Art News
"Shine": the Jeff Koons exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy).
Nov 16, 2021
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Jeff Koons is the protagonist of the exhibition Shine, a "blockbuster" event conceived to bring together the masterpieces of the American artist, which will be open until the end of January 2022, at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy). The exhibition, born from the collaboration of the Florentine institution with the American artist, revolves around the concept of brightness, or "shine", which characterizes most of the works on display...
Art News
Infinite Accumulation: Kusama’s New Artwork in London
Aug 20, 2024
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Yayoi Kusama's Infinite Accumulation (2024) at London's Liverpool Street Station, her largest and first permanent public artwork in the UK, is a 100-meter-long sculpture that uses her signature polka dots to reflect the city's diverse population and social fabric.
Art History
What is kinetic art?
May 11, 2022
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7 minutes read
Kinetic Art, or Programmed Art, was born after World War II in concomitance with the decline of geometric abstraction. It is an artistic current whose purpose is to illustrate the study of the mechanisms of vision, aspiring to a rendering in pictorial and plastic terms of dynamism, optical phenomena and light...
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 News
Poland's Art Scene Cheers as Right-Wing Party Falls Short of Majority
Oct 20, 2023
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2 minutes read
Poland's arts community cautiously welcomes the failure of the right-wing ruling party to secure a majority in the recent election. They hope this change will bring a more balanced approach to cultural management.
Art News
Louis Vuitton announces a global polka dot invasion by collaborating with artist Yayoi Kusama
May 18, 2022
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2 minutes read
Louis Vuitton announced a collaboration with artist Yayoi Kusama on Monday. The pair will work on a series of leather goods for the brand's 2023 cruiseline collection. This is the second time the Maison has worked with the acclaimed artist, who is known for her repetitive use of polka dots.
Art News
Expansion work allows the creation of a rare work of land art!
Jul 6, 2023
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2 minutes read
The outdoor installation was first considered in 2003, but it was not built until the Italian artist reached the age of 90.
Art News
The Pinault Dynasty's Next Act: A Fresh Face Takes the Helm at Christie's
Apr 8, 2024
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2 minutes read
François Louis Nicolas Pinault, at 26, steps into the Christie's board, marking a generational shift in the Pinault family's luxury empire. This appointment signifies a broader transition within family-controlled businesses in France, reinforcing the Pinaults' influence in the art and luxury sectors.
Art History
Art and feminism
Mar 8, 2023
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9 minutes read
"I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women, and myself aspire to more than just a place behind a good man."
Art News
Keanu Reeves and Artist Alexandra Grant Are Funding Art Projects as Advisors to the New Futureverse Foundation
Jul 8, 2022
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3 minutes read
The 'The Matrix' star and his longtime girlfriend are collaborating to support underrepresented artists through blockchain technology.
Art News
EmotionAir: A Sensory Journey Through Inflatable Art in San Francisco
Apr 3, 2025
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3 minutes read
The Balloon Museum's EmotionAir exhibition transforms the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco into a unique sensory journey, combining inflatable art, light, sound, and interaction to bring art to life in a new way. Led by 22 international artists, this immersive experience invites the public to feel, explore, and interact with monumental installations designed to awaken emotions through all the senses.
Art History
Women of art
Jun 1, 2022
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7 minutes read
Unfortunately, our art historical past has often eclipsed, omitted and concealed the importance, and weight, exerted by the "fairer sex" within it. In this context, it seems necessary to bring to light, and thus to memory, the work of women in the art world, with the purpose of making it finally, or further, visible and recognized...
Art News
Shocking revelation about Warren Buffet's artist granddaughter!
Sep 26, 2023
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3 minutes read
The granddaughter of investment genius Warren Buffett, artist Nicole Buffett, was estranged from the family fortune despite fond childhood memories. However, a recent connection through NFTs might herald a revival in their relationship.
Art History
Gold in artworks
Dec 10, 2021
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7 minutes read
Gold is the protagonist of many masterpieces in the history of art, such as Byzantine mosaics, paintings by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini, Gentile da Fabriano and Gustave Klimt. The ancient technique of the Gold Background, with which all these works were made, was excellently described in the treatise of about 1440 by Cenninino Cennini, entitled "Libro dell'arte"...
Artist Portraits
Kreminskii: A painter, a vision, a legacy
Mar 31, 2025
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3 minutes read
Andrei Kreminskii is a Ukrainian artist at the intersection of classicism and modern abstraction, renowned for his profound and poetic works. His powerful, symbolically charged visual world appeals to collectors and art lovers seeking a sincere and unique perspective on the contemporary world.
Art History
Snow in Flemish Painting
Dec 19, 2023
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8 minutes read
Flemish masters such as Jacob Grimmer, influenced by the art of Bruegel the Elder, painted snowy landscapes with skaters and hunters...
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 Representation of Women in Art Across Continents and Cultures
Mar 4, 2025
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March 8th is not just a day of celebration, but also an opportunity to reflect on how the female figure is perceived, narrated, and represented around the world. Art, in all its forms—from painting to sculpture, from photography to drawing—is a powerful mirror of society, capable of revealing the multiple nuances of the female condition in different cultural contexts...
Artist Portraits
Marc Mugnier: the sculptor of nature and earthly memory
Jun 15, 2024
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4 minutes read
Marc Mugnier is a contemporary French sculptor who shapes stone, wood, and metal to create powerful and poetic works deeply connected to nature and the memory of the earth. His work, exhibited in France and internationally, embodies a lasting and sensitive aesthetic, making him an artist with strong investment potential.
Art News
Joan Mitchell lights up the Tate Modern thanks to the historic gift from the Pérez family
Apr 4, 2025
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Tate Modern has received Iva , a monumental work by Joan Mitchell, from collectors Jorge and Darlene Pérez—the largest art donation since 1969. This gesture strengthens the visibility of underrepresented artists and highlights the growing role of private collectors in public access to art.
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...
Art History
Masterpieces dressed in purple
Jun 7, 2023
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8 minutes read
There are three masterpieces in the history of art, placed between the pictorial and photographic worlds, aimed at immortalizing the same subject, staring confidently at the viewer, while wearing a detail, the coloring of which is the subject of the discussion at hand: purple...
Lifestyle
Isabel and Agustín Coppel: One of Mexico's most significant collections
Dec 11, 2023
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4 minutes read
Agustín Coppel, one of the five billionaire sons of Enrique Coppel Tamayo, the founder of a Mexican retail empire focused on low-income consumers, currently holds the positions of chairman and chief executive at his father's conglomerate, Grupo Coppel...
Lifestyle
Mauro Herlitzka: one of Latin America’s most relevant art collectors
Jan 17, 2024
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Renowned as one of the most prominent art collectors in Latin America, businessman Mauro Herlitzka is deeply committed to fostering the growth and global visibility of the region's art scene...
Lifestyle
Kim Chang-il: First Korean on the World's Top 100 Collectors List
Jan 18, 2024
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5 minutes read
Kim Chang-il, a prominent figure in the Korean art scene, is an acclaimed art collector, gallerist, artist, and businessman. With a consistent presence on ARTnews top 200 list for nine years and acknowledged among the world's 100 top collectors by Art Review, he possesses one of the world's largest contemporary art collections.
Art History
The history of Polish art: traditions halfway between Europe and Russia
May 8, 2022
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6 minutes read
Polish art, while maintaining its own peculiarities of genre and style, has often reflected the figurative trends expressed by the movements of neighboring countries and continents, such as Russia and Europe. This is due to the fact that, at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Poland did not yet exist as a state, since it was divided between Austria, Russia and Prussia, countries from which it drew obvious artistic contaminations...
Art History
In which ways does African art influence contemporary artists?
Mar 23, 2022
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The fact that the most ancient origins of humankind are to be found in Africa is now irrefutable. However, this continent has also been decisive in the development of figurative arts, since African art has succeeded in shaping the culture of the world with its particular styles. But how have these influences been expressed in contemporary art?
Lifestyle
P. Diddy, from Hip-Hop to Record-Breaking Art Collection
Aug 8, 2023
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6 minutes read
"Past Times" is set to become a notable addition to the extensive collection of contemporary art amassed by the entrepreneur who transitioned from the world of rap...
Art History
The timeless popularity of geometric abstraction
Mar 27, 2022
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Geometric Abstraction is still very popular today, both in terms of the art scene and the market, as evidenced by the numerous exhibitions dedicated to this movement, organized by the world's most important institutions, museums and galleries...
Art History
American art: from "follower" to "influencer"
Mar 16, 2022
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6 minutes read
America, with its artists, masterpieces and movements, has indelibly marked the history of Western art, imposing itself as a force promoting tastes and trends. But has it always been so?
Art History
Tango no Sekku: Historical Evolution and Artistic Representations
Jun 5, 2024
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Tango no Sekku, initially an imperial court ceremony on May 5, evolved from a home purification festival to one celebrating samurai boys and all children, featuring symbols like iris leaves, samurai armor, and carp streamers. Artistic works painting connect these historical traditions with modern expressions, highlighting themes of strength, perseverance, and protection.
Artist Portraits
Bosco Sodi: The Artist of Material and Essence
Sep 4, 2024
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6 minutes read
Bosco Sodi is a Mexican contemporary artist celebrated for his focus on raw materials and their inherent beauty. His works explore texture, form, and the unpredictability of natural processes. By using materials like clay, sawdust, and pure pigments, Sodi creates paintings and sculptures that emphasize the physicality of the medium, embracing imperfection and the uncontrolled forces of nature...
Art History
Anthropomorphism in art
Sep 4, 2022
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Anthropomorphism in art, as anticipated, has a rich and ancient tradition, in fact, among the earliest examples of anthropomorphic figures we find the Löwenmensch ivory statuette, which, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, that is, approximately 32,000 years ago, depicts a human sculpture having the head of a lion...
Art History
How art and video games learn from each other
Sep 14, 2022
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Referring to the simplest and most accessible definition of art, found on Wikipedia, a widely circulated democratic online encyclopedia, the video game could indeed be associated with the more traditional forms of creativity, as a technological medium in which the avant-garde of science dialogues with the more usual forms of artistic expression...
Artist Portraits
2fast, inspired by hip hop culture
Mar 25, 2023
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7 minutes read
"Since I was a little kid, since I remember, I was always drawing and creating something, so I was pretty sure that I wanted to work some kind of a creative job in my life. From a young age, drawing was my creative excursion into the world of imagination, the world I created on paper, the worlds and objects I invented, the cars I would drive..."
Art History
The Typical Subjects of Flemish Art Today: Still Lifes, Interiors, and Genre Scenes
Apr 1, 2025
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7 minutes read
It is therefore interesting to highlight how the influence of the iconic subjects of Flemish art extends to the present day, inspiring contemporary artists on ArtMajeur who reinterpret these traditional genres with new visual languages.