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    These Two Words Changed Art History

    It started with a cup of tea in Russell Square.

    What happened next rewrote the history of art – and my own life.

    I filmed a short video for you right from Russell Square, where the story began. I think you’ll feel the magic of it.

    It’s noisy, chaotic, alive — yet this place always brings me back to the moment everything shifted.

    Not because of me. But because of two words, whispered decades ago, on this very ground.

    Two words that carried an artist from failure to history.

    Two words that found their way to me when I needed them most.

    And two words that, maybe, you need to hear right now.

    Come sit with me in Russell Square

    Watch the video above.

    With love from London,

    Crista x


    Written by Crista Cloutier, artist mentor + founder of The Working Artist. (learn more about Crista here)

     

    Crista Cloutier
    August 19, 2025
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