Art History
Pop art and animals
May 29, 2022
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7 minutes read
Despite the great popularity of Pop art, there are some themes addressed by Pop art that, falling outside the standard topical, turn out to be less well-known, just like the works depicting animals, made by iconic artists of the pop world such as: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Takashi Muracami, Jeff Koons, and Yayoi Kusama.
Pop Culture
Big pink stuffed animals invade the buildings of our cities
Feb 24, 2023
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1 minutes read
Andrés Reisinger is one of the most talented digital artists in the world, using his innovative and one-of-a-kind creations to challenge our understanding of reality by "installing" fluffy and flossy pink drapes on buildings in key international capitals.
Art History
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...
Art News
Pigcasso, the painter pig has just sold a work for 20,000 pounds sterling!
Dec 17, 2021
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2 minutes read
Peter Esser, a German collector, purchased the artwork Wild and Free. It smashes the previous record of £14,000 established by chimp Congo for an animal artwork. Pigcasso was rescued from slaughter as a piglet and has since produced over 400 pieces of art.
Art History
Sharks in art
Aug 14, 2022
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6 minutes read
Sharks have dominated the waters of the sea for hundreds of thousands of years before man, who, once having ploughed them, has oftentimes described these animals, both in artistic and literary works, even presenting them as dangerous and fearsome predators...
Art News
A man paid $ 30 for a drawing worth $ 50 million!
Nov 23, 2021
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3 minutes read
A Massachusetts man paid $30 for a drawing. It could be a genuine Dürer worth $50 million. The artwork is now on display at Agnews Gallery, which is looking for purchasers. A former curator of German Prints and Drawings at The British Museum agrees the drawing is genuine. Experts believe it is a copy of Dürer's The Virgin among a multitude of animals.
Lifestyle
The Year of the Tiger - Chinese New Year 2022
Jan 30, 2022
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3 minutes read
The Tiger is the animal of the year 2022 for the Chinese Community. Starting on February 1, 2022, and concluding on January 21, 2023, it is a 12-month period. Every 60 years, there is a year known as the Water Tiger year. Discover our collection about this enigmatic animal that inspired so many artists around the world.
Artist Portraits
Malgorzata Lodygowska: drawing what surrounds me
Feb 14, 2024
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5 minutes read
"This has accompanied me since I was a child, it was as natural to me as everyday activities. The subjects that interested me from the very beginning were drawing what surrounded me, and animals, as a child I used to hide in a dog's crate. Among animals I felt safest."...
Art History
Anthropomorphism in art
Sep 4, 2022
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7 minutes read
Anthropomorphism in art, as anticipated, has a rich and ancient tradition, in fact, among the earliest examples of anthropomorphic figures we find the Löwenmensch ivory statuette, which, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, that is, approximately 32,000 years ago, depicts a human sculpture having the head of a lion...
Artist Portraits
Branimir Misic, anthropomorphic sculptures
Aug 3, 2022
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4 minutes read
Branimir Misic's sculptures, made from recycled metal and recycled metal objects, blend human, animal and mechanical features to give each piece a unique personality...
Art History
Roaring Paintings!
Feb 1, 2022
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5 minutes read
The tiger is not only a majestic animal, elegant and proud, part of an ancient tradition of Chinese zoolatry, but it is also a fascinating subject, which has been widely investigated by the history of Western art...
Art History
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Mar 17, 2023
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10 minutes read
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was an Italian painter who is best known for his portraits made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and animals...
Art History
Dragons Everywhere!
Feb 9, 2024
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8 minutes read
As we will illustrate later, according to the Chinese calendar, 2024 is the year of the dragon, a 12-month time span during which zodiac signs will be more or less benefited by the presence of this animal...
Art History
Women: from unicorns to pets
May 17, 2023
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9 minutes read
I imagine a beautiful and elegant woman intent on carrying in her designer handbag a cuddly Chihuahua, a four-legged animal with often puffy and extremely expressive eyes, which, despite appearing so small, tender and sweet...
Lifestyle
Never seen ! The line between fiction and reality blurs
Dec 31, 2021
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1 minutes read
A digital artist blurs the line between reality and fiction. Martijn Schrijver's works combine nature, animals, and humans. He uses Photoshop to create strange compositions that appear to be out of a dream.
Art History
Australian art: kangaroos, landscapes and contemporary artists
May 21, 2023
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8 minutes read
I thought I would entrust the narrative of the early years of Australian art, as well as its subsequent Europeanization, to the kangaroo, a symbolic animal of Oceania that will be used as a conduit between Aboriginal and Western figurative expression...
Art History
The success of the flamingo in contemporary art
Feb 20, 2022
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6 minutes read
The flamingo has been a protagonist of art history since ancient times, but within contemporary art this animal has taken on new positive values, related to love, cheerfulness, sensitivity and elegance, which have made it a very popular subject...
Art History
Monkeys in art
Jul 31, 2022
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7 minutes read
It is widely found that monkeys have been, since the earliest times, very popular subjects in the history of art, a discipline within which they have taken on multiple meanings. This great figurative interest nurtured by man in the most varied types of primates alludes, most likely, to the fact that since the dawn of civilization the great contiguous familiarity between these animals and Homo sapiens had been sensed...
Artist Portraits
Artūras Tamašauskas, metals living a second life
Jun 29, 2022
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6 minutes read
Artūras Tamašauskas, after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, had the opportunity to work as a metal engraver: it was then that he became acquainted with the subtleties of this material and an understanding of its potential applications...
Art News
The Guerrilla Gorilla: London Zoo Removes Banksy's Mural for Preservation
Aug 21, 2024
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1 minutes read
Banksy's latest animal-themed street art series in London has captivated the public, faced rapid removal or defacement, and sparked debates about the preservation and future of these ephemeral works, particularly the gorilla mural at London Zoo.
Artist Portraits
Bastien Bonhomme, attention to detail
Feb 4, 2023
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10 minutes read
"I do not necessarily seek to differentiate myself from other artists, I seek to be myself and to do what I love. What characterizes my work is above all the attention to detail, to seek perfection in my opinion according to all the angles of the sculpture, the finesse of the lines, the textures, the little detail that changes everything"...
Art History
New interpretations of Berlin's most iconic graffiti
Jan 29, 2023
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9 minutes read
Assuming that Berlin, since the era after the fall of the wall, has become one of the most important capitals of world street art, it is important to highlight how, within the most disparate neighborhoods of the German city, the works of famous artists, such as, to give an example, Herakut, Rosco, Dr. Drax...
Art History
The Trees in Art History
Oct 17, 2023
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8 minutes read
We would need a thousand more poems, because if this last one places trees next to houses, other times they seem alone, or accompanied by figures or animals, and sometimes even as mute and immobile spectators of 'fantastic' events...
Artist Portraits
Richard Orlinski: Redefining Contemporary Art with Vibrant Sculptures
Jul 3, 2024
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6 minutes read
Richard Orlinski, born in 1966, is a leading figure in contemporary art known for vibrant sculptures influenced by pop culture, featuring animals symbolizing power and freedom, exhibited globally and collected widely, despite legal challenges, shaping modern art with innovative craftsmanship and a profound cultural impact.
Artist Portraits
Gus, a color blind artist
Dec 18, 2021
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4 minutes read
Gus' works, sold exclusively online, come from the artist's childhood memories: video games, Japanese cartoons and hip hop, but also from his love of ecology and the animal world ...
Art News
Banksy’s Latest Masterpiece Vanishes
Aug 9, 2024
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2 minutes read
Banksy’s latest animal-themed artwork in Peckham, a wolf howling at the moon on a satellite dish, has been swiftly removed by hooded figures in broad daylight, leaving Londoners shocked and speculating whether it was a theft or part of the artist's commentary.
Art History
Young Hare by Albrecht Dürer
Apr 7, 2023
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6 minutes read
Albrecht Dürer's Hare is a major work of the German Renaissance. This watercolor, made in 1502, shows a hare sitting on its hind legs, facing left. It measures 25.1 x 22.6 cm and is now kept in the Albertina Museum in Vienna.
Artist Portraits
Damien Hirst: Artistic Innovations and Conceptual Masterpieces
Jun 25, 2024
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12 minutes read
Damien Hirst is a British artist known for his provocative and conceptually-driven artworks that explore themes of life, death, and the human condition. He gained international renown for his installations featuring preserved animals and his series of Spot Paintings, which challenge traditional notions of art and perception.
Art History
The painting that the bullfighter cannot tame
Sep 15, 2023
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9 minutes read
The title of my article takes the side, in the context of the pictorial popularity of bullfighting, certainly on the side of the bulls, which, in the long course of the narrative of art history, have been immortalized by many of the greatest masters of all time...
Art History
Where Do We Find Fish in Painting?
Jan 31, 2024
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8 minutes read
Following a figurative discourse with a rather traditional character, the pictorial subject of fish primarily appears in three instances: within genre scenes, where it thrives in the context of the market; in still lifes, accompanied by flowers, fruits, etc.; in landscapes...
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...
Art History
10 Wildlife Photographers You Should Know
Oct 10, 2023
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12 minutes read
If, like me, you used to watch wildlife documentaries with your grandmother as a child, then you shouldn't miss the opportunity to read this article...
Art History
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?
Art History
2023: like Alice in Wonderland...
Jan 22, 2023
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9 minutes read
In keeping with the most classic Disney quote, I refer to the image of Alice, who, lying comfortably on a meadow in the company of her cat, lets time pass lost in thought. At some point, as we all know, the maiden's attention is caught by a strangely elegant and hasty rabbit, who, erect on his two white paws is pining in order not to be late for who knows what ever appointment...
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
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...