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Olivier Messas, I have always been creative
Sep 15, 2023
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7 minutes read
“I have always been creative, ever since my early childhood when I was happy with a box of markers and a few blank sheets of paper.”
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Victor Vasarely: The Grandfather of Op Art and His Lasting Legacy
Jul 29, 2024
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8 minutes read
Victor Vasarely, a Hungarian-French artist born Győző Vásárhelyi on April 9, 1906, is celebrated as a pioneer and leader in the Op Art movement, known for his innovative use of optical illusions and geometric abstraction, with notable works like Zebra (1937) and a legacy that continues to inspire contemporary art.
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Claudia König: Even as a child, I loved doing handicrafts and painting
Apr 23, 2024
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5 minutes read
"My first works were pictures, abstract paintings, preferably on canvas or wood. More by chance, I started making papier-mâché sculptures for an exhibition."...
Art History
Sacred palms, profane palms
Nov 7, 2023
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8 minutes read
Reality can be interpreted simply as it appears, or it can be transformed into something more meaningful, through, for example, an encounter with religious ideology...
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Jérôme Royer, artistic freedom
Apr 30, 2022
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4 minutes read
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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Matthias Kreher, I have been painting since I can remember
Sep 23, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I have been painting since I can remember. In my main profession I am a musician (instrumentalist, arranger, composer), but throughout my life I have also been involved in painting."
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Tanya Grinevich: I like living as an artist
Nov 23, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I like living as an artist. It gives me an opportunity to express myself through creativity, to create and add new forms and meanings to the reality."...
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Robert Combas and the Free Figuration Movement
Jul 11, 2024
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10 minutes read
Robert Combas, born May 25, 1957, in Lyon, co-founded the free figuration movement with Hervé Di Rosa. Known for his bold, graphic style blending comics, pop culture, and personal mythology, Combas is celebrated as a leading contemporary artist in France.
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Andrii Kyrychenko: I am passionate about art and ceramics
Oct 15, 2024
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9 minutes read
"Since childhood, I have been passionate about art and ceramics, but fate has made me end up studying engineering. I think that, in a way, it is this technical approach to life that made me want to return to art."...
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MIART 2025: Celebrating Art, Connection, and Rauschenberg’s Vision
Mar 11, 2025
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7 minutes read
From April 4 to 6, 2025, Allianz MiCo will become the beating heart of contemporary art with the 29th edition of miart, Milan’s international fair dedicated to modern and contemporary art. This year, the event draws inspiration from the figure and legacy of Robert Rauschenberg...
Art History
Dragon Boat Festival: A Canvas of Tradition and Artistry
May 17, 2024
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7 minutes read
The Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Jie (端午節), is a traditional holiday observed on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, blending ancient customs and communal festivities. Rooted in the tale of Qu Yuan, a poet and minister from the Chu state during the Warring States Period, it symbolizes resilience and unity.
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Misako Chida: I think each artist is one-of-a-kind
Apr 22, 2025
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7 minutes read
"I am a self-taught artist, so in the beginning, I had no knowledge of painting techniques. I was born in Yokohama, Japan, but since 1999, I have been living in Dalian, China."...
Art History
Artists who marked 2024: 10 must-sees
Dec 24, 2024
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13 minutes read
With the end of 2024 just around the corner, it is time to reflect on the artists who made their mark on the year. ArtMajeur, a reference platform for online art, has highlighted the emerging trends and the names most popular with the public in terms of sales and consensus...
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Enoc Perez: The Artistic Evolution of a Contemporary Visionary
Mar 24, 2025
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5 minutes read
Enoc Perez, born in 1967, is a contemporary artist from Puerto Rico, renowned for his paintings and oil stick drawings that depict Modernist architecture...
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Elina Evstig: oil painting is a pretty traditional thing
Jul 16, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have no formal education in arts, although I always had a craving for it. Years ago I took private classes of academic drawing by Ukrainian artist Oksana Samoylenko, and later learned illustration basics at Design/Illustration school. So, I tried different styles and techniques and a variety of subjects before I found a few that I am comfortable with. "...
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Jean-Humbert Savoldelli: The pictorial struggle of a master of expressive abstraction
Mar 19, 2025
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4 minutes read
Jean-Humbert Savoldelli is a contemporary French painter with a powerful and recognizable style, blending geometric abstraction, textures, vibrant colors, and human silhouettes. Born from a radical transformation in 2013, his work captivates with its expressive power and represents a promising artistic investment.
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Top Artist to Invest in Right Now: David Gerstein
Jun 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
David (Dudu) Gerstein, born on 14th November 1944, is an accomplished Israeli artist known for his prowess in painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking...
Art History
Top 10 American Painters
Oct 24, 2023
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11 minutes read
Before introducing you to the ten most celebrated painters in the history of American art, along with brief glimpses into their lives and references to their stylistic peculiarities...
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 History
The Four Elements in Art: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Sources of Inspiration
Mar 18, 2025
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9 minutes read
Art has always found nature to be one of its greatest sources of inspiration, and the four elements – Earth, Air, Fire, and Water – have been represented throughout the centuries with profound symbolic and expressive meanings...
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Christophe Stephan Durand: At 9 years old I started drawing seriously
Nov 14, 2023
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5 minutes read
"My artistic experience began very young. My father painted forgeries of masters. I remained in awe of his copies for a long time. At 9 years old I began to draw seriously. "...
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Babatunde Bakare: drawing makes me express myself
Apr 30, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have really loved drawing right from my little age, it is something that, and I found joy doing it, the major event that triggers this journey started in my primary school I was the best art students among my peers and even I do usually help some of my teacher in drawing on the chalk board."...
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Odile Faure: I have always been drawing
Jul 23, 2024
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5 minutes read
"This attraction to art naturally led me towards a baccalaureate in fine arts, supplemented by various evening courses at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which allowed me to pursue a career as a stylist-designer for different companies of silk."...
Art History
Digital art: history, current affairs and critical viewpoint
Sep 18, 2022
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7 minutes read
"Art is any form of activity of man as a reproof or exaltation of his inventive talent and expressive capacity." The aforementioned peculiarities also undoubtedly belong to the flair of digital art, despite the fact that, all too often, it has been criticized because, compared to more traditional artistic expressions, it uses technological tools, which, according to the most skeptical, facilitate the realization of artifacts...
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Susan Rothenberg's Monochromatic Horses: Minimalist Masterpieces
Jan 3, 2025
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8 minutes read
Susan Rothenberg was an influential American painter known for her iconic horse paintings, which blended minimalist abstraction with figuration. Throughout her career, she evolved her style, incorporating bold colors and expressive brushwork, and became recognized for her innovative contributions to contemporary art.
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Top Artist to Invest in Right Now: Horst Antes
Jun 11, 2023
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10 minutes read
Horst Antes, born on October 28, 1936, in Heppenheim, Germany, is a renowned German artist and sculptor...
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Abdulnasser Gharem: Bridging Tradition and Modernity in Saudi Arabian Art
Apr 7, 2025
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11 minutes read
Abdulnasser Gharem is a contemporary Saudi Arabian artist known for his thought-provoking works that explore themes of identity, transformation, and cultural heritage. His art often blends traditional elements with modern practices, reflecting the complexities of navigating personal and collective identities in a rapidly changing globalized world.
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Mahjoub Ben Bella, an essential artist of contemporary art
Mar 11, 2025
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14 minutes read
Mahjoub Ben Bella is an Algerian artist whose work combines geometric abstraction, traditional influences and a profound exploration of identity and cultural memory. Internationally recognized, he has marked the art scene with his vibrant and committed works, exhibited in prestigious biennials and renowned galleries, thus affirming his essential role in contemporary art in the Maghreb and beyond.
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Peter Halley: Pioneering Neo-Conceptual Art Since 1980
Nov 5, 2024
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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.
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machOne, art should be emotional
Dec 23, 2022
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5 minutes read
machOne believes that art should be emotional: it should provoke a reaction, a thought or a conversation. machOne often tries to paint expressions of emotion, or suggestions of sexuality...
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Ambre Kalène, one does not become an artist, one is or one is not
Sep 2, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I think you don't become an artist, you either are or you aren't. Then, the circumstances of life give you, or not, the freedom to create works to exhibit. I've always been drawing. "
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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.”...
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Evelyn La Starza: painting is a necessity
Jun 25, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I studied art history in school but as an artist I am completely self-taught, I started experimenting with materials and techniques at a young age."...
Art History
The color grey in art history
Sep 11, 2022
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8 minutes read
Grey, the typical color of cloudy winter days, of stones unknowingly piled up on beaches, of ancient monuments, of cold clothes worn by workers, of the most varied technological tools, of the iconic Apple apple, and of hair that comes with age, is the result of a particular shade achieved by mixing black and white...
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5 Turkish Artmajeur painters you absolutely must know!
Sep 11, 2023
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8 minutes read
Does painting exist in every civilization? Or perhaps there are peoples who have refrained from practicing it? This we ask ourselves, when, still unburdened with notions, we approach the history of Turkish art,
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Ghada Amer: The Intersection of Feminism and Embroidery in Contemporary Art
Sep 6, 2024
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8 minutes read
Ghada Amer, born May 22, 1963, in Cairo, is a pioneering Egyptian-American artist renowned for her exploration of gender and sexuality through mediums like her distinctive embroidered paintings. Her innovative work has earned her numerous awards and global recognition, cementing her role as a key figure in contemporary art and feminist discourse.