Three Generations of Keene Artists
Three generations of Keene artists trace a continuing engagement with drawing, painting and the human figure—from Van Art’s wartime images of Coventry to Arthur Keene’s British figurative tradition and the contemporary work of Tobias Keene.
The Unfinished Archive: What families Preserve Before History Knows it Matters
Before an artist’s work enters a museum or catalogue, its history often survives in private hands. The Unfinished Archive considers how memory, documents and material evidence shape the histories later generations inherit.
When Provenance Means More Than Ownership
KeeneOnArt | KEENE.PRESS An artwork carries more than a chain of possession. Its material surface, reverse, inscriptions, photographs, records and human recollections form part of the evidence by which its life can be understood. Provenance is usually described
Keene On Art
KeeneOnArt is the shared editorial and social voice of Tobias Keene and Annelize Bester — two distinct artistic practices brought together within the wider creative and archival structure of KEENE ART.
Tobias Keene on Family, Painting and Inheritance
I come from three generations of painters. My grandfather, Arthur Keene — known as Van Art — drew and painted Coventry through the war, while my father, also Arthur, continued through the more traditional disciplines of portraiture, figure and landscape. I g