Artist Portraits
Erwin Wurm: Austria's Thought-Provoking Artist
Dec 17, 2024
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8 minutes read
Erwin Wurm, a celebrated Austrian artist born in 1954, is renowned for his innovative and humorous approach to contemporary art. Specializing in sculpture and photography, his work explores the essence of human existence—physical, spiritual, psychological, and political—often critiquing Western society and consumer culture.
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Discover Adam McEwen's Thought-Provoking Conceptual Artworks
Jan 21, 2025
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7 minutes read
Adam McEwen is a British contemporary artist known for transforming everyday objects and cultural artifacts into thought-provoking artworks that blend humor, melancholy, and critique. His practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, often exploring themes of history, mortality, and consumer culture.
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A naive artist presenting one of her NFT works at the Carrousel du Louvre, thought she was going to exhibit at the Louvre Museum!
Mar 14, 2023
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3 minutes read
Ms. Silver, who was recently represented by agency WME, was invited to exhibit her works at Paris Blockchain Week, which is held at the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping center near the Louvre.
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Perfect Gifts: Unique Works of Art for Any Occasion
Apr 28, 2025
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5 minutes read
Gifting a unique work of art for weddings, anniversaries, or birthdays offers a timeless, deeply personal way to celebrate life's special moments. Unlike ordinary presents, art becomes a lasting treasure that grows in emotional value and strengthens the bond between giver and recipient.
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Olga Shagina Interview
May 13, 2019
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2 minutes read
I already recommended this site to some of my friends.
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Mario Venza, the feeling, thinking and doubts of human being
Nov 2, 2022
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3 minutes read
Mario Venza, extremely attentive to the particular expressions of everyday life, represents the feeling, thought and doubts of human beings...
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Giuseppe Penone in London: when nature sculpts art
Apr 8, 2025
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2 minutes read
The exhibition "Thoughts in the Roots" retraces the work of Giuseppe Penone by blending art, nature, and living matter, in a profound dialogue between sculptures and the environment. Through a stroll between galleries and landscapes, the visitor discovers an organic work, where nature becomes a co-author of artistic creation.
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Tomáš Tisoň, the charm of black and white
May 25, 2022
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3 minutes read
Tomáš Tisoň's photography pursues the goal of providing the viewer with the artist's point of view and thoughts. Usually Tomáš Tisoň's photographic production is marked by one main element...
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Disqualified from a competition for using AI, the photo was nevertheless very real
Jul 12, 2023
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2 minutes read
A real iPhone shot was disqualified from a photography contest because the judges thought it was made by artificial intelligence (AI).
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Tomasa Martin: I have always loved to draw and paint
Oct 31, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I have always loved to draw and paint. On my way to creating art, I think my biggest influence was Dalí. I thought he was wonderful."..
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Wichert van Engelen, the possibilities of expressing
Apr 15, 2023
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5 minutes read
"I am a craft artist. I am fascinated by the possibilities of expressing and realizing visualizations, thoughts, in concrete materials such as steel and bronze".
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Roger Quesnel: I was always a bit of a daydreamer
Apr 15, 2025
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8 minutes read
"I create all of my paintings purely from my imagination and completely intuitively as I paint. I have a general sense of the image I want to paint beforehand, but my main focus and thoughts as I paint, are more about the mood, atmosphere or the feeling I want to convey."...
Art History
Artemisia Gentileschi
Mar 6, 2023
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18 minutes read
Artemisia Lomi, also called Artemisia Gentileschi, was an Italian Baroque painter who lived from 1593 to around 1656. Gentileschi is thought to be one of the best artists of the 1600s...
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Artist Hugh Hayden Returns to Texas Embracing His Roots
Oct 31, 2024
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3 minutes read
Hugh Hayden’s latest solo exhibition, Homecoming, at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, delves into themes of memory, identity, and resilience. Dallas, the city where Hayden grew up, serves as the backdrop for a nostalgic yet thought-provoking display that merges his past with his art...
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Veronica Ryan, wins the Turner Prize
Dec 8, 2022
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3 minutes read
On Wednesday, Britain's most important art award went to an artist from New York who showed work at this year's Whitney Biennial.
Art History
Exploring Innovation: 10 Asian Artists Not to Miss on Artmajeur
Jun 18, 2024
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11 minutes read
It's time to immerse yourself in the creations of both emerging and established artists on Artmajeur, who are continuing to redefine what it means to be an Asian artist in the contemporary scene with their particularly innovative styles...
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Madonna would be the owner of a painting that disappeared during the First World War
Jan 19, 2023
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2 minutes read
Diana and Endymion," a painting by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, was finished in 1822. It was first shown at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Amiens in 1878. When it was no longer there after the city was bombed in 1918, people thought it had been destroyed.
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Svetlana Shavrina: my painting Focuses on the good things
Jun 17, 2024
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6 minutes read
"I believe that my painting Focuses on the good things I write and brings people positive thoughts . I usually use bright and light colours for oil works."...
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machOne, art should be emotional
Dec 23, 2022
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5 minutes read
machOne believes that art should be emotional: it should provoke a reaction, a thought or a conversation. machOne often tries to paint expressions of emotion, or suggestions of sexuality...
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Urban Wildlife in Art: Argote's Colossal Pigeon Sculpture Lands in NYC
Aug 5, 2024
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2 minutes read
This autumn, New York City will welcome a 16-foot-tall hyperrealist aluminium sculpture of a pigeon titled Dinosaur by Iván Argote on the High Line Plinth, paying homage to the city's thriving pigeon population and drawing parallels to the bird's prehistoric ancestors while adding a thought-provoking piece to the urban landscape.
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Michael Cheung, My View on Beauty
Feb 18, 2023
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2 minutes read
"I always liked to fantasize when I was little, I comforted myself with crayons, my grandfather saw in my drawings something different from other children's drawings, he thought I had a talent for drawing, and from that moment on I took private drawing lessons"
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The most representative pictorial examples for each landscape subject featured on ArtMajeur
Feb 18, 2025
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9 minutes read
A researcher, lost in thoughts and coffee, finds inspiration where she least expects it: on ArtMajeur, a world of landscapes that goes beyond the classic flower-filled fields. Mountains, deserts, forests, seascapes, and cities intertwine in a visual narrative that reveals the extraordinary diversity of nature and contemporary art...
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Alexandra Efimova: I constantly experiment
Feb 9, 2024
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6 minutes read
"For me, art is a means of broadcasting my feelings and thoughts, my personal connection with the cosmos and the opportunity to share my impressions with my viewer through symbols and signs."...
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Moroccan earthquake gravely damages important historical sites
Sep 12, 2023
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4 minutes read
Affected locations include the High Atlas Mountains' Tinmel mosque, which is thought to have been destroyed almost entirely.
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Chiara Napolitano, the art that allows you to breathe
Nov 9, 2022
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7 minutes read
The 'juxtaposition of the decorative motifs of the papers, which Chiara Napolitano uses in her paintings is never' chosen at random, but thought out, as the artist spends a lot of time deciding which pattern might look best in the context in which she is going to paint...
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The security guard who defaced a painting by Anna Leporskaya does not understand his gesture
Feb 15, 2022
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3 minutes read
Aleksandr Vasiliev said he thought Anna Leporskaya's painting was a children's sketch. Graffiti daubed "No eyes, no mouth, no beauty" on famous Lina Leporskaya painting Three Figures. Artist Evgeny Vasiliev has been charged with criminal vandalism. He faces up to three months in prison and a $4,600 fine.
Art History
TOP 10: works inspired by movies
Apr 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
My top 10, in addition to linking, through the meaning of the films, the world of art to the world of cinema, also pursues the intention of providing you with revealing images, capable of making you gasp in thought: I, too, had felt that shot, that scene or that gesture, as depicted by the artist of Artmajeur...
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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.
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The police go to the art gallery to save a woman in distress, which is actually a sculpture
Dec 13, 2022
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2 minutes read
"Kristina" is a sculpture of a sleeping woman on a chair, her head on a desk. Someone called the police as someone inside the gallery appeared to have a medical emergency.
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A popular TikTok joke about the theft of the Mona Lisa has confused many people
Jan 13, 2023
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2 minutes read
A joke TikTok about the Mona Lisa being stolen has gone viral, making many people confused because they thought it was real.
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Sebastien Devore, the art that hides a message
Jan 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
Sebastien Devore's paintings, the result of extensive research and preparatory drawings, generally contain a message, a feeling or a food for thought ...
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Robert Inestroza, the fusing of paint and sculptural elements
Apr 1, 2023
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5 minutes read
"The urge to draw and paint came naturally at a very young age with my little paint set and I was always encouraged. I spontaneously documented moments, moods, and thoughts as a means to process events and still do that today."
Art History
Goddess Unveiled: Exploring the Artistic Depictions of Durga Puja
Apr 25, 2024
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14 minutes read
Exploring the diverse representations of Durga Puja in art, from traditional to modern interpretations, reveals the festival's enduring significance as a source of inspiration for artists and a reflection of cultural identity. Through intricate paintings, sculptures, and innovative installations, artists celebrate Durga Puja's rich mythology and collective ethos, bridging tradition with innovation to captivate audiences and provoke thought on pressing societal issues.
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Brushes of Solitude: The Life and Art of Ai Xuan
Oct 24, 2024
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7 minutes read
Explore the haunting realism of Ai Xuan's oil paintings, capturing melancholy and solitude in rural Tibet. Discover how his art reflects China's cultural shifts.
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Picasso's turn to get bogged down by members of the Extinction Rebellion
Oct 10, 2022
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2 minutes read
Two Extinction Rebellion members who stuck themselves to a Picasso painting at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne were arrested on Sunday.
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Controversial Artwork Sparks Violence and Debate in Modena
Apr 2, 2024
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A provocative painting displayed in Modena, Italy, led to an act of vandalism and an artist's injury, igniting a heated debate over artistic freedom and the boundaries of dissent. The incident spurred calls for dialogue over conflict in response to art that challenges traditional religious interpretations.