Katrine Kristensen lives and works in the liberal Nordic sanctuary of Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London having completed an intense goldsmith apprenticeship. Today Kristensen is a member of the diverse Farfetch community that unites three-hundred independent fashion boutiques and create bridges across the world, from Paris and New York to Milan and…
During the late 1800s European art was largely defined by an academic and mechanised approach. Art was essentially undergoing a period of depression whereby an elitist group of fusty critics took it upon themselves to dictate the rules of what would constitute a meritorious work of art. The only way for an artist to be taken seriously, it seemed, was…