Art News
Revelations about Roman Abramovich's Billion-Dollar Art Collection!
Sep 27, 2023
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Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova's billion-dollar hidden art collection, revealed by leaked documents, includes more than 300 masterpieces of modern art. The artworks, collected over nearly a decade, include pieces by Monet, Picasso and Freud, but their future remains uncertain due to sanctions against Abramovich.
Art News
Archaeologists have discovered a surprisingly intact Roman mosaic in London
Mar 1, 2022
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The site is being renovated by a subsidiary of Landsec, one of the UK's leading real estate developers.
Art News
Most exciting discovery in a century of a Roman mosaic in a field
Dec 1, 2021
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Mosaic is the first-ever uncovered in the UK depicting images from Homer's Iliad. It would have adorned an imposing eating and leisure hall within a big villa complex. The mosaic has been damaged by later building work and bears scorch marks from fires. The chamber was the focal point of a huge villa complex built in the late third or early fourth centuries AD
Artist Portraits
Roman Rabyk: a combination of styles and materials is visible in my works
Sep 24, 2024
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"Probably, like many artists, the desire to create appeared in me in early childhood. I felt an urge to sculpt. So, art is my life's work!"...
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A 2,000-year-old, perfectly preserved blue Roman glass bowl has been discovered in the Netherlands
Jan 26, 2022
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Archaeologists excavating a site in Nijmegen, Netherlands' oldest city, find 2,000-year-old glass bowl. The blue glass bowl has been perfectly preserved, with no visible cracks or chips.
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Bought for 35 dollars in a second-hand store in Texas, the sculpture turns out to be an ancient Roman bust!
May 24, 2022
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A marble bust purchased for about $35 from a Goodwill store by a Texas woman is on temporary display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II.
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Romanian Government Blocks Christie's Sale of El Greco Painting
Feb 7, 2025
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El Greco's painting Saint Sebastian, estimated at between $7 million and $9 million, has been withdrawn from an auction at Christie's after the Romanian government intervened, claiming ownership and taking legal action.
Art News
Priceless Romanian Treasures Stolen in Daring Heist at Dutch Museum
Jan 28, 2025
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In the early hours of Saturday morning, a group of three masked individuals executed a bold robbery at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands. Using explosives to breach a locked door, the thieves entered the museum around 3:45 a.m. and swiftly made off with a collection of valuable Romanian artifacts...
Art History
Struck by the arrows of art! The most romantic artists for a special Valentine's Day
Feb 11, 2025
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Love in art manifests itself in surprising ways! In this article, an exceptional Cupid in the guise of Giorgio Vasari guides us to discover the most romantic artists of ArtMajeur, perfect for celebrating Valentine's Day...
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New operation of the Italian Ministry of Culture: sending home 100 works from major museums
Dec 23, 2021
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Italy has withdrawn 100 works from major museums and sent them to provincial institutions where they had previously been displayed. The purpose of the loan program is to decentralize Italian collections and encourage more people to visit minor museums.
Art History
Mosaic: history, techniques, and contemporary examples
Jan 6, 2024
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The history of mosaic art begins with the earliest civilizations, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the people of the Minoan-Mycenaean region, who used this technique to adorn their buildings, sarcophagi, and floors...
Art History
The bust: comparing stories
Oct 16, 2022
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Although the bust originated in Hellenistic Greece and reached its peak popularity in the ancient Roman world, it has undergone interpretative variations throughout the centuries, re-presenting itself even in contemporary times, a time when, thanks to the latest technology, it has also taken shape in a 3-D version...
Art History
The history of Spanish art
Aug 7, 2022
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Over the centuries Spain has given birth to some of the world's greatest architects, painters, sculptors and photographers. This richness is due, both to the autonomous Spanish creative flair and to the influence exerted on the Iberian Peninsula by the most important European figurative currents...
Art History
Precious Materials in Contemporary Art: Bronze, Glass, and Marble
Jan 14, 2025
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Contemporary art continues to experiment with precious and ancient materials, giving new life and meaning to millennia-old traditions. We will explore the history and evolution of three fundamental mediums: bronze, glass, and marble...
Lifestyle
The top 5 European Cities for Art Lovers
May 14, 2022
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There are many of intriguing places to visit in Europe, but where should you go if you're especially interested in art? Whether you go to Paris, London, Rome, or Barcelona, indeed, there are so many places in Europe with world-class art that narrowing the selection down to just 5 towns was difficult. They need not just great museums, but also enough open-air attractions to keep you entertained for weeks, if not months.
Art News
Vandalism at Israel Museum Sparks Concern Over Cultural Heritage in Jerusalem
Oct 10, 2023
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An American tourist was arrested for vandalizing Roman statues at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, citing religious objections. The incident highlights concerns about cultural heritage preservation and the rise in religiously motivated attacks in the city.
Art History
Music and art: a combination that has lasted for centuries
Jun 21, 2022
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Music and art represent two related disciplines that are able to reveal human feelings and experience, both in its positive and joyful sides and in its more introspective and serious ones. Precisely because of these peculiarities, the said arts have played a prominent role since ancient times, when, from their union, two distinct combinations were generated: art that tells music and art that supports music...
Art History
Family portraits
Dec 21, 2021
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At this time of year-end, full of important holidays, family gatherings follow each other convulsively. In this regard, many of the greatest masters in the history of art, such as, for example, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Egon Schiele, have immortalized, through the most varied feelings, such scenes of daily life...
Art History
The three Graces: from Raphael's composure to Rubens' sensuality
Dec 18, 2022
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The Graces are three sister goddesses that Roman mythology drew from the Greek example of the Caryatids, in order to promote the spread of an iconography that, among the most positive of ancient civilizations, was capable of alluding to the harmony achieved through the worship of the arts, nature and vegetation, the foundations of human joy in life...
Artist Portraits
Luca Pignatelli: An Artist Bridging Past and Present
Oct 3, 2024
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Luca Pignatelli (born 22 June 1962 in Milan) is an Italian artist known for his work that blends classical and contemporary imagery, creating a "Theatre of Memory." His art draws on a vast archive of historical and modern symbols, featuring Roman and Greek statues, mythological figures, and icons of modernity like WWII planes and skyscrapers...
Artist Portraits
Lucian Tidorescu: A unique vision of the world, between satire, poetry and visual audacity
May 9, 2024
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Lucian Tidorescu is a Romanian painter whose works combine vibrant colors, visual narrative, and a critical outlook on the world. His unique style is as compelling for its graphic beauty as it is for the depth of its subject matter.
Artist Portraits
Gabriel Cristian Matei: art symbolically represent the territory of absolute freedom
Nov 4, 2023
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"I believe that art symbolically represent the territory of absolute freedom."...
Art History
Contemporary self-portrait: between selfie and tradition
Mar 13, 2022
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Every day about 93 million selfies are taken all over the world, which, for the most part, are intended to enrich social platforms, with the aim of grabbing a few handfuls of likes. But are we sure that this new trend, apparently very superficial, has not traced deep attitudes, already investigated by the greatest masters of the past?
Art News
Paris Unveils the Genius of Brâncuși: A Rare Exhibition of Sculptural Mastery
Mar 29, 2024
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A rare and extensive exhibition of Constantin Brâncuși, a pioneer of modern sculpture, has opened at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, featuring over 120 sculptures, along with sketches, paintings, and documents. This retrospective, the first of its magnitude in nearly 30 years, celebrates Brâncuși's radical approach to sculpture and his significant impact on 20th-century art movements, despite the logistical challenges of transporting his works.
Art History
Top 10: Still Life
Dec 22, 2023
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Let's get straight to the point: when you read about still life on the web, you'll be able to find examples from Hellenistic, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. They are characterized by the predominant depiction of inanimate subjects, both natural and artificial...
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Rome's famed Colosseum is worth $79 billion!
Jul 28, 2022
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The Colosseum, an iconic monument to ancient Rome's ingenuity and grandeur, now has a price tag.
Art News
"Several million euros" worth of Celtic gold coins were stolen from a German museum
Nov 25, 2022
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In Manching, Bavaria, a heist in which phone and internet connections were "cut off" led to the theft of coins from the third century.
Artist Portraits
Adrian Ghenie's Art: Blending History and Contemporary Expression
Dec 30, 2024
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Adrian Ghenie is a contemporary Romanian artist known for his innovative approach to historical painting, blending expressionism with historical references and modern techniques. His works, often featuring textured surfaces and vibrant colors, explore themes of memory, suffering, and human experience, making him a prominent figure in the contemporary art world.
Art History
Bacchus by Caravaggio
Apr 12, 2023
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Caravaggio's Bacchus is a masterpiece of Baroque painting, depicting the Roman god of wine and fertility reclining on a bed of grapes and holding a goblet of wine in his left hand. The painting is notable for its striking use of light and shadow, and its intense emotional impact.
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Uffizi Gallery brings Renaissance masterpieces up to children's level
Nov 24, 2021
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The Uffizi has rebranded its children's programming. A team of traveling representatives are dedicated to answering young visitors' questions. The aim is to normalize art for kids so they'll think to themselves, "I'll stop by the museum," an official says.
Art History
The representation of time passing in Art
Oct 21, 2020
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The theme of time has often been approached in painting from the angle of the different ages of man, to which many paintings are devoted.
Art History
Recent materials in art: cement, concrete, resin, plastic, and aluminum
Feb 25, 2025
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In recent decades, materials such as resin, cement, concrete, plastic, and aluminum have revolutionized sculpture, expanding creative possibilities. We will explore their unique characteristics, the advantages they offer to artists, and their role in contemporary art...
Art History
Do you know which animals have been most depicted in the history of art?
Aug 6, 2024
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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 History
Different forms of classicism
Jul 13, 2022
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Contemporary classicism is an artistic trend of our times, aimed at reinterpreting, in a novel and original way, the quest for perfection and verisimilitude, as well as the exaltation of the human figure and the investigation of the natural datum, which distinguished ancient art and its "revivals"...
Art History
Behind Masterpieces: Dante and Virgil by William Bouguereau
Nov 19, 2021
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Welcome to the Darkness, where a terrible spectacle is played out: discover a fierce fight between two bodies in tension, a scene resplendent with a cold, white light. Today, Artmajeur decrypts for you a masterpiece of dark romanticism: Dante and Virgil by William Bouguereau, painted in 1850.
Art History
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Mar 17, 2023
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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...