Art News
Italian Minister Backs Israel's Inclusion at Venice Biennale
Feb 28, 2024
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2 minutes read
Italy's Culture Minister affirmed Israel's participation in the Venice Biennale, countering a protest by artists. The minister criticized the protest and emphasized culture as a means of dialogue and freedom.
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.
Art History
A Renaissance against racism...
Feb 22, 2023
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10 minutes read
Larsen's novel seems to continue in the point of view expressed, roughly thirty years later, by Jacob Lawrence's painting, which, titled Taboo (1963), is one of the many works created by the artist during the civil rights movement, aimed at expressing, through the depiction of two mixed couples intent on getting married, all the aversion felt by the master to taboos concerning marriages between people of different races...
Art History
Decoding “Strangers Everywhere”: Artmajeur artists interpret the themes of the Venice Biennale 2024
May 14, 2024
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15 minutes read
Artmajeur artists creatively engage with the themes of the Venice Biennale 2024, representing art movements as diverse as Outsider Art, Queer Art, Folk Art, and narratives against racism...
Art History
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
Jun 21, 2023
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22 minutes read
The painting known as The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych created by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch between 1490 and 1510. It is painted with oil on oak panels and is currently housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain...