Artist Portraits
Marie-Blanche Bayon, precise drawings and smooth surfaces
Dec 26, 2021
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5 minutes read
Marie-Blanche Bayon's paintings are made unique by their smooth surfaces, on which, covered with carefully polished marble dust, precise drawings and gradations of light and color stand out ...
Lifestyle
Cate Blanchet, dreaming of an art gallery
Aug 2, 2023
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10 minutes read
Catherine Elise Blanchett, born on May 14, 1969, is an accomplished Australian actress and producer. Widely recognized as one of the finest talents of her generation, she has showcased her incredible versatility across various genres...
Art News
A Man Ray work could become the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction
Feb 16, 2022
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2 minutes read
Man Ray's Le Violon d'Ingres (1924) will be auctioned in May. Print is considered an original photographic copy, making it a rare find. Highlights from the collection will travel to London, Paris, and Hong Kong before arriving in New York.
Artist Portraits
Christine Barth Mroz: When light becomes emotion on canvas
Mar 1, 2025
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3 minutes read
Christine Barth Mroz offers a luminous and emotional painting style, where each gesture conveys a sensation. Her work, rich in transparency and texture, captivates with its sincerity and constitutes a unique artistic investment.
Sell Art
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...
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...
Artist Portraits
Pierre Duquoc, the art of irony
Apr 6, 2022
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10 minutes read
Pierre Duquoc uses a digital camera to make photomontages, but also more "classic" photographs, which are then, depending on the result, modified on the computer to obtain the exact vision of what the artist had in mind...
Art History
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Mar 3, 2023
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10 minutes read
Henri-Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, better known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was born on November 24, 1864 in Albi. He comes from a family of the oldest provincial nobility. On September 9, 1901, he died at the Malromé estate in Gironde, owned by his mother.
Artist Portraits
Man Ray: The Fusion of Abstraction, Eroticism, and Innovation
Aug 2, 2024
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6 minutes read
Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia on August 27, 1890, was a pioneering artist who profoundly impacted modern art through his contributions to the Dada and Surrealist movements, innovative photographic techniques like "rayographs," and groundbreaking experimental films and light paintings, with his legacy further solidified by record-breaking sales and enduring influence in the art world.
Art History
Top 10 Impressionist Paintings
Nov 28, 2023
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12 minutes read
How did Impressionism come into being? Like all things, it started with an idea! The artists in question decided to paint the reality around them in a very simple way, leaving aside the more complex and well-trodden historical and mythological subjects...