Art News
The Sistine Chapel set for Netflix, demolished just after it was used. 5 million dollars go up in smoke!
Aug 23, 2022
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4 minutes read
Netflix spent $5 million to make a copy of the Sistine Chapel that was perfect. The copy was destroyed soon after. Why?
Art News
The 4th Lyon International Street Art Festival at the forefront of new technologies
Oct 18, 2022
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3 minutes read
The Peinture fraiche (Wet Parinting) international street art festival is back at the Halle Debourg in Lyon (France). A new show set in the present, where music and new technologies are everywhere. Here's what you can look forward to.
Artist Portraits
Wim Delvoye: Redefining Art Through Provocation and Innovation
Aug 8, 2024
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8 minutes read
Wim Delvoye is a contemporary Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his provocative and innovative works that blend philosophical concepts with diverse materials, often challenging traditional art boundaries. His notable projects include the "Cloaca" series, which simulates the digestive process, and intricately tattooed pig skins that juxtapose Gothic and modern elements.
Art History
The three Graces: from Raphael's composure to Rubens' sensuality
Dec 18, 2022
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9 minutes read
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
Top 10 of the World's Scariest Paintings
Oct 19, 2020
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6 minutes read
Because Halloween is coming, we would like to introduce you to 10 artists who have transcended the history of art with dark, oppressive or dramatic artworks that you certainly wouldn't want to hang above your bed.
Artist Portraits
Annabelle Amory: Art allowed me to exteriorize this nonconformism
Nov 20, 2023
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6 minutes read
"Since I was little, I have felt out of step with society, the norm and others. I don't have the same desires, the same codes, nor the same aspirations."...
Art History
Different forms of classicism
Jul 13, 2022
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7 minutes read
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
Dragons Everywhere!
Feb 9, 2024
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8 minutes read
As we will illustrate later, according to the Chinese calendar, 2024 is the year of the dragon, a 12-month time span during which zodiac signs will be more or less benefited by the presence of this animal...
Art History
Naïve art explained by the "beasts" of Henri Rousseau and Antonio Ligabue
Dec 14, 2022
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9 minutes read
Naïf art, an artistic production, which, precisely because it is created by people without academic training, is often underestimated in its peculiar crude and instinctive approach to materials, composition and ideas, characteristics that have given this type of artists the appellation of primitivists, ingenuous or faux ingenuous...
Art History
Women: from unicorns to pets
May 17, 2023
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9 minutes read
I imagine a beautiful and elegant woman intent on carrying in her designer handbag a cuddly Chihuahua, a four-legged animal with often puffy and extremely expressive eyes, which, despite appearing so small, tender and sweet...
Art History
Top 10: emerging artists
Mar 19, 2023
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13 minutes read
An emerging artist is usually defined as one who is in the early stages of his or her career, that is, still in the throes of refining his or her style, while beginning to gain some critical recognition, at the same time trying to develop a well-known commercial representation...
Artist Portraits
Artist Biography: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jun 18, 2024
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14 minutes read
Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, rose to prominence in the 1980s Neo-expressionism movement through his SAMO graffiti and solo exhibitions. His vibrant, symbolic art explored themes of race, class, and societal structures. Despite his death in 1988 at age 27, Basquiat's extensive body of work continues to be celebrated and cements his legacy as an iconic figure in modern art.
Artist Portraits
Philippe Pasqua: Confronting Identity and Mortality with Raw Artistic Expression
Jul 26, 2024
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6 minutes read
Philippe Pasqua is a contemporary French artist known for his provocative and often unsettling portraits, which explore themes of identity, mortality, and the human condition. His work combines elements of painting and sculpture, frequently featuring raw and intense imagery.
Artist Portraits
Yohan Festin, Art has always attracted me
Apr 29, 2023
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4 minutes read
"Art has always attracted me, especially street art and music. In my teens, I tried my hand at graffiti on my notebooks and drawing sheets. I always had this need for creativity, to make something with my hands. I started to paint on different mediums, met artists. It made me want to be even more creative and to do it seriously".
Lifestyle
Top 10 Artists to Follow on TikTok
Jan 29, 2021
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6 minutes read
With more than 800 Million active users worldwide, TikTok has become in just few years one of the most popular social networks of the new generation.
Artist Portraits
Hyun Ae Kang: Bridging Cultures Through Abstract Art
Jul 29, 2024
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8 minutes read
Hyun Ae Kang is a South Korean contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings that blend traditional Korean spiritual themes with Western abstract expressionism. Her work is characterized by a bold use of color and texture, setting her apart from the monochromatic style of the Dansaekhwa movement.
Artist Portraits
Vasiliy Pimenov, The art of making life better
Feb 26, 2022
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8 minutes read
Vasily Pimenov's art aims to improve human life through artistic production that comes from the soul and crosses approaches and styles that are also very different...