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MUSE MONDAY

Marie-Thérèse Walter: 1907- 1977

Behind every great man is an even greater woman. Pablo Picasso is known around the world for his remarkable contribution to fine art, sculpting, and art history; but if it weren’t for his wife Marie-Thérèse Walter, his famous works of art may never have been created. For she was his muse and favourite thing to paint during his surrealist period – resulting in outstanding versions of Walter. Sadly, four years after Picassos passing, Marie-Thérèse Walter hung herself.

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WE'RE LOVING WEDNESDAY

  Ruta Jankauskaite entered the world of photography under the alias of Marla Singer. The surrealist photographer defines herself as a "little runaway girl from a Lithuanian village"

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MUSE MONDAY

Kiki de Montparnasse 2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953

This week in the JH studio we are dedicating our Muse Monday to model and muse, Kiki de Montparnasse. Formerly Alice Prin, she began her career as a model to French artists at the tender age of 14. Montparnasse then also went on to become an accomplished nightclub singer, actress, memoirist, and painter.

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FEELING THE LOVE FRIDAY

This week we are paying homage to Joanne’s first Christmas with new baby Brannagh. Joanne shared some of her precious moments on her Twitter account over the festive season.

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This week in the JH studio we are loving surreal artist Luca Mainini. Mainini is popular among fashion houses around the world for his thought provoking and visually pleasing gifs and images. Mainini takes high end fashion pieces and adds his own unique stamp on them – usually opting to use images of different body parts - before animating them to create utterly bizarre pop-art. His fans include Anna Del Russo, Givenchy, and D&G.

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MUSE MONDAY

    We are celebrating 20th Century British surrealist painter and milliner, Eileen Agar. Buenos Aires born but London raised, Agar’s life is steeped with an eclectic mix of extraordinary culture and her outlandish take on the world around her; which comes through in her wonderful art and exuberant designs. Agar spent much of her life travelling to better her art and to enrich her knowledge of her craft – as well as having a few love affairs along the way.

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MUSE MONDAY

Today's Muse is NASA wonder-woman and first mother in space, Anna Lee Fisher.

Fisher is the oldest active American Astronaut and winner of numerous awards for her service (including 'Mother of the Year Award' 1984 and 'NASA Exceptional Service Medal' in 1999).

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This week we're loving the bold, rich, textural art work of award winning artist Diana Copperwhite.

Graduate of Limerick School of Art & Design & tutor at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, her work primarily focuses on memory; both the subjective and the collective while projecting scenes where “reality, memory and fantasy collide."

See Copperwhite's latest exhibition 'Shadowlands' now in the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.

For more, head over to Twitter: @KevKavGallery / @dianacop

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We're loving the Nicholas Kirkwood X Keith Haring collaboration here at House of Hynes. Mind boggling prints and punchy colours make for some very clever shoes.

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This Wednesday we're loving installation art from American artist and photographer Sandy Skoglund.

Object repetition and bold colours frequent Skoglund's work featured in elaborate sets, which the artist designs, builds and then photographs featuring live models amongst the objects.

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This Wednesday we're bemused by Kevin Lyons amusing illustrative guide to Fashion Week. 

Depicting the do's and don't's on Fashion Week etiquette with unabashed monster illustrations in classic Lyons style. 

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This Friday we're Feeling major love for the arrival of Joanne and Johns little girl Brannagh, born happy and healthy on Tuesday night.

Thank you guys for all of the love and support during this special time.

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This week we're loving the luminescent environments cooked up by American installation artist Jennifer Steinkamp.

Steinkamp brings us bold projected images, most recently featuring nature in its divine form, exploring architectural space, motion and perception through video and new media. Often working in collaboration with musicians Jimmy Johnson and Andrew Bucksbarg to integrate sound into her work, which is now said to have brought digital art into the mainstream of contemporary art.

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MUSE MONDAY

Our Monday Muse, Lee Miller 1907~1977.

Miller was the type of woman who's talents were bold and multifaceted. Being a Muse to Photographer Man Ray and successful model in 1920's New York was just the beginning of a story, which led to a career in Fashion and Fine Art Photography in Paris, before an acclaimed role as War Correspondent for Vogue during WW2.

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This Friday, we're feeling all organic, and feeling the veggie love for our very own 'Veg Venture'.

After Joanne spoke of her new found hobby to Life magazine with the Irish Independent, she had a surge of mails from readers sharing their experiences and tips on growing vegetable; in particular the humble carrot! It's an art form! We received everything from friendly advice and stories to images of their own proud 'grows'.

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This Wednesday we're loving a simply smart Instagram account by the name of CopyLab.

Brain child of Chris Rellas, Intern at US website Nasty Gal, it takes famous works of art and 'tweaks' them in a Sartorially inclined fashion.

Picture 'The Birth Of Venus' by William Adolphe Bouguereau donning a crystallised 'Nasty Gal' one-piece and you can see why this home of clever simplicity has started gathering enthusiastic whispers.

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MUSE MONDAY

Our Muse this week, the bold Nancy Spero, (Aug 24 1926 - Oct 18 2009).

An American visual artist, Spero thrived as both artist and activist with an influential career spanning fifty years. She was renowned for her continuous engagement with contemporary political, social, and cultural concerns and was a founding member of the first women's cooperative gallery, A.I.R. (Artists in Residence) in SoHo.