Art News
Climate Activist Sentenced to Jail for Vandalizing Art at U.S. National Gallery
Apr 29, 2024
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Joanna Smith, a climate activist, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for vandalizing a Degas sculpture at the U.S. National Gallery of Art, along with orders for supervised release and 150 hours of community service. The incident is part of a broader trend of climate protests targeting museums worldwide, highlighting growing tensions between activism and the preservation of cultural heritage.
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Michelangelo Pistoletto Reimagines Caravaggio's Stolen Masterpiece in Sicily
Dec 31, 2024
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Arte Povera artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has created a new version of Caravaggio's Nativity , stolen in 1969 from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Sicily, to pay tribute to the lost masterpiece. The project is part of an initiative to perpetuate Caravaggio's legacy by exhibiting a work by a new artist each year.
Artist Portraits
Malgorzata Lodygowska: drawing what surrounds me
Feb 14, 2024
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"This has accompanied me since I was a child, it was as natural to me as everyday activities. The subjects that interested me from the very beginning were drawing what surrounded me, and animals, as a child I used to hide in a dog's crate. Among animals I felt safest."...
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Robbie Williams is selling his Banksy artwork at auction
Jan 24, 2022
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Robbie Williams is auctioning off his personal art collection. Three Banksy pieces will be sold by Sotheby's in March. The 3 works could fetch between 2.5 and 3.5 million pounds.
Art History
Pollock's dripping in the artworks of Artmajeur's artists
Nov 19, 2021
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Action Painting, an artistic form of Abstract Expressionism, has valued for the first time in the history of art the phase of creation of the works, that is, the creative act. The latter is highlighted because it represents the pure expression of the artist's psyche, emotions and vital energies. The "dripping" is a painting technique very dear to the Action Paintig, that Jackson Pollock did not invent, but perfected...
Lifestyle
How did the spicy yellow immerse Louise's living room?
Aug 31, 2021
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Mustard, vanilla, turmeric or cinnamon, yellow in a spicy version is definitely trendy in 2020. Louise has just changed the sofa and this bold, warm and sunny color inspires her to redecorate her living room.
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Millionaire indicted for burning $10 million Frida Kahlo painting
Sep 28, 2022
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Millionaire Martin Mobarak was investigated for setting fire to a $10 million Frida Kahlo painting as an NFT stunt.
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Beeple unveils his $29 million sculpture at the Crystal Bridges Museum
Jul 28, 2023
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The $29 million sculpture of Beeple is on display at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, marking its first public appearance in the United States since it was purchased by Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer. The artwork titled HUMAN ONE depicts humanity's first steps into the digital Metaverse with ever-moving screens and also offers a scavenger hunt experience for visitors to unlock NFTs related to the artist.
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All 10,000 BAYC NFTs are turned into machine-made art by Google AI
Aug 4, 2022
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3 minutes read
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs were transformed into machine-made paintings by Google cloud computing AI.
Art History
Contemporary Street Art: How Banksy's Little Girl with a Balloon became an icon
Sep 8, 2021
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Balloon girl or Girl with Balloon is one of Banksy’s most important works. It demonstrates the graffiti stencil technique that has made Banksy famous around the globe.
Artist Portraits
Mariia Kulchytska, the need to leave a mark on history
Oct 26, 2022
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6 minutes read
Maria Kulchitskaya's acquaintance with art did not occur in childhood, but it was at the age of 18 that she became interested in painting and attended art school, which unexpectedly led her to photography...
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Philippe Rude, the inspiration that comes from the joyful quality of boredom
Dec 3, 2022
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7 minutes read
Philippe Rude is a ceramic sculptor from northern France who, since 2014, has been committed to giving shape to his intuitive emotions and feelings....
Lifestyle
The Museum of Bad Art has a lot of really great art
Aug 22, 2022
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There is a lot of great art in the Museum of Bad Art. Its goal is to "celebrate the work of artists whose work would not be seen and appreciated anywhere else." The museum has over 700 pieces of art that are "too bad to be ignored." "Bad" is, however, a matter of opinion, and some of this art to be much more interesting to look at than a lot of the modern art that is shown in popular museums today.
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Climate activist pleads guilty to vandalizing Degas exhibit at National Gallery of Art
Dec 19, 2023
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A climate activist named Joanna Smith has admitted guilt for defacing Edgar Degas's renowned ballerina sculpture exhibited at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC...
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Hidden Treasure: Picasso Masterpiece Discovered in Capri Basement
Oct 3, 2024
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A painting found in a Capri, Italy, cellar might be by Pablo Picasso. The painting is worth about €6 million ($6.6 million). It shows Picasso and his partner, Dora Maar, in a powerful scene.
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Sabrina Timsit, art born from the love of cultural diversity
Apr 2, 2022
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Sabrina Timsit's art, inspired by a love of cultural diversity, literature and science fiction, is strongly narrative...
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16 climate activists were detained at the MoMA while protesting Henry Kravis's donation
Sep 20, 2023
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York City was the most recent establishment to come under attack by environmentalists on Friday. The protesters wanted to draw attention to a board member's sponsorship from a company whose husband invested in fossil fuel ventures...
Artist Portraits
Natasha Yankelevich: From an early age I was immersed in art
Nov 28, 2023
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7 minutes read
"From an early age I was immersed in art: from the age of 4 I took a course at the Academy of Arts, then at an art school, and got a higher education in graphic design. After I completed my studies, I had a strong feeling that I did not want to immerse myself in applied handwork - painting, graphic techniques and other forms of artistic expression that require a complex technical process."...
Artist Portraits
Tauba Auerbach: Math-Inspired Visual Language
Oct 25, 2024
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7 minutes read
Tauba Auerbach is a contemporary American artist known for her interdisciplinary approach that merges art, mathematics, and science to explore themes of dimensionality and perception. Her work, spanning painting, sculpture, and bookmaking, often challenges traditional understandings of space and visual language through innovative use of geometry and optical illusion.
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Stephan Joachim, my vocation is photography
Aug 22, 2023
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12 minutes read
"My very great passion, indeed vocation, is photography, light painting, observing and capturing moments in the passage of time"...
Artist Portraits
Kehinde Wiley: Portraits of Authority and Identity in the Modern Age
Sep 12, 2024
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Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977 in Los Angeles, is a trailblazing American portrait painter renowned for his vivid reinterpretations of classical art that merge contemporary African-American perspectives with traditional themes, culminating in his groundbreaking 2018 portrait of Barack Obama and earning him a spot on Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list.
Art History
When Street art meets Abstraction
May 7, 2023
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As partly anticipated above, we are accustomed to seeing the graffities and tags on the walls, mostly monochrome, of streets, abandoned buildings, factories and much more, or, in the case where we talk about Street art...
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Jonathan Wateridge: Figuring the Unreal in Contemporary Life
Apr 22, 2025
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Jonathan Wateridge, born in 1972, is a British artist known for his work in the Postwar and Contemporary painting scene. His art is currently on view at the Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas, and his work has previously been showcased by leading galleries and institutions, including GRIMM in London...
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Elena Kraft, art as a cry from the heart
Jul 16, 2022
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Elena Kraft's work is literally a cry from the heart aimed at revealing the emotional state of the artist, which is expressed both in painting and in sculpture...
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Henri Dauman: A Life Behind the Lens of Iconic Moments
Aug 20, 2024
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10 minutes read
Henri Dauman (1933-2023) was a renowned French-American photographer whose impactful photojournalism, including the iconic image of Jacqueline Kennedy at JFK's funeral, gained posthumous acclaim through major retrospectives and the documentary Looking Up, solidifying his legacy in modern visual culture.
Art History
Art on the balcony: "simple" and "complex" works
Nov 21, 2023
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Perhaps even those who avidly enjoy the sun, which comes to illuminate the balcony of their home every day, remain unaware of the historical origins of this of window fitted with a parapet, conceived with both decorative and practical function...
Artist Portraits
N Nathan, eye-catching art!
Jun 15, 2022
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4 minutes read
N Nathan is a versatile and self-taught artist who, depending on the project he is working on, experiments with different artistic techniques in order to capture the viewer's attention...
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Gaetano Ligrani: Every artist is unique
May 21, 2024
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"My background comes, in large part, from my professional-artistic training and architectural studies, when the aforementioned faculties, also artistically trained students with examinations in art history, life drawing and descriptive geometry"...
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Benjamin Shine: Sculpting Light and Form with Tulle
Aug 9, 2024
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Benjamin Shine is a contemporary British artist known for his innovative use of tulle fabric to create intricate, ethereal portraits and sculptures. His work explores themes of light, form, and the interplay between material and immaterial, often blurring the lines between painting and sculpture.
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Andrew “Ana`alu” Hollimon: When art tells, questions and illuminates
Jan 9, 2025
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Ana`alu is a self-taught Floridian artist who transforms memories, emotions, and reflections into striking works of realism and color. His vibrant, accessible, and highly acclaimed art deserves the attention of both amateurs and investors.
Art History
A Home That Speaks of You: Art as a Mirror of Your Emotions
Jan 21, 2025
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Buying art is not just an aesthetic act, but a deeply personal choice, driven by the desire to surround oneself with what nourishes the soul. We therefore present some types of artworks, each designed to meet the different emotional needs of four types of art lovers...
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Jérôme Royer, artistic freedom
Apr 30, 2022
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The gestures that generate Jérôme Royer's paintings, derived from the martial arts, are part of a creative impulse in which the artist plays with unpredictability...
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Leonid Afremov: The incredible success story of an online sales pioneer
Apr 19, 2020
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Leonid Afremov was born into a family of shoemakers and metallurgical engineers in Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 12, 1955. He received a traditional Jewish education despite government practices. Leonid Afremov has knife painting in the Russian immigrant city of Ashdodq. He adapted to the taste of the public and worked in an alimentary way on acrylic.
Artist Portraits
Valérie Jayat: a vital need to create
Oct 24, 2023
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4 minutes read
"My style is identified immediately, and that's the hardest thing to achieve. A certain poetry, sometimes tinged with humor, a grating language at times. My colors are very particular to me."
Art History
Some symbols of New York "translated" by art
Jan 25, 2023
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Beginning after the Second World War, the center of world art, the hothouse of all new trends, as well as the creative market, has gradually shifted from Paris to New York, therefore, an art historian from the old continent like me, cannot escape from pretending to ask for the fateful working vacations...
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Konrad Ziolkowski, each artist is unique
Feb 11, 2023
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"Each artist is unique and has features, both in themselves and in their work, that distinguish them. It's hard for me to say what is unique about my art, I would like it more for the recipient to evaluate it."...