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Pablo Picasso: The Man Who Redefined Modern Art
Aug 27, 2024
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12 minutes read
Pablo Picasso, born in Málaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881, is renowned as one of the 20th century's most influential artists, whose innovative contributions to Cubism, Surrealism, and beyond, as well as his extensive body of work including masterpieces like Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, have left an indelible mark on the art world and established him as a revolutionary figure in modern art.
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Hong Kong: the new art market
Apr 20, 2022
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5 minutes read
The Covid-19 pandemic has damaged, and transformed forever, the Western art market, leading to the cancellation of important fairs and events, as well as the inevitable closure of some galleries. In this context, however, the Asian world has shown all its strength and resilience, imposing itself in the global market...
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Food in art
Dec 2, 2021
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6 minutes read
Christmas is getting closer and closer, and with it, also the big binges! In the figurative arts, the association between food and art has lasted for centuries, so much so that the most famous artists of all time, including Raphael, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Giorgio Morandi and Renato Guttuso, have not spared themselves from facing this topical...
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Maria Esmar: I believe that every artist has a unique touch
Dec 17, 2024
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7 minutes read
"I believe that every artist has a unique touch as we all have different personalities and the way we all express ourselves is unique in every way imaginable, as each painting is driven more by our feelings and all the visual information we soak from the outside world, the paintings I create can differ in style and I even though I start a painting based on an idea the painting always takes a twist and surprises me in the becoming..."
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Paul Klee
Mar 28, 2023
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15 minutes read
Klee was known for his pioneering use of color, which he used to express emotion and mood within his compositions. He was particularly interested in the properties of color and its ability to create harmony and balance within a work of art...
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Dogs in art: multiple points of view
Apr 10, 2022
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7 minutes read
It is now well known that, among the major phenomena that developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, there was also that of the "pandemic puppy". If you've gotten one, it's a safe bet that your life has now been enriched with a huge amount of cuddles and affection! But now that you've become a dog lover, are you sure you know everything about their great role within the history of art?
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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...
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The different histories of Expressionism
Aug 3, 2022
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7 minutes read
«Never was there an era more ravaged by despair, horror, death. Never has more sepulchral silence reigned over the world. Never has man been smaller. Never has he been more restless. Never has joy been more absent, and freedom more dead. And here is howling despair: man cries out for his soul, a single cry of anguish rises from our time. Art, too, screams in the darkness, calls for rescue, invokes the spirit: it is Expressionism».
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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...
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Cubism: from its origins to contemporary art
Jul 6, 2022
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7 minutes read
«The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see anything in it means nothing. I do not read English, an English book is a blank book to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist. Why should I blame anyone but myself if I cannot understand what I know nothing about?»...
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Alfred Freddy Krupa: A Pioneer of New Ink Art and a World-Renowned Artistic Force
Aug 22, 2024
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7 minutes read
Alfred Freddy Krupa is a renowned Croatian contemporary painter and master draughtsman, celebrated for his contributions to the New Ink Art movement, which fuses traditional Eastern ink techniques with Western modernism. As the author of the "New Ink Art Manifesto," he is recognized as a pioneering figure in this movement and a leading representative of modern European ink painting.

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