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Is it possible to use the word kitsch without offending art?

Jul 16, 2023

9 minutes read

The term kitsch indicates a particular way of producing objects, sometimes even of presumed artistic value, which are in reality characterized by excessive, cheap, banal and, consequently, bad taste ornamentation...

Lifestyle

Barbra Streisand: A Long History of Collecting

Oct 16, 2023

8 minutes read

The singer and actress, residing in California, has a long history of art and design collecting, dating back to her acquisition of a Matisse piece in 1964...

Richard Avedon was an influential American fashion and portrait photographer. He is renowned for his innovative and distinctive style, characterized by capturing his subjects against a plain white backdrop, emphasizing their personalities and expressions. Avedon's work transcended the boundaries of traditional fashion photography, as he explored deeper emotional and psychological dimensions through his powerful and revealing portraits.

Lifestyle

Johnny Depp, Pop-Street painter and collector

Jul 31, 2023

12 minutes read

John Christopher Depp II, an American actor and musician, was born on June 9, 1963. He has garnered numerous awards, such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been a three-time Academy Awards nominee and a two-time BAFTA nominee...

Art News

A painting exhibited at the "Rubens" exhibition in Genoa has been seized by the Italian police

Jan 5, 2023

3 minutes read

Four people are accused by the Carabinieri of degrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been brought back to the Palazzo Ducale to be shown.

Art History

3 Tortured Artists with Tragic Destiny

Feb 12, 2021

10 minutes read

Tormented, insane, sick... They left our world prematurely, leaving behind them paintings that influenced all future generations. Lets look back together on three particularly legendary and tragic life stories.

Artist Portraits

Guillaume Brun, inspired by the audiovisual arts

Jan 28, 2023

9 minutes read

"As far as I can go back in my memories, drawing has always been present. His interest was transmitted to me by my mother who, at the time, painted portraits"...

Artist Portraits

Peter Halley: Pioneering Neo-Conceptual Art Since 1980

Nov 5, 2024

15 minutes read

Peter Halley, born in 1953, is a prominent American artist recognized as a key figure in the Neo-Conceptualist movement that emerged in the 1980s. Renowned for his vibrant Day-Glo geometric paintings, Halley is also a writer and previously the publisher of index Magazine.

Artist Portraits

Tracey Emin: A Journey of Self-Expression and Artistic Evolution

Feb 5, 2025

15 minutes read

Tracey Emin is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional works across various media. A former member of the Young British Artists, she is now a Royal Academician. Her most famous works include Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 and My Bed, both provocative and deeply personal...

Artist Portraits

Be-Me-L by Kristin Bemelmans, art that combines order and chaos

Mar 16, 2022

3 minutes read

Be-Me-L By Kristin Bemelmans' work is characterized by a very special painting technique. The artist paints on the back of plexiglass, creating works that summarize life, love and chaos....

Pop Culture

The 10 Best Artistic References in Famous Anime Series

Jan 15, 2021

12 minutes read

Let's come back together on the most interesting allusions to the world of art in our favorite series. If you are an art and entertainment lover, this article is for you!

Art History

Monsters in Art: 3 Scary Myths to Celebrate Halloween

Oct 28, 2021

6 minutes read

Halloween is the perfect occasion to look back at various deeply terrifying mythological and religious legends that have marked generations of contemplators. Evil monsters, cannibalism, and hallucinatory visions: follow the guide!

Art History

Engravers and Painters: Conflicts and Collaborations

Mar 12, 2024

8 minutes read

Engraving, an artistic technique in intaglio or relief, has among its earliest documented examples those dating back to the 7th century BC, found in Egypt and China, and later also in Greece...

Artist Portraits

Efka9: I have always loved drawing

Apr 16, 2024

4 minutes read

"As far back as I can remember, I have always loved drawing, painting, cutting, pasting, coloring, creating. No doubt this is partly genetic with many artists in my family, sculptors, painters, and musicians"...

Art History

The 13 Essential Artists of Impressionism

Aug 27, 2021

17 minutes read

Without them, Impressionism would never have existed. With them, classical art took an unexpected turn. Artmajeur looks back at 13 painters who left their mark on art history with the thrilling stroke of their brush.

Art History

The Religious Art of Christmas: Between Tradition and Modernity

Feb 23, 2024

16 minutes read

Christmas, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, is at the heart of Christianity, symbolizing divine incarnation and carrying a message of hope and redemption. From the earliest centuries, the nativity inspired religious art, evolving through the ages to deeply express the spiritual significance of this event, with artists like Giotto and Caravaggio enriching the scene with their emotional realism.

Art News

Discovered Beneath a Van Gogh Painting is a Self-Portrait

Jul 18, 2022

3 minutes read

X-rays performed on a Van Gogh painting revealed a previously undiscovered self-portrait on the reverse. A bearded man's face was discovered beneath layers of glue and cardboard on the back of an early work.

Artist Portraits

From Bad Painting to Computer Painting: The Evolution of Albert Oehlen

Jan 15, 2025

8 minutes read

Albert Oehlen is a renowned German artist known for his innovative approach to abstract and figurative painting, blending traditional techniques with digital art. His work, often associated with the "Bad Painting" movement, challenges conventional notions of beauty and artistic expression.

Artist Portraits

Bad Replica: The raw brilliance of a diverted beauty

Mar 5, 2025

3 minutes read

Bad Replica is a self-taught Montenegrin artist who reworks masterpieces with a naive, raw, and deeply sincere style. Blending humor, pain, and spontaneity, his works remind us that art can be powerful even (and especially) when it breaks the mold.

Art History

Architecture captured by art

Aug 17, 2022

7 minutes read

The marriage of painting and architecture is very ancient, so much so that it is possible to see Italian frescoes dating as far back as the first century B.C., aimed at imitating the marble columns of buildings...

Artist Portraits

Ramona Zordini: I want to make the two-dimensional three-dimensional

Mar 24, 2025

7 minutes read

My educational background is in graphic design, drawing, and photography. I started with drawing and photography, then experimented with sculpture and set design, engraving, sewing and embroidery, video, and electromyography. I have worked with paper and wood, resin, and fabric. I have explored many techniques, and there is still so much I want to learn.

Art History

The selfie in art history

Jun 5, 2022

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...

Art News

The 4th Lyon International Street Art Festival at the forefront of new technologies

Oct 18, 2022

3 minutes read

The Peinture fraiche (Wet Parinting) international street art festival is back at the Halle Debourg in Lyon (France). A new show set in the present, where music and new technologies are everywhere. Here's what you can look forward to.

"As every year, for centuries, probably since the dawn of time that no one remembers, autumn is back, once again, a season accompanied by the colors of brown, red and yellow, which stick on the skin of leaves, trees and soil."...

Art News

Her artwork sold for $400 at the beach three years ago. Today they are selling at auction for up to $1.6 million

Jun 20, 2022

4 minutes read

Breakthrough NYC artist, 27, fires agent who bought her work for $15,000 and sold it for $1.6 million a year later: Is now represented by 71-year-old famed dealer, who is also her lover and promises to "protect her from the big bad wolves."

Artist Portraits

Bunny Yeager: A Legacy of Pin-Up and Photography Innovation

Jul 19, 2024

8 minutes read

Bunny Yeager, born Linnea Eleanor Yeager on March 13, 1929, was a groundbreaking American photographer and pin-up model who revolutionized the genre with her collaborations with iconic models, innovative photography, and influential works, leaving a lasting legacy in erotic and fashion photography upon her death on May 25, 2014.

Art History

Pop art that narrates the genre of the portrait

Oct 26, 2022

8 minutes read

In order to narrate how Pop art interpreted portraiture, a genre with remote origins dating back even to ancient Egypt, it is possible to refer to the work of three iconic masters of the movement, namely Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton and Yayoi Kusama...

Robert Frank, a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, achieved American citizenship and is known for his remarkable contributions to the field...

Sell Art

The Best European Art Schools - Part Two

Feb 19, 2025

8 minutes read

Discover the best art schools in Europe, from the Netherlands to Sweden. These prestigious institutions train the artists and designers of tomorrow through programs of excellence.

Gold is the protagonist of many masterpieces in the history of art, such as Byzantine mosaics, paintings by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini, Gentile da Fabriano and Gustave Klimt. The ancient technique of the Gold Background, with which all these works were made, was excellently described in the treatise of about 1440 by Cenninino Cennini, entitled "Libro dell'arte"...

Art News

King Charles III's First Portrait Draws Mixed Reactions Online

May 15, 2024

2 minutes read

King Charles III unveiled his first official portrait as king at Buckingham Palace, a bold painting by Jonathan Yeo featuring a striking red background and a symbolic butterfly representing his transformation. The portrait, which drew mixed reactions online for its modern style and color choice, will be displayed at the Philip Mould Gallery before moving to Draper's Hall in London.

Art History

Art that turns you to stone: depictions of the Medusa

Oct 23, 2022

8 minutes read

From an art-historical point of view, the oldest depictions of Medusa date back to the 8th century B.C., when, on the roofs of Greek and Etruscan temples, her monstrous figure was used as an antefix in order to control and protect sacred buildings...

Art History

The history of Portuguese art: from its origins to contemporary times

Jul 10, 2022

7 minutes read

The history of Portuguese art represents a narrative that harks back to multiple cultures and influences; in fact, primarily responsible for the birth, and establishment, of sculpture and painting in this country were the French and Dutch artistic traditions, as well as Spanish and Italian...

Art News

A Child’s Curiosity Leads to Priceless Damage at Hecht Museum

Aug 29, 2024

1 minutes read

A four-year-old boy accidentally shattered a 3,500-year-old vase at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, prompting a gracious response from the museum, which is already working on restoring the artifact and has invited the family back for a special tour.

Art News

Cattelan's banana expected to sell for over $1 million at auction

Oct 25, 2024

2 minutes read

Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian , a banana taped to a wall, is back in the spotlight as it is estimated to fetch over $1 million at an upcoming auction. Known for its bold satire of contemporary art, the controversial piece continues to spark fascination and debate.

Art News

Discover Rembrandt's "The Night's Watch" at the Rijksmuseum as you've never seen it before

Nov 9, 2021

2 minutes read

The Rijksmuseum's Operation Night Watch program has reached its conclusion. Researchers are now inspecting the back of The Night Watch painting. Measurements will be made using light or sound waves to determine how well the support canvas is attached to the original on which Rembrandt painted.

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