Artist Portraits
Paula Solís Burgos: the passion of oil on canvas
Nov 7, 2023
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11 minutes read
I always had an attraction for the plastic arts, since I was very young -at least that is what my mother tells me-, I liked to draw the caricatures I saw on television...
Art History
Embracing Islamic New Year through the Canvas of Religious Art
Mar 20, 2024
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16 minutes read
Islamic art is a vibrant and diverse form of expression that has flourished over centuries, reflecting the rich cultural heritage and deep spiritual values of the Islamic world. Religious art plays a central role in Islamic culture, serving as a visual means of conveying spiritual teachings, inspiring devotion, and fostering a sense of connection with the divine...
Art News
David Hockney exhibits his largest canvas ever, 314 feet (95 meters) long
May 16, 2022
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2 minutes read
Inspired by his year in lockdown, the frieze, which depicts a year in Normandy, was inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry
Pop Culture
These surrealist optical illusions are created by Mimi Choi, a makeup artist using her own face as a canvas
Mar 31, 2022
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2 minutes read
Mimi Choi is a makeup artist based in Vancouver, Canada. She creates surrealist optical illusions using her own face as a canvas. Many of her makeup looks are inspired by her experiences with sleep paralysis.
Artist Portraits
Dominic Virtosu, large format canvases
Nov 4, 2021
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1 minutes read
The canvases are large format, bright colors and the themes worked in series. Apart from these characteristics, the work of Dominic Virtosu is difficult to describe. We see in his series devoted to cacti like a desire to exhaust the subject with all the resources offered by oil painting.
Artist Portraits
Jems cehes, canvases, brushes and spray cans
Feb 27, 2022
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3 minutes read
Jems Cehes' works don't try to show something, they actually do! All this thanks to a technique that mixes the use of airbrush, spray can, brushes and canvas...
Artist Portraits
GALERIE STREET PART, an original concept: each fresco produced is a set of small canvases
Feb 11, 2020
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0 minutes read
Since May 2019, Jean-François and Virginie Puigt have opened in Aix-en-Provence a gallery dedicated to street-art, on an original concept: each fresco produced is a set of small canvases sold separately.
Art News
After receiving over $ 84,000 in cash to create a work of art for a Danish museum, the artist returns them two white canvases
Oct 1, 2021
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3 minutes read
A Danish museum gave an artist the equivalent of $ 84,000. He compensated with two blank canvases. "Take the Money and Run" by Jens Haaning is a new work of art. The Kunsten. Art Museum in Aalborg, Denmark, does not accept this explanation. Danish artist Jens Haaning has until Jan. 16 to return the money they paid him to create his artwork, but the museum says he has provided new and interesting artwork.