Art History
Greek sculpture: contemporary interpretations
Mar 30, 2022
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6 minutes read
The sculpture of ancient Greece represents an essential point of reference for the study of the realistic rendering of the human body, in fact, it has indelibly marked the history of Western art in its most varied currents and manifestations. But what are the contemporary interpretations of the Greek model?
Artist Portraits
Branimir Misic, anthropomorphic sculptures
Aug 3, 2022
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4 minutes read
Branimir Misic's sculptures, made from recycled metal and recycled metal objects, blend human, animal and mechanical features to give each piece a unique personality...
Artist Portraits
Roberto Canduela, sculptures with soul
Jul 27, 2022
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9 minutes read
For Roberto Canduela, creating works of art is not a voluntary choice, but a vital necessity, a creative mechanism that allows him to externalize his unconscious side...
Art History
Palmyra's Stolen Sculptures Returned to Syria
Nov 26, 2021
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2 minutes read
Three plundered statues from Palmyra are being returned to Syria. They were stolen from the ancient city in 2009 or 2010 and discovered by Swiss police. The UN has demanded their return after a trial in 2020, and now they will be handed over to Syrian officials.
Art History
Sculpture and painting: Modigliani and African art
Nov 2, 2022
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8 minutes read
Many great masters in the history of art have expressed their views on reality by experimenting, both pictorial and sculptural art, just like Pablo Picasso, Umberto Boccioni, Max Ernst, Edgar Degas, Joan Miró and others...
Pop Culture
David Lynch Sculpture Transforms Santa Monica Landscape
Apr 4, 2024
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2 minutes read
A towering 6,4 meter (21-foot) mirrored metal sculpture of director David Lynch, crafted by Czech artist David Černý, has been unveiled in Santa Monica, capturing the essence of Lynch's connection to Prague and cinema.
Pop Culture
Art historical figures distorted in abstract marble sculptures
Mar 18, 2022
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1 minutes read
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.
Artist Portraits
Filppo Pietro Castrovinci, sculptures that aspire to perfection
Jun 1, 2022
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3 minutes read
Filppo Pietro Castrovinci creates complex sculptures with great naturalness. He began to create works using the forge technique and then experimented with welding, molding, polishing, brazing...
Art History
The desert between land art, painting and sculpture
Nov 6, 2022
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7 minutes read
The desert topical has been told through the point of view of land art, a contemporary art form that originated in the United States during the 1960s, which abandoned the boundaries of the traditional pictorial and sculptural medium...
Art News
The Beetlejuice 2 movie sculpture has been stolen!
Jul 25, 2023
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2 minutes read
Strange props from the Vermont set of "Beetlejuice 2," like a 150-pound "Abstract Art Statue," have been taken by thieves. A pumpkin-decorated pole is also missing from the set.
Lifestyle
Over 100 Spectacular Sculptures Adorn an Australian Beach
Oct 25, 2023
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2 minutes read
The annual 'Sculpture by the Sea' festival, celebrating its 25th year along the Australian coastline, features over 100 diverse and captivating sculptures that blend seamlessly with the stunning backdrop of the Pacific Ocean.
Art News
Art Fair Visitor Inadvertently Broke $42,000 Jeff Koons Sculpture!
Feb 20, 2023
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2 minutes read
At a VIP event in Miami, a woman taps a shiny blue sculpture, which then breaks into pieces and falls to the floor.
Art History
In the mirror: African sculpture of yesterday and today
Apr 12, 2023
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8 minutes read
Pursuing the aim of finding, within the art of today, the reminiscences, hints and allusions to the works of times past, creating also a kind of romantic tale aimed at celebrating the immutable essence of the human being, I wanted to reconstruct a "figurative bridge"...
Art News
Will Louise Bourgeois' "Spider" sculpture set a new record?
Apr 26, 2023
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2 minutes read
One of Louise Bourgeois's famous "Spider" sculptures will be up for grabs at a sale in Sotheby's New York next month. The price tag could set a record.
Artist Portraits
Luo Li Rong: Chinese sculptor creates breathtaking realistic sculptures
Sep 10, 2021
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3 minutes read
Some realistic sculptures that depict the human figure's beauty and grace. Her grandiose natural creations, on which he often works with bronze, depict women in motion. They strike elegant poses that drape their bodies in a balayage by the wind that gives the sense that they are real people. Their hair and clothing appear to be caressed by a light breeze, which gives them a unique look.
Artist Portraits
Marie Saksik, the sculpture that explores the female body
Dec 5, 2021
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3 minutes read
Marie Saksik was inspired by several vacation trips to Asia, after which she began to represent mostly young women, content, serene and sometimes dreamy.
Art News
Anselm Kiefer Sculpture Parts Worth $1M Stolen in France
Dec 5, 2023
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2 minutes read
Approximately $1 million worth of elements from an Anselm Kiefer sculpture were stolen from his storage facility in Croissy-Beaubourg, France. The theft, which included large lead books, occurred amidst the release of a documentary on Kiefer, with past incidents suggesting the thieves target the materials rather than the art itself.
Art News
Jesse Darling Triumphs with Turner Prize, Celebrating Innovative Sculpture
Dec 6, 2023
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2 minutes read
Berlin-based artist Jesse Darling has won the prestigious Turner Prize, acclaimed for sculptures that embody human fragility using everyday objects. Darling's work, reflecting on themes of vulnerability and interdependence, earned recognition in the prize's 40th year, celebrating innovation in art.
Art News
Woke college students are ‘chocked’ by supposedly ‘phallic’ abstract sculpture
Aug 5, 2022
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3 minutes read
Imperial College Union has put out a motion to stop the work from being put up, saying that it could be seen as "exclusive."
Art News
Vandals paint white a huge sculpture of a black woman
May 24, 2023
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Last week, vandals in England spray-painted white a 10-foot-tall sculpture of a sitting Black woman that was made by Tschabalala Self.
Pop Culture
Spectacular new sculpture of a staircase by artist Alexander Chinneck
Dec 28, 2021
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1 minutes read
Made of galvanized steel, a spectacular staircase by Alexander Chinneck unfolds by climbing a 25 meter high building in Brighton.
Art News
Museum Forced to Return Stolen Sculpture After Decades of Battle
Aug 14, 2023
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2 minutes read
After decades of dispute, Chrysler Museum agrees to return stolen 'Wounded Indian' sculpture to Boston's MCMA. FBI Involvement plays crucial role in resolving the case.
Art News
Jeff Koons is planning to launch sculptures to the moon
Apr 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
Jeff Koons will send some of his sculptures to the moon. Afterward, they will be sold on Earth as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are digital assets that are shaking the contemporary art market. The specifics of the project have yet to be released. Private US company Intuitive Machines will launch the spacecraft.
Art News
Beeple's "Human One" sculpture and its NFT sold for $ 29 million
Nov 10, 2021
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The Beeple sculpture was sold for $ 28.9 million to an online auctioneer in Switzerland. HUMAN ONE 3D video sculpture is a combination of digital and physical technologies. It represents a person dressed in silver walking with what appears to be a space helmet on his head.
Lifestyle
Burning Man's latest metal cat sculpture has found a permanent home
Oct 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
Western North Carolina is the permanent home of a cat sculpture created on the other side of the country. The giant metal cat traveled to one of the mountain communities and brought encouraging words with it.
Art News
Beeple unveils his $29 million sculpture at the Crystal Bridges Museum
Jul 28, 2023
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The $29 million sculpture of Beeple is on display at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, marking its first public appearance in the United States since it was purchased by Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer. The artwork titled HUMAN ONE depicts humanity's first steps into the digital Metaverse with ever-moving screens and also offers a scavenger hunt experience for visitors to unlock NFTs related to the artist.
Art News
In Florida, a Rolls-Royce destroys a $3 million Damien Hirst sculpture!
Apr 13, 2023
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3 minutes read
The sculpture, which is part of a set that Hirst debuted at the 2017 Venice Biennale, is said to be worth $3m
Pop Culture
Spaniards are tired of the Las Meninas Street Sculptures coming back every year
Dec 16, 2022
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Since 2018, the streets of Madrid have been full of sculptures in the shape of Las Meninas, a painting by the Baroque artist Diego de Velázquez (1656). Artist Antonio Azzato started the private event every year, where comedians, models, TV hosts, bullfighters, and other famous people paint a three-dimensional Menina.
Art News
A Sculpture by Shahzia Sikander Sparks Outrage Among Anti-Abortion Activists in Texas
Feb 23, 2024
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Shahzia Sikander's sculpture, criticized by anti-abortion activists in Texas as "demonic," explores female empowerment and is accused of promoting abortion through its imagery. Facing opposition from groups like Texas Right to Life, the artwork reignites debates on art's role in societal and political discourse as it prepares for display at the University of Houston.
Artist Portraits
Marie Cohydon carves incredible little bird sculptures that require a microscope to be appreciated
Nov 17, 2021
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2 minutes read
French artist Marie Cohydon's microscopic sculptures require a microscope to view in detail. The graphite in the pencil is five millimeters high and two millimeters wide for reference. "To be working in the millimeter is to be in another dimension," she says.
Art News
The Louvre stops the sale of a record-breaking clay sculpture worth €2.5 million
Jun 22, 2023
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2 minutes read
Under patrimony rules, the museum can't step in during the auction, but it can buy up works at the end price.
Lifestyle
At the 'dream on' exhibition, John Bock's tentacle sculpture sprawls out of a Lincoln convertible
Jul 19, 2022
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The Greek organization NEON collaborates with the Hellenic Parliament to bring to life the iconic building of the former Public Tobacco Factory in Athens. The project, curated by Dimitris Paleocrassas, brings together a number of large-scale works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection.
Art News
Egypt honored at the world's only indoor museum dedicated to the art of sand sculpture
Nov 8, 2022
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3 minutes read
Thanks to the sand sculptures in Tottori, Japan, you can see places all over the world.
Art News
A sculpture by the Laocoön group has been vandalized, leaving two of its headless figures
Dec 9, 2021
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2 minutes read
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.
Art News
A Jeff Koons sculpture worth up to $12.5 million will be auctioned off to benefit Ukraine
Jun 10, 2022
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3 minutes read
A Jeff Koons sculpture worth up to £10 million ($12.5 million) will be auctioned off this month to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
Art News
After first appearing in New York, a €10 million 24-karat gold cube sculpture appears in Venice
Apr 22, 2022
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2 minutes read
Passers-by are invited to interact with the work, but it is only on display for one day.