Glamorisation is smoking is evident throughout art over the centuries from artists including Picasso and Van Gogh. The influence this has had is extremely broad and has lead to it feeding into other types of media including film and music including popular songs such as 'Castle On A Hill.'

As mentioned in my year in review: the arts in 2017, there have been some important individual artists excelling in their form throughout the year. Why not learn more about them?

2017 has been a pretty good year for the arts. With political chaos creating as many headlines as it did headaches, how did the soothing arts world react?

A legend dies, a TV show dies, Clinton wins the nomination and a new copyright lawsuit