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Fear of offending Emiratis, private parts of Michelangelo's David statue censored at Dubai Expo
Oct 4, 2021
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The Italian pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will feature a 17-foot-tall 3D-printed replica of the David statue. After being postponed last year due to the pandemic, the expo this year features examples of innovation and culture from all over the world. According to reports, David's private parts were concealed to protect the modesty of conservative Emiratis and VIPs. The decision, however, has been roundly criticized by artists and art critics.
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Islamic art at the Louvre Museum: a superb exhibition of Muslim art to fight Islamophobia
Sep 22, 2021
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The Louvre museum is organizing exhibitions of Islamic art to combat rising Islamophobia. The initiative, headed by the Louvre, seeks to foster a more nuanced understanding of Islam. 18 art exhibitions dedicated to Islamic art will be held in 18 cities over the next four months. Each of the 19 invited artists are international artist from Algeria, Iran, Turkey, and Egypt.
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Luc Peire: The Vertical Visionary
Jul 25, 2024
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15 minutes read
Luc Peire was a distinguished Belgian artist renowned for his vertical abstraction style. His production, characterized by elongated forms and a profound sense of spatial depth, reflects a unique exploration of human existence and architectural forms. Peire's minimalist approach and innovative techniques have solidified his place in the annals of modern art...
Art History
Cars & art
Apr 24, 2022
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7 minutes read
The link between artists and the automobile is evident in the greatest masterpieces of art of all time, namely in sculptures, paintings, photographs and prints, which have immortalized this iconic means of locomotion, following multiple points of view and figurative techniques...
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...
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Call for projects “art & sport” exhibition at the Carrousel du Louvre & on Artmajeur.com
Jan 28, 2024
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Artmajeur lance un appel à projets international pour l'exposition « Art & Sport » présentée par ART SHOPPING au Carrousel du Louvre à Paris les 5, 6 et 7 avril 2024 lors de l'Art Week printemps 2024 . Double exposition physique et en ligne. Conditions : avoir une galerie sur artmajeur.com , 3 œuvres sur le thème du sport, livraison à Paris. Réponse avant le 8 mars 2024 . Tease de la nouvelle offre « Artmajeur Phygitale » qui permettra la vente en ligne d'œuvres physiquement exposées. 🎨🌟
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The Spanish government has granted protection status to a potential Caravaggio put up for auction at 1,500 euros
Dec 24, 2021
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2 minutes read
The Spanish government gave protected protection to a small oil painting believed by some experts to be the work of the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. The painting's new protected status as a work of cultural interest will offer specialists more time to study it in the hopes of identifying its genuine authorship, as it was previously thought to be a copy.
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...

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