Artist Portraits
Sagolop, the art of communicating without words
Mar 1, 2022
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3 minutes read
Sagolop, a self-taught artist, has found in painting a way to communicate with people without the need for words, expressing himself through the use of lines, stains and strokes, which go hand in hand with his perception of the unreal...
Artist Portraits
Wolfgang Pohn, I could never really express myself with words
Aug 26, 2023
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3 minutes read
"First comes the work on the portraits, the brushstroke is more intuitive and can take some time until I feel a great satisfaction inside ....this can consume up to 10 paintings until one is right"
Art History
Is it possible to use the word kitsch without offending art?
Jul 16, 2023
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9 minutes read
The term kitsch indicates a particular way of producing objects, sometimes even of presumed artistic value, which are in reality characterized by excessive, cheap, banal and, consequently, bad taste ornamentation...
Artist Portraits
JEAN-MARIE GITARD (Mr STRANGE): the aptly named
Sep 12, 2019
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2 minutes read
The unusual is obvious, and we do not really know what guided the artist: the desire to make visuals collide or the undisguised pleasure of illustrating a play on words, an expression, of showing that the absurd is nestled everywhere, in experience, words or images.
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How to publish a good biography ?
May 19, 2022
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6 minutes read
The perfect bio is about 120 words long. Here are some questions and answers that will help you get the most out of your artist bio.
Art History
The different histories of Expressionism
Aug 3, 2022
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7 minutes read
«Never was there an era more ravaged by despair, horror, death. Never has more sepulchral silence reigned over the world. Never has man been smaller. Never has he been more restless. Never has joy been more absent, and freedom more dead. And here is howling despair: man cries out for his soul, a single cry of anguish rises from our time. Art, too, screams in the darkness, calls for rescue, invokes the spirit: it is Expressionism».
Artist Portraits
JESSICA NODIN: Madness, absurdity, lightness
Nov 19, 2019
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3 minutes read
Jessica Nodin draws and writes, playing with forms as with words, to take advantage of the absurdities of language, images and ultimately of existence itself. The absurd demands to be treated seriously.
Artist Portraits
Francesco D'Adamo: My inspiration comes from painting itself
Oct 3, 2023
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7 minutes read
"Art and artist are words that sound very vague and in my language carry a kind of judgement. So I will talk about painting, which is what I do, and painter, because that is consequently what I am. "...
Artist Portraits
René Daniëls: The Visionary Painter Who Bridged Abstraction and Language
Mar 24, 2025
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8 minutes read
René Daniëls is a Dutch painter known for his conceptual and expressive approach to painting, blending art history, literature, and cultural references with wit and ambiguity. Emerging in the late 1970s, he gained international recognition in the 1980s and remains influential in contemporary art, with works housed in major museums worldwide.
Art History
The Provence of Cézanne and Van Gogh
Jul 2, 2023
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9 minutes read
The charm of Provence can be described in words, in poems, sometimes in music, as well as through the silent, but certainly impactful and highly expressive, medium of painting, aimed at tinging the colors of a land kissed by the sun...
Artist Portraits
Perception and Reality in the Art of René Magritte
Jun 19, 2024
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8 minutes read
René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his thought-provoking paintings that challenge the viewer's perception of reality. His work often explored themes of perception, identity, the nature of objects, and the relationship between words and images, all presented in a surreal and enigmatic style.
Artist Portraits
Miss.Tic: The Iconic Pioneer of Parisian Street Art and Feminist Expression
Jul 22, 2024
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4 minutes read
Miss.Tic was a pioneering French street artist renowned for her evocative stencils that explored themes of feminism and identity. Her distinctive work, which spanned both urban spaces and galleries, established her as a significant figure in contemporary art.
Artist Portraits
Christopher Wool: Language, Abstraction, and the Raw Edge of Contemporary Art
Apr 15, 2025
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7 minutes read
Christopher Wool (born in 1955) is an American artist whose work, since the 1980s, has explored themes related to post-conceptualism...
Artist Portraits
Natalya Mougenot: My multicultural heritage deeply influences my vision.
Dec 27, 2024
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6 minutes read
"From the first moment I picked up a brush, I realized that colors had a power that went beyond simple aesthetics: they formed a real language. Each brushstroke allowed me to communicate emotions that words often struggle to express."
Artist Portraits
Indian Heritage Arts Interview
Mar 14, 2017
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2 minutes read
This sale went very well, quickly and clearly
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...
Lifestyle
Feel Like an Artist: Turn Your Memories into Works of Art
Mar 31, 2025
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5 minutes read
Through art people possess the exceptional ability to convey feelings while maintaining recollection and developing original products. The process of expressing your personal memories through art becomes simultaneously satisfying when combined with its deep personal significance regardless of art experience.
Art History
The selfie in art history
Jun 5, 2022
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7 minutes read
Certainly, today's selfies are not the same thing compared to the first experiments on the self-timer, dating back to the early days of photography. Nevertheless, the first selfie in history is actually attributable to photographer Robert Cornelius...
Lifestyle
Do you speak NFT? The Ultimate Glossary of NFT Terms
Jun 17, 2022
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17 minutes read
If you are looking in the NFT sector, you may quickly feel confused by all the special terms everyone is using: We totally get it, because it has its own language. Here, we've put together a list of all the important words you might hear, so you'll know what they mean.
Artist Portraits
Julia Dogan: Art has always been my way of communicating
Apr 1, 2025
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21 minutes read
"Art has always been my way of communicating with the world—when words fall short, my paintings speak. I’ve experienced so much in life that demanded expression: moments of joy, pain, freedom, and longing. Every shift, every challenge, every moment of growth has added layers to my artistic voice."
Art News
Lensa is using your photos to train their AI, so be careful
Dec 9, 2022
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3 minutes read
Lensa users can upload photos and get 50 AI-generated selfies. Users send in "Face Data" to be used by Prisma AI to train their neural network. Apple's TrueDepth API gets this face data, which includes position, orientation, and face topology.
Lifestyle
Burning Man's latest metal cat sculpture has found a permanent home
Oct 12, 2022
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3 minutes read
Western North Carolina is the permanent home of a cat sculpture created on the other side of the country. The giant metal cat traveled to one of the mountain communities and brought encouraging words with it.
Artist Portraits
Robert Indiana: From LOVE to Pop Art Icon
Jul 18, 2024
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9 minutes read
Robert Indiana was an influential American artist known for his iconic "LOVE" artwork, which became a globally recognized symbol of love and optimism. His bold pop art style and use of text and symbols made him a prominent figure in 20th-century art.
Art History
The Art and Soul of Islamic Calligraphy: Exploring the Quranic Texts
Mar 26, 2024
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11 minutes read
Islamic calligraphy, also known as Arabic calligraphy, is the highly regarded art of writing in the Islamic world. This art form is characterized by the fluid and intricate stylization of the Arabic script and serves as one of the most prominent visual expressions of Islamic culture and faith...
Art History
Some elements of Greek architecture in the masterpieces of art
Feb 19, 2023
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9 minutes read
Evidence of the revival of the Corinthian capital, for mere decorative use, is given to us by the faux-architecture, as pictorial, realized in the loggia of Beato Angelico's Annunciation, a fresco of about 1425 located at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy.
Lifestyle
Exploring the Artistic Passions of Jay-Z and Beyoncé
Aug 28, 2023
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7 minutes read
With an estimated value reaching tens of millions of dollars, the art collection owned by the couple consists of artworks that have made a profound impact on the landscape of contemporary art. Moreover, their active support for emerging artists further contributes significant value to the art world.
Lifestyle
Artist JR supports Iranian women with an art installation in New York
Dec 7, 2022
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3 minutes read
Hundreds of people gathered on Roosevelt Island in New York City on Sunday to bring to life an art installation that showed solidarity with the women in Iran who are leading the uprising. Chants of "Woman, Life, Freedom" could be heard all around the island.
Art History
Love: from figurative to abstraction
Feb 12, 2023
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10 minutes read
When we come to the month of February, especially in the vicinity of the fourteenth, the many types of people in existence, whom we can imagine meeting at the bar, can be roughly summed up in four different human categories, such as: the perfect sweethearts, the love haters, the lonely hearts, the weeping widowers and those "strange" characters...
Artist Portraits
Bruno Mellis: I'm a graphic artist
Dec 9, 2023
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13 minutes read
" I don't believe there even is a choice like this—to become an artist or not. To me, whether or not you are something is merely the visible layer presenting your inner thoughts, feelings, and the way you interact with the world."...
Lifestyle
Why everyone should buy art: the health benefits of art
Jun 21, 2022
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6 minutes read
Art can be very good for your health and help you feel happier and healthier in general. A piece of art may speak to anyone. Thousands of years ago, people communicated stories by painting drawings on the interior walls of caves. Recent studies show that beauty and health go hand in hand in the world of art.
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."...
Art News
Louvre staff block entrances as part of pension protest
Mar 28, 2023
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1 minutes read
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed to the public on Monday because its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the government's unpopular plans to change pensions.
Artist Portraits
Jack Pierson: A Journey Through Memory, Identity, and Contemporary Art
Dec 27, 2024
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4 minutes read
Jack Pierson (b. 1960, Plymouth, Massachusetts) is an American visual artist and photographer. Recognized for his diverse body of work, including photography, collages, text-based sculptures, installations, drawings, and artist publications...
Art History
A popular pictorial format of the Renaissance
Apr 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
Certainly, within the immense breadth of the narrative of art history, works of rectangular or square format stand out in popularity and recurrence, which have often overshadowed the less common round or, even other shaped media.
Artist Portraits
Xu Bing, the artist who reinvents language and culture
Mar 18, 2025
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6 minutes read
Xu Bing is a contemporary Chinese artist whose work explores the links between writing, communication and cultural identity through iconic pieces such as Book from the Sky and Book from the Ground . Internationally acclaimed and awarded numerous prizes, he navigates between tradition and modernity, East and West, integrating calligraphy, new technologies and monumental installations to question our relationship with language.
Art News
The largest portrait of Picasso in the world by Dario Gambarin
Apr 11, 2023
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1 minutes read
Dario Gambarin has used a tractor to create portraits of the most famous people in the world and a portrait inspired by Picasso's self-portrait from 1907.