her aunt, who encouraged her artistic talents. She features primarily Japenese women and children characterizations.

She learned this method of work through her time in Japan, where she worked with local masters such as Emil Orlik, a European artist living in Japan.

Despite her "feminine" works, Helen was not married and had no children. Her focus on women, children, and domestic settings was to portray women in various states of life. After her time in Japan, she continued to travel and create work of other children before eventually returning to California until her passing.

Hyde was successful, financially independent, and not married, which was rare for women of that era. After her passing, her family had donated many of her works to various institutions.

White Peacock is one of our favorite works, which lives in the Brooklyn Museum.

Step into an ARTiSTORY Summer with the Impressionist artists leading the way!

Our Seasons of Impressionists collection is set to travel the world with uin Footwear , in partnership with the !

Available through uin’s website - uinfootwear.com - timeless classics inspired this colourful footwear range!

The exclusive collection entitled “A Timeless Journey” combines ARTiSTORY’s contemporary take on National Gallery’s masterpieces such as Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond with uin’s innovative and comfortable footwear, perfectly showcasing their core passions - travel and art.

Founded in Toledo, Spain, uin is committed to creating a new category of artistic travel shoes. Shipping is available to over 200 countries and regions worldwide.

Edna Boies Hopkins (1872-1937)- Michigan born, American artist, Edna Boies Hopkins, began her journey as an artist after the passing of her husband in 1894. As a widow, she enrolled at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Later marrying James Roy Hopkins, Edna found herself in New York at Pratt Institute. Pratt, a renowned NYC art institute, is where she honed her skills and was introduced to ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock printing. Her wood block paintings feature primarily nature and are known for beautiful florals. Several of her works can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

If you are ever in the Boston area, please stop by our museum partner and take a look at the gorgeous Trumpet Flower (1915).