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Artist Residency at Macro Asilo, Rome

Partnership with Insideart and MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome In 2018, the international Italian art and culture magazine, Insideart approached Colart to collaborate on a project led by Macro Museum Curator Giorgio de Finis, who wanted to transform the museum into a “living organism” by inviting artists to populate the space through one-week […]

Applications Team Update

Dear all, After one year of reorganisation, the Apps Team is almost complete and I would like to share with you this new team and the roles of its members. The Apps Team is covering all the M3 sphere and we call that ‘the M3 Bubble’. Click here to see the presentation. I hope this […]

IT Business Continuity Management

We strongly believe that business continuity forms part of the overall management strategy of the company. It’s vital that we create and maintain good working practices within a safe environment for all our employees and clients. With the understanding and participation of every member of staff, we can ensure that our Business Continuity strategy is an […]

Residencies in London

This August, as every month, the artists’ studios situated on the 4th floor of our building in London are busy with promising works! Focus on the Lefranc Bourgeois Residents in London this month Lefranc Bourgeois, our French brand busy preparing the celebrations for its 300th anniversary next year, has organised a double residency, sending two […]

Head Office Sustainability Coffee Morning

on Earth Overshoot Day and Veganism On Wednesday 14th August at Head Office, we had a Sustainability Coffee Morning, presented by Ajita Chamberlin and Emily Steer. During that time, we discussed the #movethedate movement, and what we can do as individuals and as a business. We talked about circular economies. Fast-fashion, food waste, the difference […]

Employee Survey 2019 – Global Overview Results

In June we sent out the 2019 employee survey and as promised we would like to share with you the top line results. We have prepared this summary infographic and a more comprehensive presentation to help you understand these results: Click here to read more about the global overview results. By the end of the […]

Mrs Lowry and Son

(By Laura Triptree) Production of the film At the end of 2017/start of 2018, Charlotte and Stephanie Nebbia worked with Genesius Pictures, the Production Company who were filming Mrs Lowry &  Son with Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. As Lowry solely used Winsor & Newton products, it was an obvious fit to loan and showcase […]

Did you know? Markers

Have a look at this 'Did you know' infographic about markers - a nice update on our products!

The Technology Team savings

Contributing to the common effort: The Technology Team In alignment with the company’s strategy to achieve the financial turnaround this year, the Technology team has put a lot of efforts in to deliver the expected results and still be a global provider of Technology for the company and allowing it to fulfil its growth, vision […]

Project United: Making Things Simpler

Logging in Colart websites and services Annoyed with using many different credentials to log into company services and websites? We appreciate the feedback that we received from many of you and the issue has been investigated by our Technology team. We are glad to inform you that the process of logging into these services will be […]

Trends of the Art Materials World

On 18th July, we had a presentation about the Trends of the Art Material World by Jatin Kuckreja, Head of Category & Consumer Insights and Amelia Macdonald, Head of Retail Experience. During the streamed presentation, they talked about the following: The size of the North American Art Materials Market and how it is performing Is […]

Winsor & Newton X Business Insider

Why is oil paint so expensive? A few months ago, Winsor & Newton were approached by Business Insider to create a video about the making of oil paint. Business Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news […]

Town Hall Meeting – Business Update

On Wednesday 10th July, we had a Town Hall Meeting live from Head Office. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO, and the rest of the GLT. Watch the recording of the Town Hall Meeting: https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/ucWZZOW6-gHKvwpyy.mp4 What was discussed? Cliquez ici pour lire le compte-rendu en français Dennis started the meeting by mentioning […]

SXSW X Colart

What is SXSW ? South by Southwest (abbreviated as SXSW) is an series of huge overlapping festivals taking place in Austin, Texas, covering the future of tech, politics, music, film and much more. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. Key Trends Our agency partner TMW […]

Talent Acquisition in Splash

We’re pleased to announce an enhancement to Splash, adding a Talent Acquisition tab to your current homepage. The two core benefits to this new tab are Internal Vacancies and MyJobs. Internal Vacancies This provides a quick option to view all internal jobs currently available and replaces the existing OPEN JOBS view. You’ll get to see […]

Ink Trends Report

Dear all, The Shopper Marketing Team is happy to share with you the Insights and Trends report for Ink. Click here to access. Please take time to look and feedback with any comments or questions.