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A network of counterfeiters of Francis Bacon paintings dismantled by the Italian police
Sep 13, 2021
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500 designs and collages purported by the Irish artist Francis Bacon have been seized by the Italian authorities.
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Discover original paintings and photos that sublime Ireland!
May 14, 2020
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From Dublin to Connemara, from Londonderry to Cork, Ireland is an island with special colors.
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Egypt's Billion-Dollar Museum Set to Open Amid Tourism Challenges
Nov 13, 2023
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Egypt's Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is preparing to open its doors after two decades of development and a billion-dollar investment. Despite tourism challenges, including the Israel-Hamas conflict, the GEM is set to become the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization, showcasing 100,000 artifacts, with a significant portion on public display for the first time.
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Following a rift with Tate, a friend of Francis Bacon reroutes a donation to France
Apr 19, 2022
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Joule donated archive of Bacon's works to Tate in 2004. He will instead donate the masterpieces to the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Two museums buy together a masterpiece that they will exhibit in turn
Apr 4, 2023
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"Portrait of Mai (Omai)" by Joshua Reynolds is thought to be one of the most important early portraits of a person of color in Britain. In an innovative arrangement, it will travel between London and Los Angeles.
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Yusaku Maezawa, the famous art collector, has chosen artists for the SpaceX lunar mission
Dec 12, 2022
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Yusaku Maezawa, a well-known art collector, picked DJ Steve Aoki and BIGBANG's Top for SpaceX's moon mission.
Art History
Movement in photography: from the horse to the human figure
Jan 8, 2023
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The history of movement within photography is inextricably linked to the study of techniques, having the purpose of overcoming the "limits" of the oldest pictorial art, which, before Cubist and Futurist dynamism, had focused on immortalizing motion, fixing it in a very precise and "static" time frame...
Artist Portraits
Don McCullin
Jul 6, 2023
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Don McCullin is an acclaimed British photojournalist, known for his impactful photographs of conflict zones around the world. Her committed and emotionally powerful work has earned her international recognition and helped raise awareness of the devastating consequences of war and social injustice.
Art History
Photographs and celebrities: a long love story
Feb 9, 2022
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The link between photography and celebrity is historic and unbreakable, never more so than today, thanks to the advent of the Internet and platforms like Facebook and Instagram, our understanding of famous people is shaped through photographic images...
Lifestyle
Top 10 Artists to Follow on TikTok
Jan 29, 2021
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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.
Art History
6 Things to Know about Berthe Morisot
Sep 24, 2021
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Independent and indispensable to Impressionism, Berthe Morisot is an UFO in the history of Art. Like Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Artemisia Gentileschi or Suzanne Valandon, she’s a woman in a men’s world, who managed to impose herself and convert the difficulties of her existence into creative gunpowder.
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Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian: Collector since the age of 17
Dec 13, 2023
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Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian, hailing from Venezuela, embarked on her journey as an art collector at the tender age of 18...
Art History
Art in stripes: an explanation by Barnett Newman, Sean Scully and Agnes Martin
Nov 20, 2022
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Referring to the Google dictionary definition provided by Oxford Languages, the term strip stands for "the region of plane between two parallel lines," i.e., that elongated subject, which has often claimed its starring presence predominantly within abstract or minimalist works...
Art History
The nude at tea time
May 10, 2023
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The nude at tea time? What does this wacky title mean? How can the genre of the nude be juxtaposed with the drink of tea, in addition to be consumed exclusively at five o'clock in the afternoon?...
Art History
Starry night by Vincent van Gogh
Jun 15, 2023
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In the nocturnal setting of a countryside, Vincent van Gogh depicts a captivating scene. The houses come to life with illuminated windows, while a crescent moon casts its gentle glow upon an otherworldly sky filled with mesmerizing swirls.
Art History
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
May 30, 2023
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The Mona Lisa strikingly resembles Renaissance representations of the Virgin Mary, which was considered an ideal of femininity at the time. The woman in the painting is seated upright in a "pozzetto" armchair with her arms folded, indicating a reserved posture.