Art History
The representation of time passing in Art
Oct 21, 2020
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6 minutes read
The theme of time has often been approached in painting from the angle of the different ages of man, to which many paintings are devoted.
Art News
Does Gwyneth Paltrow have a fake Ruth Asawa in her home?
Feb 4, 2022
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2 minutes read
The sculpture in Gwyneth Paltrow's collection that has gone viral is not by Ruth Asawa, a gallery says.
Art History
Naïve art explained by the "beasts" of Henri Rousseau and Antonio Ligabue
Dec 14, 2022
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9 minutes read
Naïf art, an artistic production, which, precisely because it is created by people without academic training, is often underestimated in its peculiar crude and instinctive approach to materials, composition and ideas, characteristics that have given this type of artists the appellation of primitivists, ingenuous or faux ingenuous...
Art History
The colors of parrots: Albrecht Dürer, the nude and the contemporary
May 28, 2023
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8 minutes read
Rather than listing masterpieces aimed at immortalizing parrots, I want to contextualize the subject of my discussion through the figure of the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer...
Artist Portraits
Alain Bouillot, gives a second life to forgotten and discarded elements
Nov 30, 2021
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2 minutes read
Alain Bouillot is an artist who gives a second life to forgotten, discarded elements. He denounces junk food, the invasion of waste and warns of the consequences on the environment!
Art News
After more than 90 years, an Egon Schiele painting of his uncle has been rediscovered
May 6, 2022
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3 minutes read
The portrait, which was last seen in 1930, will be displayed in Vienna and will also be part of a collection of non-fungible tokens.
Art History
The iconic artists of German art
Apr 27, 2022
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6 minutes read
The history of German art perfectly exemplifies the ability, and perseverance, of a people who have always wanted to distinguish themselves from the figurative work of neighboring nations. This desire stems from a strong sense of identity and a quest for uniqueness, which, all German, has promoted its artistic heritage as a source of intimate and personal pride...
Art History
Did you know that golf has been immortalized by great masterpieces of art?
May 22, 2022
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7 minutes read
Many masterpieces that fall outside the main themes of the fine arts, such as, for example, that of landscape, portrait, genre scenes, etc., are often unknown. The above emerges forcefully in regard to works that, although they were created by the greatest masters in history, immortalized the elite world of golf...
Art News
The Rijksmuseum opens the largest collection of Vermeer paintings ever on display today
Feb 10, 2023
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3 minutes read
The Rijksmuseum has opened a Vermeer show with 28 paintings, 10 rooms, and hundreds of meters of velvet curtain, the largest collection of Vermeer paintings ever shown.
Art History
Pop art that narrates the genre of the portrait
Oct 26, 2022
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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...
Artist Portraits
Manuel, the medium of oil painting
Dec 14, 2022
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11 minutes read
At first, Manuel was more of a draftsman than a painter, then he experimented with acrylic paint, which he didn't like (quick drying, lack of shadows, etc.). Subsequently, the artist discovered oil painting and its secrets in 2010, and was immediately convinced that this technique would suit him...
Art News
Two archaeologists, including a Louvre curator, are detained by French authorities as part of an ongoing international art-trafficking dragnet
Jul 26, 2022
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4 minutes read
The two are accused of negligently advising the Louvre Abu Dhabi to purchase artworks with questionable provenance.
Art News
Ukraine at war: Testimonies of Ukrainian artists living under war
Jun 24, 2022
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3 minutes read
The war in Ukraine had a profound impact on artists. Here, Artmajeur offers them the opportunity to tell us about their daily lives so that they can make their voices heard. Here are their stories.
Art History
Bitcoin and Crypto art explained by the artists of Artmajeur
Jun 18, 2023
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8 minutes read
Collecting is a very ancient phenomenon, so much so that already in the Mesopotamian civilizations, among the royalty and elite classes of the 3rd century B.C...
Lifestyle
Why everyone should buy art: the health benefits of art
Jun 21, 2022
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6 minutes read
Art can be very good for your health and help you feel happier and healthier in general. A piece of art may speak to anyone. Thousands of years ago, people communicated stories by painting drawings on the interior walls of caves. Recent studies show that beauty and health go hand in hand in the world of art.
Art History
AI: as of today, is painting dead?
Jul 5, 2023
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8 minutes read
Do you remember when the French painter born in 1797 Paul Delaroche, faced with the rise of the photographic medium, declared: as of today, painting is dead?...
Art History
Perfect works for lovers of art, animals, music and travel
Dec 17, 2024
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11 minutes read
Discover how an art enthusiast can turn their space into a personal museum, an animal lover into a sanctuary of connection with nature, a music devotee into an environment that resonates with their melodies, and a traveler into a safe harbor for their memories and dreams. A journey through passions and design to inspire your ideal space...
Art News
Record sales during the first VIP day of Art Basel
Jun 14, 2023
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4 minutes read
Even though there were worries that the market would slow down, people spent money at a busy Art Basel.
Art History
The history of Dutch art: from the Golden centu to contemporary times
Sep 7, 2022
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7 minutes read
The appellation Golden Age denotes that particular period of Dutch history, which, located between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, i.e., subsequent to the achievement of political autonomy, was marked by a formidable development of science and commerce, to say the least. In this context, the figurative arts, which must necessarily have been affected by, and consequently reflected, this florid climate, flourished to an extraordinary degree...
Art History
Masterpieces of primary colors
Nov 11, 2023
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9 minutes read
In order to talk about primary colors, I started compulsively searching the web for the topic in question, finding the narrative about it disseminated by Wikipedia very satisfactory, as well as fairly detailed, historical and scientific...
Artist Portraits
Julia Kuzina, the art of telling what's important to me
May 24, 2023
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8 minutes read
"I've loved drawing for as long as I can remember. I was good at it. I drew funny pictures of my friends, drew cartoons of teachers at school, drew posters, drew creative works for myself and friends. To my shame my textbooks and notebooks were always painted."
Art History
The geisha: history and evolution of an art subject
Jun 4, 2023
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9 minutes read
From a historical point of view, however, the geisha woman was preceded in the early days of Japanese history by the figure of the saburuko...
Art News
FIAC: in Paris, the heart of art is building again!
Oct 20, 2021
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5 minutes read
The French capital is ready to welcome visitors back to FIAC with a new location, new exhibitors, and a new status as an art marketplace.
Artist Portraits
Sophie Mathieu: it’s the moment of creating the painting that I like
Nov 6, 2023
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6 minutes read
“I like the grazing lights, the improbable colors of nature sometimes, I would like people who see one of my paintings to feel the powerful and comforting nature, the calming”...
Art History
How do you tell a story with a happy ending?
Mar 15, 2023
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8 minutes read
A nineteenth-century cultural, literary and artistic movement, which, revealed only later in its identity, will illustrate to us, through some of its masterpieces, the metaphor of life in which each of us has stumbled, aimed at taking on the guise of a figurative tale, intent on facing the darkness of temptation and the limitations of vanitas...
Art History
Top 10: Portraits of Hip Hop Singers
Jul 30, 2023
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15 minutes read
Before I start with my selection of portraits, depicting some of the best Hip hop singers ever, I would like to briefly highlight how this latest form of musical expression has, since its inception, influenced multiple aspects of society, including, both the world of art, fashion and visual culture more generally...
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 History
Taxi: a brake between history and painting
Oct 7, 2023
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8 minutes read
The subject in question concerns taxis, specifically those in the city of New York. It is possible to approach the subject by revealing the history of these particular automobiles...
Art History
Vanity: a pictorial genre
Jul 24, 2022
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6 minutes read
Vanity refers to a specific type of still life, which, through the inclusion of characteristic symbolic objects, such as, for example, skulls, hourglasses, and luxury goods, aims to remind the viewer, both of the inexorable passing of time, and the future advent of death, and, consequently, also of the futility of ephemeral earthly goods and pleasures...
Art News
Yves Saint Laurent exhibits his creations inspired by works of art in six Parisian museums
Feb 1, 2022
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6 minutes read
Yves Saint Laurent drew influence from a wide range of painters throughout history, from Picasso and Matisse to Lichtenstein and Warhol, and the art world has always adored him for it. The first retrospective of a live haute couture designer, shown at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983, set the way for innumerable subsequent fashion-related shows at art museums throughout the world in the decades thereafter.
Artist Portraits
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....
Art History
The Smile of Pop Art: Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist and Yue Minjun
Dec 20, 2022
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8 minutes read
Have you ever thought about the fact that the greatest masterpieces in the history of art do not smile, or, at most, show only a slight flexing of the muscles at the sides of the mouth? The above can be well exemplified by iconic works, such as, for example, the Mona Lisa, the Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Lady with an Ermine, etc.
Art History
Outsider art: a controversial movement
Jun 29, 2022
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7 minutes read
"True art is where no one expects it, where no one thinks about it or utters its name. Art is above all vision, and vision, many times, has nothing in common with intelligence nor with the logic of ideas"...
Artist Portraits
François Miquel: I am a self-taught painter
Jan 31, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have been interested in art, and more particularly in painting since my adolescence but the desire to paint myself only came later. The discovery of certain artists, of certain more striking works undoubtedly triggered this desire to “try”. Practice then always pushes you a little further.”...
Art News
A huge new contemporary art center opens in Moscow a stone's throw from the Kremlin
Dec 9, 2021
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3 minutes read
Despite Putin's attack on artists, Russia's richest man develops a massive modern art center. The center provides new prospects for Russian artists, as long as they stay away from politics.
Artist Portraits
Mister Pablo Costa: My father encouraged me to create works of art
Apr 9, 2024
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8 minutes read
"My father, a computer graphic designer by trade for whom I had great admiration, pushed me to create works of art. I spent the first 10 years of my life in his workshop. He painted in oil surrealist works characterizing his life journey and idolizing Salvador Dali"...