Art News
Sudden Closure of Prominent Art Schools Leaves Students in Disarray!
Sep 28, 2023
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3 minutes read
Prominent Art Institutes in the US Close Abruptly, Leaving 1,700 Students Uncertain about Their Academic Futures. Financial Struggles and Ownership Changes Over a Decade Culminate in Unexpected Closure.
Artist Portraits
The Art of Ephemeral Spaces: Ernest Pignon-Ernest’s Impact on Urban Art
Aug 8, 2024
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10 minutes read
Ernest Pignon-Ernest, born in 1942, is a pioneering French urban artist renowned for his ephemeral, site-specific art that engages with social and historical themes, capturing the human condition and societal struggles through large-scale, evocative works integrated into public spaces.
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Amsterdam Art Detective Receives a Surprise: Six Stolen Paintings
Oct 18, 2023
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2 minutes read
Six stolen paintings, valued at over €100,000, were mysteriously delivered to Amsterdam art detective Arthur Brand without a return address. Brand suspects the thieves got scared after the recent recovery of a Van Gogh painting and decided to deposit the paintings on his doorstep.
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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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"Delivered in an Ikea tote": Art investigator retrieves Van Gogh masterpiece pilfered from Dutch museum
Sep 13, 2023
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2 minutes read
Three years in the past, 'The Parsonage garden at Nuenen in Spring' was snatched during a swift and sudden heist in Laren...
Artist Portraits
Yulia Varlamova, journey of art
Dec 17, 2022
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4 minutes read
Yulia Varlamova's path as an artist began suddenly. Perhaps all her life creativity has always been inside her, but she was just waiting for the right moment to manifest...
Artist Portraits
Emmanuel Passeleu, photography at the service of architecture
May 28, 2022
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6 minutes read
Emmanuel Passeleu's preferred medium is photography, oriented, to varying degrees, towards architecture. The purpose of this creation is to see the spectators project themselves into the photos, into a parallel world, created by the artist...
Artist Portraits
Olivier Messas, I have always been creative
Sep 15, 2023
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“I have always been creative, ever since my early childhood when I was happy with a box of markers and a few blank sheets of paper.”
Art History
The world as told by Realism
Oct 12, 2022
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7 minutes read
Realism first emerged in France, during the 1850s, when, after the Revolution of 1848, with the introduction of the right to work, art began to take an interest in the working-class population, as well as its environments and scenes of daily life...
Art History
The Berlin subway in painting
Sep 26, 2023
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7 minutes read
When we speak of cityscape, a pictorial genre that arose in the 18th century to immortalize mainly city landscapes, sometimes even taking them exclusively from life, we immediately think, as a kind of uncodified reflex, of Canaletto's Venice...
Art History
Summer on Canvas: The 10 Seascapes Not to Be Missed
Jul 2, 2024
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15 minutes read
Our selection of famous seascapes, performed by some of the best-known masters of all time, is precisely designed to see you on a lounger or in front of the fan dreaming of the sound of the ocean...
Art News
Hundreds of artists against controversially funded digital art exhibition
May 11, 2023
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Hundreds of artists are upset that a controversial data firm paid for a digital art show in Germany.
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Art Community in Paris Struggles with Olympic Security Measures
Jul 23, 2024
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Many galleries in Paris’s Saint Germain des Près area were forced to close due to unexpected security measures for the upcoming Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, causing significant disruption and financial strain for dealers and clients, exacerbated by poor communication, access issues, and a lack of compensation guidance.
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Billie Eilish's Viral Louvre Stunt: The Shocking Truth Behind the Hoax
May 21, 2024
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2 minutes read
A viral video that seemingly promoted Billie Eilish's new album at the Louvre was revealed to be a digitally altered hoax. The video misled viewers into believing a spectacular projection had occurred at the famous museum.
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Banksy Confirms Authorship of North London Mural
Mar 19, 2024
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Banksy confirmed as creator of a North London mural, showcasing his signature style. The artwork garners praise and cultural significance, with local authorities opting to preserve it.
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They paid over $240,000 to have a Banksy painting removed!
May 31, 2023
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"A living nightmare," said the couple who had a painting of Banksy on the wall of their home. For them, having a Banksy was more of a curse than a gift.
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JR will stick the faces of refugees and residents of the city on a building in Geneva
Jun 19, 2023
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2 minutes read
As the number of people who have to leave their homes hits a record high, a French artist's project called "Inside Out" aims to bring people in Geneva together.
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Original initiative in Oxford, refugees are trained as museum tour guides
Nov 29, 2021
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Following a £1 million grant from a Saudi organization, more refugees will be trained as tour guides at Oxford University museums. Over the next five years, Alwaleed Philanthropies will sponsor the Multaka project, which will work with 200 refugees and asylum seekers.
Artist Portraits
JIRI HAVLIK: Simplicity and efficiency
Sep 19, 2019
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2 minutes read
Slender women, naked or in swimsuits rub shoulders with riders, butterflies and landscapes with clean lines. Simplicity and efficiency are the hallmarks of this artist!
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"
Artist Portraits
Umberto Bottoni, the passion for conceptual art
Apr 16, 2022
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Umberto Bottoni's conceptual art, simple in form and rich in color, is characterized by the use of different materials, intended to convey a precise meaning...
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A Paris court has asked the Musée d'Orsay to return four works stolen during World War II
Feb 17, 2023
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These works by Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin belonged to Ambroise Vollard, a famous French art dealer, and will be returned to his heirs
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Simone Leigh and Sonia Boyce win top awards at the Venice Biennale
Apr 25, 2022
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For the first time, Black women received both of the top honors at the Venice Biennale.
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Shocking revelation about Warren Buffet's artist granddaughter!
Sep 26, 2023
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The granddaughter of investment genius Warren Buffett, artist Nicole Buffett, was estranged from the family fortune despite fond childhood memories. However, a recent connection through NFTs might herald a revival in their relationship.
Art History
What are the most popular flowers in the history of art?
Sep 10, 2024
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Artmajeur artists continue to explore and reinterpret natural elements--lily pads, roses, sunflowers, lilacs and poppies--inviting you to discover how nature has remained an inexhaustible source of inspiration and wonder for the fine arts...
Artist Portraits
Angelika Poels, the eternal feeling of wanting to create
Jan 23, 2022
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4 minutes read
The art of Angelika Poels, which uses different techniques and materials, can arise from the most spontaneous ideas of the artist, but also from the observation of reality and the world of art ...
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Geneviève Vacca-Giachero, art is as necessary as breathing
Mar 6, 2022
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4 minutes read
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero is a self-taught artist who likes to indulge in various techniques in order to share her great love of life...
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The Sistine Chapel set for Netflix, demolished just after it was used. 5 million dollars go up in smoke!
Aug 23, 2022
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4 minutes read
Netflix spent $5 million to make a copy of the Sistine Chapel that was perfect. The copy was destroyed soon after. Why?
Artist Portraits
Evelyne Sie, I have always loved to draw
Aug 12, 2023
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4 minutes read
I have always loved to draw, and that since my childhood. As a child, I drew the characters from "Mickey's newspaper" then, as a teenager, the models for perfume advertisements...
Artist Portraits
Olga Afanasiadi, attention to static and changing aspects of nature
Feb 12, 2022
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Olga Afanasiadi's art is characterized by a key theme: the transfer of impressions from nature to the abstract pictorial plane...
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Loferrie: a gift from birth
Oct 10, 2023
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5 minutes read
“I believe that the need to create and express a vision or a feeling through art begins with a visceral need at the dawn of incarnation, a gift from birth.”
Art History
Saving the planet: the strategies of contemporary art
Feb 27, 2022
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Ecological art, born in the nineties of the twentieth century, represents an artistic genre moved by the purpose of denouncing the global environmental crisis, through a strong exhortation to the protection, preservation and restoration of life forms and resources of the earth. This tendency pervades with force the contemporary art, which has provided the above mentioned genre with new and original points of view...
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They Desire Everything: Freddie Mercury Compilation Exceeds Predictions at Sotheby’s
Sep 8, 2023
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A diverse range of items, including Japanese art and a luxurious red crown and cape, ignited enthusiastic bidding on New Bond Street...
Lifestyle
Johnny Depp, Pop-Street painter and collector
Jul 31, 2023
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12 minutes read
John Christopher Depp II, an American actor and musician, was born on June 9, 1963. He has garnered numerous awards, such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been a three-time Academy Awards nominee and a two-time BAFTA nominee...
Artist Portraits
Simona Zecca, a continuous search
Apr 22, 2023
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6 minutes read
I cannot remember a single time in my life when I have not painted. I am a self-taught artist, curious and constantly seeking to learn new techniques and modes of expression...
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Mariia Kulchytska, the need to leave a mark on history
Oct 26, 2022
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Maria Kulchitskaya's acquaintance with art did not occur in childhood, but it was at the age of 18 that she became interested in painting and attended art school, which unexpectedly led her to photography...