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Interactive NFT is a relatively new concept that is still expanding, as is virtual reality technology, which promises to level the playing field for producers. A world like "Oasis" in the movie "Ready Player One" or "Digimon" may be closer to reality than we realize, and Interactive NFT will play a key role in this evolution.

The Silent Dialogue Between Technique and Instinct: Artists Compared

Sep 24, 2024

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Too often, art criticism has paid little attention to meaningful comparisons between academically trained and self-taught artists. This occasion is therefore intended to break with this tradition, offering an innovative and unbiased analysis that does not seek to assert the superiority of one artistic category over the other...

Where do butterflies land?

Nov 14, 2023

Butterflies fly, everyone knows. They have also flown in some of the most famous masterpieces in the history of art, falling into the genres of landscape, still life, and portraiture...

Merche Moriana: I tend to be very attentive to everything that happens around me

Dec 24, 2024

Michael Xufu Huang: collecting and museums

"When I was just 16 years old, I went to study photography in Málaga. I started studying analog photography, spending an entire year focused on taking and developing photographs with film..."

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Feb 9, 2024

Michael Xufu Huang, born in 1994, is a prominent figure in China's art scene, known both as an art collector and a socialite...

Are you a fan of the shower or the bathtub?

Aug 29, 2023

I imagine the opposite poles of the world idelely inhabited by species with conflicting views to say the least, for example, the one by life forms who love cats, while the other by those who side with dogs...

Painters portraying painters

Jul 9, 2023

The question I propose above is answered simply by consulting Wikipedia, as it is now well established, certain, and somewhat taken for granted how the genre of the portrait...

Sacred Scenes: Visualizing Maha Shivaratri Through Art

May 10, 2024

Art plays a crucial role in the celebration of Maha Shivaratri, serving both as a mode of worship and a medium for storytelling. Temples and homes are decorated with vibrant motifs and scenes from Lord Shiva's life...

Hanukkah: Artistic Celebrations of the Festival of Lights

Mar 14, 2024

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Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the oil lasting for eight days. In contemporary art, Hanukkah often serves as a theme exploring identity, tradition, and resilience through various mediums such as painting, sculpture, and mixed media installations.

Sell Art

Mar 8, 2020

21 minutes read

To sell art in general and on the internet in particular, it is important to ask the right questions If in most cases, selling art online has become essential for artists, everyone must find the right solution that best matches the specifics of his work.

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Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi, a shared artistic passion

Aug 23, 2023

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi share a passion for art, with Ellen having auctioned off pieces from her collection, including sheep sculptures, a work by Jean-Michel Basquiat and a creation by Alexander Calder. The couple embodies a commitment to creativity and artistic expression.

Purim: Tradition, Celebration, and Artistic Expression

Mar 25, 2024

Purim is a Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Book of Esther. In contemporary art, Purim is often represented through vibrant and whimsical illustrations depicting scenes from the Purim story, along with motifs such as costumes, masks, and traditional symbols like the hamantaschen pastry.

David Bailey is a renowned British fashion and portrait photographer, best known for his iconic work in the 1960s and 1970s, capturing the essence of the Swinging London era and photographing numerous celebrities and models. He became one of the most influential photographers of his time, leaving a lasting impact on the fashion and photography industries.

Artistic Expressions of Faith: Eid al-Adha's Religious Heritage

Mar 12, 2024

Religious art plays a pivotal role in expressing the cultural and spiritual significance of Eid al-Adha. Through intricate calligraphy, vivid paintings, and symbolic motifs, artists convey the essence of sacrifice, faith, and community unity associated with this auspicious occasion...

Urs Fischer: Swiss Artist's Wax Sculptures & Anti-Art

Oct 17, 2024

12 minutes read

Urs Fischer, a Swiss-born artist, has made a big splash in the contemporary creative world. His pieces, made from unexpected materials, push the limits of what we think of as art. They make us think about how things change and how short-lived life can be.

From Earth to Heaven: Ascension Day in the Visual Arts

Mar 7, 2024

The development of religious art related to Assumption Day spans centuries and reflects the evolving theological, cultural, and artistic sensibilities of Christian communities worldwide. From early Byzantine icons to Renaissance masterpieces and beyond...

Hinamatsuri: Tradition, Art, and Symbolism in Japanese Culture

May 30, 2024

Hinamatsuri, also known as the Doll Festival or Girls' Day, is a traditional Japanese celebration dedicated to the well-being and happiness of young girls. It is represented in art through various mediums such as paintings, photography, dolls, calligraphy, and poetry, showcasing intricate craftsmanship and conveying cultural significance through symbols and imagery.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: by means of this numerical climax that goes by the name of top 10, aimed at placing the most relevant collages in the history of art one after the other, in order of relevance, I want to bring the reader closer to the knowledge of an artistic technique that is often sidelined, in the face of the more popular painting, sculpture and photography...

How was Impressionism born?

Jul 22, 2021

12 minutes read

Second episode of our series dedicated to the Impressionist saga: Today, we take a look at the birth of a movement in brutal opposition with its time. 1860: between conservative academicism and disruptive impressionism: nothing goes right in the Art World.

All about abstraction: the tale of the artists of Artmajeur

May 7, 2024

Abstract art is a diverse and fascinating field, moving away from traditional forms to explore colors and shapes that connect deeply with the viewer. You can embark on a journey through the major abstract movements from the early 20th century to the present, illustrating it with the works of Artmajeur's artists...

Top 10: paintings of musicians

Aug 12, 2023

My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...

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.

Digital Street Art may become a digital subversive art in the future

May 9, 2017

2 minutes read

Recently recovered and legitimized by the art market, street art is experiencing a strong public craze, multiplied by the internet and digital.

The history of the female nude in paintings

Dec 4, 2022

28 minutes read

The history of female nudity in art is never the same, as different societies and cultures have accepted nude scenes to varying degrees over the centuries and millennia. Indeed, nudity in art reflects the social norms of a given time and place, referring to the ways in which things are represented, indelibly linked to the conception of what is right or wrong to depict...

Bojan Jevtic, processing digital photography

Aug 27, 2022

5 minutes read

The artistic technique Bojan Jevtic focused on is the processing of digital photography in order to give an artistic impression that is impossible to achieve with a camera...

Navigating the Digital Frontier: Artmajeur's Blueprint for Gallery Owners

Feb 18, 2024

3 minutes read

La numérisation des galeries d’art constitue un changement majeur du secteur de l’art, accéléré par le COVID19, mettant l’accent sur la présence en ligne comme essentielle. Avec près de 1M de collectionneurs et +1 000 galeries dans le monde, Artmajeur mène cette révolution numérique, offrant aux galeries des outils pour prospérer en ligne. L'approche hybride promouvant les espaces physiques et numériques, fait de la digitalisation une stratégie à long terme pour démocratiser le marché de l’art.

Andreas Gursky: Virtuoso of Large-Scale Photography and Digital Manipulation

Sep 26, 2024

6 minutes read

Andreas Gursky is a renowned German photographer known for his large-scale, digitally manipulated images that explore themes of globalization, architecture, and contemporary society. His work often features expansive views from elevated perspectives and achieves some of the highest auction prices in the world of photography.

Jeff Koons's Lunar Art Takes Flight with SpaceX

Feb 16, 2024

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Jeff Koons's 125 lunar sculptures were launched to the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, marking a historic art mission. This venture, blending physical sculptures with NFTs, represents a pioneering fusion of art, space exploration, and digital innovation.

Julian Opie, Renowned Minimalist and Pop Art Visionary

Feb 10, 2025

7 minutes read

Julian Opie is a British contemporary artist known for his distinctive minimalist style, which simplifies figures, portraits, and landscapes into bold lines and flat colors. His work, influenced by pop art and digital technology, spans paintings, sculptures, and LED installations, with pieces in major museums like Tate, MoMA, and the National Portrait Gallery.

The link between artists and the automobile is evident in the greatest masterpieces of art of all time, namely in sculptures, paintings, photographs and prints, which have immortalized this iconic means of locomotion, following multiple points of view and figurative techniques...

Dirk Krull : Art, Plastic Waste & Nature

Oct 22, 2020

3 minutes read

An army of plastics to assault the most beautiful landscapes on the planet!

American art: from "follower" to "influencer"

Mar 16, 2022

6 minutes read

America, with its artists, masterpieces and movements, has indelibly marked the history of Western art, imposing itself as a force promoting tastes and trends. But has it always been so?

Superheroes in contemporary art

Jul 27, 2022

7 minutes read

According to the most general definitions, a superhero is a costumed character, and one with a secret identity, belonging to the world of comic books, fiction, cartoons or movies, who, strong, courageous and extremely noble of spirit, unreservedly strives to protect humanity against evil, which he opposes thanks to his extraordinary abilities, namely superpowers...

Exhibit of Art Created Only by AI Opens in San Francisco

Nov 9, 2022

5 minutes read

Artificial Imagination is the first exhibition based on the DALL-E film to feature videos, photos, and sculptures made by artificial intelligence.

Route 66: the legend told by art

May 15, 2022

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)...