Artist Portraits
César: The Mastermind Behind Compressed Automobiles and Foam Sculptures
Aug 13, 2024
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7 minutes read
César Baldaccini, a pioneering French sculptor and key figure in Nouveau Réalisme, revolutionized contemporary art with his innovative sculptures and compressions of industrial materials, leaving a lasting legacy after his death in 1998.
Art News
Petrit Halilaj Transforms Children's Sketches and Balkan Memories into an Exhibit on the Met's Rooftop
May 2, 2024
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4 minutes read
Petrit Halilaj, a 38-year-old Kosovar artist, has created a unique installation, titled Abetare, on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit includes a large spider-shaped sculpture and a house-like structure, both infused with elements that reflect Halilaj's Balkan heritage and his personal history...
Artist Portraits
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero, art is as necessary as breathing
Mar 6, 2022
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4 minutes read
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero is a self-taught artist who likes to indulge in various techniques in order to share her great love of life...
Artist Portraits
Esteban Vera, creativity as inspiration
May 3, 2023
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7 minutes read
"My inspiration has always been creativity. It is a characteristic I have had since I was very young. I try to be creative in everything I do, and this eventually was instrumental in inspiring me to create artwork in different branches and styles".
Artist Portraits
Martin Zanollo: The creative process is a value for me
Nov 19, 2024
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7 minutes read
“I started painting and drawing a little before I began my studies in architecture. It has always been for me a way of thinking about reality and expressing my own being in every moment...”....
Lifestyle
Eugenio López Alonso: He now owns a 3,000-work collection
Dec 19, 2023
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8 minutes read
Eugenio López Alonso, the sole heir to the Jumex fruit-juice empire, is widely recognized as a patron of the arts. His foundation generously sponsors contemporary art exhibitions in Mexico, Latin American art courses at colleges and art schools in the United States...
Art History
The line: basis of figurativism, meaning of abstractionism
Jun 11, 2023
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8 minutes read
Introducing the subject of "linear" with the above definition, I proceed by adding that the above-mentioned geometric figure represents a fundamental dynamic element of visual communication, having the function of shaping...
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...
Artist Portraits
Tony Soulié: The Fusion of Nature, Urban Life, and Human Experience in Contemporary Art
Aug 14, 2024
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9 minutes read
Tony Soulié is a French multidisciplinary artist renowned for his work in painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation art, and photography. He gained prominence in the Nouvelle Abstraction movement during the 1970s and 1980s, and his work has been exhibited worldwide, with pieces housed in major public and private collections such as the Museum of Modern Art in Paris and the Utsunomiya Museum of Art....
Art News
Most exciting discovery in a century of a Roman mosaic in a field
Dec 1, 2021
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3 minutes read
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
Piotr Kachny: I have experimented with many techniques
Oct 8, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have experimented with many techniques: dry pastels, oil pastels, ink, watercolor, markers, poster paint, and acrylics. However, I ultimately chose oil paint, which remains my most commonly used medium in painting. In drawing, I like to experiment and combine techniques. As for themes, I’ve probably gone through everything imaginable."...
Art History
Abstract autumn
Sep 20, 2023
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8 minutes read
"As every year, for centuries, probably since the dawn of time that no one remembers, autumn is back, once again, a season accompanied by the colors of brown, red and yellow, which stick on the skin of leaves, trees and soil."...
Artist Portraits
Arturo Herrera: Mastering Rhythmic Visual Collage Art
Nov 19, 2024
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10 minutes read
Arturo Herrera, a Venezuelan-born, Berlin-based artist (b. 1959), is known for his collage-rooted works blending pop iconography, abstraction, and figuration. His art explores ambiguity through fragmentation, repetition, and dislocation, engaging memory and fantasy...
Art History
Brassaï
Jul 12, 2023
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13 minutes read
Brassaï, born Gyula Halász on September 9, 1899, and passed away on July 8, 1984, was a photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker...