Artist Portraits
Igors Gengeris, "figurative Linearism"
Feb 19, 2022
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3 minutes read
The painting of Igors Gengeris, which some critics call "Linearism", tries to approach the understanding of the language of God: the art...
Artist Portraits
Bad Replica: The raw brilliance of a diverted beauty
Mar 5, 2025
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3 minutes read
Bad Replica is a self-taught Montenegrin artist who reworks masterpieces with a naive, raw, and deeply sincere style. Blending humor, pain, and spontaneity, his works remind us that art can be powerful even (and especially) when it breaks the mold.
Art History
Harlequin: the contemporary iconography of a mask
Mar 1, 2022
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6 minutes read
In 1888-90 Paul Cézanne painted the Harlequin, in 1901 Pablo Picasso made the Thoughtful Harlequin and in 1919 Juan Gris immortalized the Harlequin with guitar. These are only some of the most famous interpretations of a topic, which has been widely exploited by artistic investigation between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But how have contemporary artists depicted this mask?
Art History
Art and the evolution of the world of work
May 1, 2022
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7 minutes read
The task of art has always been to permanently capture the reality of the eras in which it manifests itself, reporting its customs, lifestyles and ideals. With regard to this purpose, artistic research has also been dedicated to portraying the world of work, an activity inexorably linked to the life and survival of man...
Artist Portraits
Philippe Rude, the inspiration that comes from the joyful quality of boredom
Dec 3, 2022
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7 minutes read
Philippe Rude is a ceramic sculptor from northern France who, since 2014, has been committed to giving shape to his intuitive emotions and feelings....
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...