Artist Portraits
ANDRÉ NADAL: The poetry of geometric figures
Oct 10, 2019
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The shapes are most often very simple: circles, rectangles, intersections of straight lines. The colors are just as reduced: from white to black, passing through the whole range of grays. In this rigorous scheme, André Nadal succeeds in creating a very personal universe where geometry is seen as an open door to harmony.
Pop Culture
Art historical figures distorted in abstract marble sculptures
Mar 18, 2022
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French artist Léo Caillard's sculptures are often anachronistic. His statues of Aphrodite, Laocoön, and Venus appear to have warped, glitched, or transformed into a tight spiral. Caillard is part of a new generation of artists influenced by the advent of the digital age.
Lifestyle
François Pinault: an eminent figure among art connoisseurs
Sep 26, 2023
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François Pinault, born on August 21, 1936, is a French tycoon in the world of business. He is renowned as the founder of the opulent conglomerate Kering and the investment holding entity Artémis...
Art History
Movement in photography: from the horse to the human figure
Jan 8, 2023
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The history of movement within photography is inextricably linked to the study of techniques, having the purpose of overcoming the "limits" of the oldest pictorial art, which, before Cubist and Futurist dynamism, had focused on immortalizing motion, fixing it in a very precise and "static" time frame...
Lifestyle
Qiao Zhibing: Prominent figure in China's international contemporary art scene
Feb 2, 2024
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Qiao Zhibing, who earned his wealth through his nightclub and karaoke bar ventures in Shanghai and Beijing, has emerged as a prominent figure in China's international contemporary art scene over the past decade..
Art News
A sculpture by the Laocoön group has been vandalized, leaving two of its headless figures
Dec 9, 2021
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At San Francisco's Legion of Honor museum, a sculpture of the Laocoön Group was vandalized, leaving two of its figures headless. The museum says it's collaborating with the San Francisco Police Department to recover the statue's missing pieces.