Artist Portraits
Jenny Saville: Redefining the Female Form in Contemporary Art
Sep 12, 2024
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7 minutes read
Jenny Saville is a British contemporary artist known for her large-scale, visceral paintings of the human body, particularly focusing on female forms and themes of imperfection, gender, and beauty. Her work challenges traditional representations of the nude, blending realism with abstraction to explore the complexities of identity and physicality.
Art History
The history of Polish art: traditions halfway between Europe and Russia
May 8, 2022
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6 minutes read
Polish art, while maintaining its own peculiarities of genre and style, has often reflected the figurative trends expressed by the movements of neighboring countries and continents, such as Russia and Europe. This is due to the fact that, at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Poland did not yet exist as a state, since it was divided between Austria, Russia and Prussia, countries from which it drew obvious artistic contaminations...
Art History
Between painting and drawing: the "borderline" art of marker, pastel, and ballpoint pen
May 21, 2024
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12 minutes read
In the vast landscape of artistic techniques, some challenge traditional categories by positioning themselves between painting and drawing. The marker, pastel, and ballpoint pen exemplify this fusion, blending elements of both disciplines...
Art History
The Silent Dialogue Between Technique and Instinct: Artists Compared
Sep 24, 2024
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8 minutes read
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...
Artist Portraits
Chen Danqing: The Art of Realism and Social Criticism
Mar 21, 2025
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11 minutes read
Chen Danqing, a Chinese artist and critic, is distinguished by his commitment to an authentic, humanist art form, as opposed to conceptual art, and by his realistic works that explore profound social and cultural themes. His influence endures both in China and internationally, marking contemporary art with his unique vision, blending Chinese traditions with Western influences.
Art History
Decoding “Strangers Everywhere”: Artmajeur artists interpret the themes of the Venice Biennale 2024
May 14, 2024
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15 minutes read
Artmajeur artists creatively engage with the themes of the Venice Biennale 2024, representing art movements as diverse as Outsider Art, Queer Art, Folk Art, and narratives against racism...
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Top Artist to Invest in Right Now: LUC PEIRE
May 16, 2023
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8 minutes read
Luc Peire's "Hoef M65" silkscreen print holds both artistic and historical significance. The limited edition of 75 copies, plus the numbered copies from A to Z with 6 off-the-shelf copies, was published by the Dobbelhoef Gallery in Kessel specifically for the 1979/4 S exhibition in Kessel.
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Top Artist to Invest in Right Now: Miodrag Đurić (Dado)
Jul 13, 2023
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10 minutes read
Miodrag Đurić, born on October 4, 1933, in Cetinje, Montenegro, and passed away on November 27, 2010, in Pontoise, France, was a renowned artist...
Art History
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Feb 23, 2023
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16 minutes read
Pieter Brueghel was the head of a family of painters, and he was also a great engraver. The artist and his life remain a mystery, although he is known for his works that show vivid human scenes and his large landscapes.
Artist Portraits
Sergey Sovkov, Color as a reference point
Aug 28, 2022
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6 minutes read
Oil painting has always been the preferred technique of Sergey Sovkov, who, when creating each painting, always tries to improve it in order to find new creative expressions...
Art History
Top 10 American Painters
Oct 24, 2023
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11 minutes read
Before introducing you to the ten most celebrated painters in the history of American art, along with brief glimpses into their lives and references to their stylistic peculiarities...
Artist Portraits
Aleksandr Ilichev, constant, incessant need to paint
Sep 17, 2022
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7 minutes read
Alexander Ilyichev, an artist born in 1958, is constantly driven by a strong and constant need to draw, which leads him to create unique works with a highly recognizable style...
Art History
Aaron Young: Performance, Destruction & Action
Oct 21, 2024
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11 minutes read
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University, Aaron Young has become a major figure in the art world. He's known for his bold and innovative creations that challenge what's possible in art...
Art History
It's all about money: wealth flaunted by art
Jan 15, 2023
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9 minutes read
To talk about money, or simply take the trouble to flaunt it in a showy and elitist manner, it is not necessary to open your mammoth wallet in front of the bus stop in order to flaunt the renowned American Express Centurion Card to your waiting neighbor...
Artist Portraits
Merche Moriana: I tend to be very attentive to everything that happens around me
Dec 24, 2024
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9 minutes read
"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..."
Art History
Francisco Goya
Apr 7, 2023
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17 minutes read
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker who is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries...
Artist Portraits
Wolfgang Tillmans: Capturing Subculture Through Photography
Nov 4, 2024
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16 minutes read
Wolfgang Tillmans, born in 1968 in Germany, is an influential photographer known for his diverse work that explores everyday surroundings and the photographic medium. He was the first non-British photographer to win the Turner Prize and has had major retrospectives at prominent institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern...
Artist Portraits
Tales Frey, I have always had multiple interests
Aug 5, 2023
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12 minutes read
As a child, I received very significant influences from the family environment. My mother is a Physical Education teacher, so the focus on everything related to the body in my artistic practice came from her without a doubt...
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...
Art History
Hieronymus Bosch
Jun 21, 2023
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26 minutes read
Hieronymus Bosch, also known as Jheronimus van Aken, was a renowned Dutch painter from Brabant who lived from around 1450 to August 9, 1516...