Art History
Start an Art Collection: Tips and Must-Have Pieces for a New Collector
Mar 11, 2025
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11 minutes read
Are you new to the art world and eager to start your collection but don't know where to begin? Don't worry! We've created a few profiles of novice collectors so you can identify yourself in one of them and discover your unique style...
Art History
Orange in art
Jul 20, 2022
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7 minutes read
The colour orange has been present in art history since the earliest civilisations. In fact, in ancient Egypt, artists used to use an orange mineral pigment, called realgar, for tomb paintings...
Art History
Sharks in art
Aug 14, 2022
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6 minutes read
Sharks have dominated the waters of the sea for hundreds of thousands of years before man, who, once having ploughed them, has oftentimes described these animals, both in artistic and literary works, even presenting them as dangerous and fearsome predators...
Art News
The Groucho Club bought by an art gallery for 40 million pounds
Aug 12, 2022
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2 minutes read
The owners of Hauser & Wirth buy a private club in London with a long history and a famous art collection.
Art History
Route 66: the legend told by art
May 15, 2022
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7 minutes read
Artworks by Artmajeur's artists, created through multiple viewpoints and techniques, such as oil on canvas, digital photomontage and photography, take us on a tour of some of Route 66's most iconic places, such as the Cadillac Ranch installation in Amarillo (Texas), the Palo duro canyon (Texas), the town of Seligman (Arizona), the Wigwam Motel (Arizona), the Mojave desert (California) and the Santa Monica pier (California)...
Artist Portraits
Sebastien Devore, the art that hides a message
Jan 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
Sebastien Devore's paintings, the result of extensive research and preparatory drawings, generally contain a message, a feeling or a food for thought ...
Artist Portraits
Alicia Zemanek, art influenced by the sea
Mar 23, 2022
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4 minutes read
Alicia Zemanek is a self-taught artist whose work pursues the intent of uniting decorative Orientalism with Western realism...
Art History
The art of "ruins": yesterday and today
Mar 29, 2023
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8 minutes read
Find a safe, quiet and peaceful place, sit on the ground with your knees resting in front of you, your hands and arms relaxed, and imagine...
Art News
David Lynch dies: a life of art and creation beyond the screen
Jan 17, 2025
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3 minutes read
David Lynch, the famous surrealist filmmaker and artist, left his mark on the world of art and cinema with his unique style of surrealism and realism. From his early days as a painter and printmaker to his iconic works such as Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive , he leaves a timeless artistic legacy after his death on January 15, 2025.
Art History
Children in art
Jul 17, 2022
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7 minutes read
Since the dawn of civilisation, children have represented an extremely popular artistic subject, capable of expressing joy, love and candour, within figurative narratives aimed at illustrating not only the attitudes and psychological characteristics of the little protagonists, but also the customs and traditions of their families, as well as the different approaches to the world of childhood that have characterised the different eras...
Art History
Precious Materials in Contemporary Art: Bronze, Glass, and Marble
Jan 14, 2025
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12 minutes read
Contemporary art continues to experiment with precious and ancient materials, giving new life and meaning to millennia-old traditions. We will explore the history and evolution of three fundamental mediums: bronze, glass, and marble...
Art History
Dance in art history
Dec 13, 2021
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7 minutes read
Dance, an intense and passionate art form, has been very probably present in all human cultures, in fact, among the first works of art that portray it we find the paintings of ancient Egypt. The representation of this topic has also characterized the most popular artistic currents between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, so that great masters such as, Degas, Renoir, Munch, Toulouse Lautrec, and Matisse have depicted it...
Art History
What is kinetic art?
May 11, 2022
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7 minutes read
Kinetic Art, or Programmed Art, was born after World War II in concomitance with the decline of geometric abstraction. It is an artistic current whose purpose is to illustrate the study of the mechanisms of vision, aspiring to a rendering in pictorial and plastic terms of dynamism, optical phenomena and light...
Art History
History of Czech Art
Nov 25, 2023
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7 minutes read
By Czech art history, we mean the entire complex of visual arts that were conceived and subsequently took shape and life in both the Czech Republic itself and in the various states that were part of it in previous centuries, serving as a home to memorable artists who, in the most famous examples, will be explored later.
Pop Culture
How did David Zinn appropriate the street to transform every corner into a work of art?
Feb 22, 2022
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2 minutes read
With whimsical chalk drawings, the street artist David Zinn transforms the entire city into his personal canvas.
Art News
Famous artist Mr. Brainwash opens his own art museum
Dec 14, 2022
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4 minutes read
The new space, which will feature his own art, will open on December 18 in Beverly Hills, where the Paley Center for Media used to be.
Art News
French museums band together to protect Ukraine's art collections with a truckload of emergency supplies
Mar 29, 2022
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2 minutes read
Icom France organized the delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials.
Art News
The art collection of Alain Delon is going to be sold at auction
Jun 1, 2023
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3 minutes read
The collection of the French star of "The Leopard" could bring as much as €5 million at Bonhams in Paris.
Artist Portraits
Andrew “Ana`alu” Hollimon: When art tells, questions and illuminates
Jan 9, 2025
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4 minutes read
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.
Pop Culture
Miniaturist Artist: Her Tiny Version of Monet Reunited with the Original
Jul 21, 2023
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3 minutes read
Ana Sofía Casaverde, Peruvian artist, went to the National Gallery of Art to admire "Woman with a Parasol", a work that she had painstakingly reproduced with the help of a needle.
Pop Culture
When Art meets Crime: 3 creepy stories about Art and Crime
May 28, 2021
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9 minutes read
Today Artmajeur takes you into the depths of human mind, where reason becomes clouded in favor of selfishness or madness. Hang on and join us to discover these three sordid and fascinating stories that mix torture, sequestration, murder and... Art.
Pop Culture
When Comics pays tribute to Masterpieces of Art History
May 7, 2021
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9 minutes read
Art and Comics, two disciplines that share as many common points as divergences. Let's discover together the borders that distinguish them and the bridges that bring them together: we take you on a great illustrated adventure.
Lifestyle
The largest private art collection in the world
Oct 3, 2023
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5 minutes read
Ezra and David Nahmad are prominent art collectors and dealers, primarily known for their extensive collection of modern and contemporary art. The Nahmad family, originally from Lebanon, has been involved in the art world for several decades and is considered one of the most influential art-dealing families.
Art History
The history of Spanish art
Aug 7, 2022
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7 minutes read
Over the centuries Spain has given birth to some of the world's greatest architects, painters, sculptors and photographers. This richness is due, both to the autonomous Spanish creative flair and to the influence exerted on the Iberian Peninsula by the most important European figurative currents...
Artist Portraits
Sergej Jensen: Minimalist Fabric Art & Abstraction
Oct 16, 2024
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7 minutes read
Sergej Jensen is a Danish contemporary artist known for his minimalist, abstract works that incorporate unconventional materials like burlap, canvas, and textiles. His art emphasizes texture and surface, often using techniques like sewing and staining to create raw, distressed compositions that challenge traditional painting methods.
Artist Portraits
Igor Gadreaud, precursor of ecological art
May 18, 2022
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6 minutes read
Igor Gadreaud's art identifies in the slightest waste, or insignificant object, a form to be exploited, a function to be used or diverted...
Artist Portraits
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero, art is as necessary as breathing
Mar 6, 2022
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4 minutes read
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero is a self-taught artist who likes to indulge in various techniques in order to share her great love of life...
Art History
Top 8 Weirdest Families of Art History
May 15, 2021
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6 minutes read
To celebrate the International Day of Families, we decided to make you discover 8 particularly curious family portraits. Through centuries and emotions, browse with us these different cocoons that will make you, for some, relativize your situation.
Art History
Pollution in art: Turner, Monet and Boccioni "forerunners" of environmental art
Feb 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
The nineteenth- and twentieth-century reality, as told by artists, who, like Turner, Monet and Boccioni, documented, without any pretense of ecological denunciation, worthy of the more contemporary Environmental Art, Land Art and Ecological Art...
Art History
The selfie in art history
Jun 5, 2022
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7 minutes read
Certainly, today's selfies are not the same thing compared to the first experiments on the self-timer, dating back to the early days of photography. Nevertheless, the first selfie in history is actually attributable to photographer Robert Cornelius...
Lifestyle
Abstract art: a "must" for the home!
Feb 16, 2022
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5 minutes read
Abstract art, a great protagonist of the contemporary art market, is perfect to decorate any environment, thanks to its indefinite, timeless, versatile, colorful and polysemantic charm, extremely meaningful and emotional...
Art History
Abstract art explained simply: Germany, France, America and Holland
Dec 3, 2024
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12 minutes read
"Abstract art is like drawing what you feel or imagine, without having to show something real. There are no recognizable houses or people, but shapes and colors that tell emotions or ideas. It's a bit like saying, 'I’m not showing you a tree, but what the idea of a tree makes me feel.'"...
Art History
5 Most Emblematic Artworks of Pop Art
Mar 12, 2021
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6 minutes read
Come on board with us to discover 5 artworks that laid the foundations of an innovative and still profoundly current artistic movement: today, it's Pop!
Art History
The rise of Latin American art.
Jun 19, 2022
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7 minutes read
The contemporary reality, marked strongly by the growth of the population of "Latinos" in the United States, has resulted in a significant increase in attention, and interest, in Latin American music genres, literature, and art. Indeed, South American artistic traditions have become increasingly well-known and accessible, as they are oftentimes promoted and enhanced by cultural institutions and art museums around the world...
Artist Portraits
Carlo Maniero and the Art of Marquetry: Tradition and Innovation in Wood
Feb 4, 2025
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4 minutes read
Carlo Maniero, a contemporary sculptor, stands out for his mastery of the art of marquetry, an ancient technique that finds new life through his modern interpretation. His works combine fine materials and complex geometries, blending tradition and innovation into a unique visual language...
Artist Portraits
Pierre Ittner: Art for processing emotions
Oct 29, 2024
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8 minutes read
“Art offers me the opportunity to process emotions, question things and see the world from a new perspective.”