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Artists fight hunger in India by drawing plates
Oct 14, 2021
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3 minutes read
'The Plated Project' has created 20 limited-edition art plates during the lockdown. Each plate sponsors 250 meals for migrant workers and their families. Each plate conveys a different message about society, people, and the ties that bind us to the earth.
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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”...
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Xu Bing, the artist who reinvents language and culture
Mar 18, 2025
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6 minutes read
Xu Bing is a contemporary Chinese artist whose work explores the links between writing, communication and cultural identity through iconic pieces such as Book from the Sky and Book from the Ground . Internationally acclaimed and awarded numerous prizes, he navigates between tradition and modernity, East and West, integrating calligraphy, new technologies and monumental installations to question our relationship with language.
Art History
Unlocking the Secret: How did 5 Artmajeur artists achieve success on Instagram?
Apr 23, 2024
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8 minutes read
Social media has revolutionized art by providing a global platform for artists, democratizing art consumption and appreciation, while successful Instagram artist profiles showcase high-resolution images, creative storytelling, and thematic coherence, engaging audiences and elevating unknown artists to stardom....
Art History
Paul Strand
Jul 4, 2023
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17 minutes read
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an influential American photographer and filmmaker. He played a pivotal role, alongside notable modernist photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, in establishing photography as a recognized art form during the 20th century...
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See What's Trending: The Most Popular Styles on Artmajeur!
Apr 16, 2024
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13 minutes read
The best-selling styles and genres on Artmajeur are: Pop Art, Street Art, Abstract Art, Portraiture, and Landscape. Do you want to know the reason why most collectors choose these trends or subjects?...
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Olga Volodina, humans and their vices
Sep 10, 2022
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8 minutes read
The subjects that Olga Volodina likes to work with are humans and their vices: stupidity, cruelty, violence, and greed. She is also concerned about the manipulation of the masses, propaganda, nationalism, and all kinds of intolerances and rights inequalities...
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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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Do you know which animals have been most depicted in the history of art?
Aug 6, 2024
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12 minutes read
Are you an animal lover and would like to know all about it? Do you no longer sleep at night because you are also an art lover and long to find out more about the connection between animals and creative disciplines? Then hold on to the arms of your couch, because in this place all the questions that plague your heart will be answered...
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Julie Mehretu: Ethiopian American Artist's Modern Landscapes
Dec 3, 2024
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10 minutes read
Julie Mehretu, an Ethiopian American contemporary artist, is celebrated for her large-scale, multi-layered abstract paintings that reflect urban and sociopolitical changes. Recognized in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020, she has secured her place as a groundbreaking Black female painter.
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Jacob Kassay: Exploring Structure, Perception, and Materiality
Dec 30, 2024
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7 minutes read
Jacob Kassay, born in 1984 in Lewiston, New York, is a post-conceptual artist renowned for his work in painting, filmmaking, and sculpture. His art is often recognized for its connection to minimalist music and composition, using a structural approach to explore how we perceive sight and space. Kassay currently resides in New York City and is represented by 303 Gallery...
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Roni Horn: Perception, Identity, and the Fluidity of Art
Apr 1, 2025
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8 minutes read
Roni Horn is an American contemporary artist known for her work in sculpture, photography, drawing, and installation art, often exploring themes of identity, perception, and environmental influence. Her art challenges traditional classifications, blending Minimalism with personal and environmental connections, particularly influenced by Iceland.
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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."...
Art History
MADONNA: the impact of the Pop icon in the fine arts
Oct 2, 2022
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8 minutes read
Madonna, the undisputed queen of Pop music, has demonstrated, throughout her artistic career, a fervent and eclectic interest in the visual arts, aimed at ranging from tag-making, performance design and artwork to marked patronage and fervent collecting. Such interest seems to be due to multiple factors...
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The nude at tea time
May 10, 2023
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9 minutes read
The nude at tea time? What does this wacky title mean? How can the genre of the nude be juxtaposed with the drink of tea, in addition to be consumed exclusively at five o'clock in the afternoon?...
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Pride Month: 4 Legendary Artists Who Questioned Identity and Gender
Jun 11, 2021
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6 minutes read
To celebrate Pride Month 2021, Artmajeur has decided to honor legendary artists and their artworks that explore questions of gender and identity.
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Exploring Geopolitics and Memory: The Art of Francis Alÿs
Sep 3, 2024
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6 minutes read
Francis Alÿs, a Belgian-born artist based in Mexico City, has become a pivotal figure in contemporary art, known for his multidisciplinary work that explores urban tensions, geopolitics, and the intersection of politics and poetics through painting, performance, and storytelling.
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Tracey Emin: A Journey of Self-Expression and Artistic Evolution
Feb 5, 2025
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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...
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The Centre Pompidou in Paris has suspended a $619,000 gift from Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin
May 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
The Pompidou Center in Paris has suspended a $619,000 donation from Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's richest men. His foundation made two donations totaling 1.3 million euros ($1.4 million) to the French museum.
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The famous artist Miss Tic died at the age of 66
May 23, 2022
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3 minutes read
The street artist never stopped creating her legend on Paris's walls, on dilapidated facades, under a street lamp, on a dead end, or a poorly lit pavement.
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"Biggest art fraud in world history" found by Canadian police
Mar 10, 2023
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3 minutes read
An investigation into fake paintings by the Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau led to the arrest of eight people and the seizure of more than 1,000 works.
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Harold Vernhes (HA-VE): The graphic elegance of the urban world
Jan 9, 2025
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3 minutes read
Harold Vernhes (HA-VE) transforms the urban mundane into powerful visual compositions, revealing the hidden beauty of lines and shadows. His work, at the intersection of minimalism and contemporary photography, represents an artistic investment that is both aesthetic and promising.
Art History
The peculiarities of abstract drawing
May 18, 2022
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7 minutes read
Abstract art is not appreciated by all viewers, as for many of them the initial inability to understand or grasp its meaning is a major obstacle. In this sense, the simplicity and accessibility of drawing can help even the most skeptical viewer approach the mystery of such movement...
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Graphic arts: woodcut, lithography and serigraphy
Jan 12, 2022
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7 minutes read
With the term graphic art we indicate the works, which artists create through the use of printing techniques, such as woodcut, lithography and screen printing. Many of the great masters of the past have experimented with these proceedings, such as, for example, Andrea Mantegna, Albrecht Dürer, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Keith Haring...
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Christopher Wool: Language, Abstraction, and the Raw Edge of Contemporary Art
Apr 15, 2025
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7 minutes read
Christopher Wool (born in 1955) is an American artist whose work, since the 1980s, has explored themes related to post-conceptualism...
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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."...
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Levan Chabukiani: I work in an improvisational style
Feb 11, 2025
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5 minutes read
"My inspiration always comes from within – from my own feelings and inner dialogues. It is a process of improvisation and self-discovery that has been with me since childhood..."
Art History
Where do butterflies land?
Nov 14, 2023
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9 minutes read
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...
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Francesco D'Adamo: My inspiration comes from painting itself
Oct 3, 2023
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7 minutes read
"Art and artist are words that sound very vague and in my language carry a kind of judgement. So I will talk about painting, which is what I do, and painter, because that is consequently what I am. "...
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Mimmo Rotella: Pioneer of Decollage and Italian Avant-Garde Art
Aug 12, 2024
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7 minutes read
Mimmo Rotella was an influential Italian artist renowned for pioneering the décollage technique, which involved tearing and reassembling torn posters to create new artistic expressions. His work, which intersected with movements like Nouveau Réalisme, significantly impacted post-war European art.
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Jisbar: From Pop Art to Space - The Artist’s Evolution
Jul 24, 2024
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5 minutes read
Jisbar is a French pop-street artist renowned for his vibrant reinterpretations of classic artworks, including his notable "Mona Lisa" series, which blends graffiti with contemporary motifs. His distinctive style has earned him recognition in the global art scene and led to high-profile exhibitions and collaborations.
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Hurvin Anderson: Exploring Identity and Place Through Art
Sep 20, 2024
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9 minutes read
Hurvin Anderson is a prominent British painter known for his exploration of memory, identity, and cultural history, often focusing on his Jamaican heritage. His work blends abstraction and figuration, depicting spaces that reflect the complexities of diaspora life...
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Motherhood: sacred and profane
Apr 19, 2023
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9 minutes read
My impulse to write is purely dictated by the desire to show you two parallel realities of art, through which two visions of motherhood par excellence have now overlapped, in each case made explicit through the iconic image of a mother caught in the company of her tender child...
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Don McCullin
Jul 6, 2023
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9 minutes read
Don McCullin is an acclaimed British photojournalist, known for his impactful photographs of conflict zones around the world. Her committed and emotionally powerful work has earned her international recognition and helped raise awareness of the devastating consequences of war and social injustice.
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Peter Knapp: The Art of Capturing Time
Mar 24, 2025
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9 minutes read
Peter Knapp has made his mark on the history of photography and design with major exhibitions around the world, notably on fashion and human representation, from Paris to Geneva, Barcelona, and New York. His influence endures, and his works are held in prestigious institutions, testifying to his lasting impact on the art world.
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Olga Selezneva, art that celebrates the love for life
Feb 4, 2022
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6 minutes read
Inspired by the artist's love for music, life and our planet, Olga Selezneva's art manages to capture the most concrete and fascinating associations of the reality around us...