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AC-ONE: Characters who seek each other

Oct 1, 2019

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Urban motifs, tags, legible or illegible graffiti: the works of Ac-one are full of elements that are generally found in the world of street-art.

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JÁNOS KUJBUS: Characters deliberately taken out of context

Mar 10, 2020

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Janos Kujbus likes to paint his contemporaries: he lingers on faces, on bodies, on specific postures in clothes that everyone could wear.

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CLAUDE THIBAUD: Characters who are active, despite everything

Feb 18, 2020

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Claude Thibaud loves the human body. He represents it in most of his paintings while freeing himself from the constraints of form and anatomical rules. The characters are active in a setting made of tints which does not give more precision. The human body, as in weightlessness, in a void where anything is possible ...

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The characteristics of autumn as told by works of art

Sep 21, 2022

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The main, as well as the most classic and celebrated peculiarities of autumn, which have become the quintessential symbol of the season are: the falling leaves, the strong concentration in nature of brown and reddish colors, the abundant rains, and the typical fruit of the season. All these distinctive elements have been immortalized by the greatest painters of all time...

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Esteban Vera, creativity as inspiration

May 3, 2023

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"My inspiration has always been creativity. It is a characteristic I have had since I was very young. I try to be creative in everything I do, and this eventually was instrumental in inspiring me to create artwork in different branches and styles".

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Antonio Seguí: A Legacy of Humor, Irony, and Urban Expression in Modern Art

Jul 25, 2024

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Antonio Seguí, painter and engraver, was born on January 11, 1934, in Córdoba, Argentina. From a young age, he showed a deep connection to his country's vibrant culture and political climate...

Since the dawn of civilisation, children have represented an extremely popular artistic subject, capable of expressing joy, love and candour, within figurative narratives aimed at illustrating not only the attitudes and psychological characteristics of the little protagonists, but also the customs and traditions of their families, as well as the different approaches to the world of childhood that have characterised the different eras...

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M. Chat: The Grinning Cat That Took the World by Storm

Aug 9, 2024

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M. Chat is a French street artist known for his signature cartoonish cat characters, which he began creating in the early 2000s. His vibrant and playful artworks appear on urban surfaces around the world, making a distinctive mark on the street art scene.

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Harlequin: the contemporary iconography of a mask

Mar 1, 2022

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In 1888-90 Paul Cézanne painted the Harlequin, in 1901 Pablo Picasso made the Thoughtful Harlequin and in 1919 Juan Gris immortalized the Harlequin with guitar. These are only some of the most famous interpretations of a topic, which has been widely exploited by artistic investigation between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But how have contemporary artists depicted this mask?

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Exploring Takashi Murakami's Superflat Universe

Jun 26, 2024

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Born in Tokyo in 1962, Takashi Murakami is a renowned Japanese contemporary artist known for his diverse practice in painting, sculpture, fashion, and animation. Blurring the lines between high and low art, he draws from Japan's aesthetic traditions and postwar culture. His influential "Superflat" theory, introduced in 2000, critiques Japanese consumer culture through flattened forms, merging traditional and contemporary art.

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Is it possible to use the word kitsch without offending art?

Jul 16, 2023

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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...

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Eminem and Snoop Dogg used their Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars for their VMAs performances

Aug 30, 2022

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At the VMAs, Eminem and Snoop Dogg sang as their Bored Ape Yacht Club characters.

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Pokémon Enthusiasts Cause Frenzy at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum

Oct 2, 2023

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A collaboration merging the Dutch artist's work with Pokémon characters sold out in just hours.

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Goku and his friends turned into adorable babies thanks to AI

Dec 23, 2022

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AI-generated art is a new form of art that many artists are trying out. An Instagram artist decided to see what AI could do when asked to draw popular characters from the Dragon Ball Z series as cute babies

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Evelyne Sie, I have always loved to draw

Aug 12, 2023

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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...

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Portraits of powerful people and celebrities

Jan 5, 2022

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Art, since ancient times, has always immortalized prominent personalities, mostly belonging to the world of politics and religion. Since the fifties of the twentieth century, however, join the above categories also those of the characters of show business...

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The remake of Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez

Nov 11, 2021

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Las Meninas by Velázquez, a Spanish masterpiece from the seventeenth-century, which has been reinterpreted by many famous painters, including Goya and Picasso, is still an object of investigation by artists from all over the world, such as those in our collection.

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Exploring KAWS: From Graffiti Roots to Global Influence

Jun 28, 2024

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Brian Donnelly, also known as KAWS, is an American artist whose eclectic blend of high art and pop culture has resonated globally since the 1990s. From graffiti roots to monumental sculptures and collaborations with brands like Dior and Supreme, KAWS has redefined contemporary art, provoking both acclaim and controversy while maintaining a significant influence in the art market and beyond.

Cynthia Morris Sherman, born in 1954, is an American artist renowned for her art that mainly features self-portraits captured through photography. Her work involves portraying herself in diverse settings and assuming different fictional personas...

Lifestyle

We finally discovered the skulls of our favorite cartoons

Nov 8, 2021

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Filip Hodas has created realistic illustrations depicting what cartoon characters' skulls would look like if they had anatomically correct cranial structures. He began a year-long daily render project in 2015 to build an online following and is now one of the most well-known 3D artists.

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Dance at the Moulin de la Galette by Auguste Renoir

Jun 7, 2023

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"Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette" is a famous painting by Auguste Renoir. Made in 1876, it depicts a lively and joyful scene at an open-air ball at the famous Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris.

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Iconic beauty: the depiction of Venus in the history of art

Nov 30, 2021

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Beauty is an abstract concept, which has often come to life in the works of the greatest artists of all time, but without finding a single form of representation. In fact, the idea of beauty is changeable, since it is subject to the changes of the historical, cultural, economic and social context in which artists found themselves operating. This can be exemplified by the evolution that, over the centuries, has undergone the representation of the goddess of love, Venus...

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Unlocking the Secret: How did 5 Artmajeur artists achieve success on Instagram?

Apr 23, 2024

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Social media has revolutionized art by providing a global platform for artists, democratizing art consumption and appreciation, while successful Instagram artist profiles showcase high-resolution images, creative storytelling, and thematic coherence, engaging audiences and elevating unknown artists to stardom....

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Mister Pablo Costa: My father encouraged me to create works of art

Apr 9, 2024

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"My father, a computer graphic designer by trade for whom I had great admiration, pushed me to create works of art. I spent the first 10 years of my life in his workshop. He painted in oil surrealist works characterizing his life journey and idolizing Salvador Dali"...

Gold is the protagonist of many masterpieces in the history of art, such as Byzantine mosaics, paintings by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini, Gentile da Fabriano and Gustave Klimt. The ancient technique of the Gold Background, with which all these works were made, was excellently described in the treatise of about 1440 by Cenninino Cennini, entitled "Libro dell'arte"...

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Kong Karoon Sosothikul: Between Music, Fashion and Artistic Passion

Aug 9, 2023

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Kong Karoon Sosothikul, Thai actor and singer, embodies a fusion of music, fashion and artistic passion. Having become famous in the field of entertainment, he shares his love for contemporary art through the EchoOne Nanzuka initiative, linking his fame to a creative and enriching platform.

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Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez

Apr 20, 2023

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"Las Meninas" is a famous painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Completed in 1656, it depicts a scene in the court of King Philip IV of Spain, with the king and queen reflected in a mirror in the background...

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Superheroes in contemporary art

Jul 27, 2022

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According to the most general definitions, a superhero is a costumed character, and one with a secret identity, belonging to the world of comic books, fiction, cartoons or movies, who, strong, courageous and extremely noble of spirit, unreservedly strives to protect humanity against evil, which he opposes thanks to his extraordinary abilities, namely superpowers...

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Anthropomorphism in art

Sep 4, 2022

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Anthropomorphism in art, as anticipated, has a rich and ancient tradition, in fact, among the earliest examples of anthropomorphic figures we find the Löwenmensch ivory statuette, which, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, that is, approximately 32,000 years ago, depicts a human sculpture having the head of a lion...

Art and advertising have combined since the second industrial revolution, generating works and artistic currents that have revolutionized both the world of art and that of marketing. But when was this fruitful association born and how has it evolved over the centuries?

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Johnny Depp, Pop-Street painter and collector

Jul 31, 2023

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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...

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Outsider art: a controversial movement

Jun 29, 2022

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"True art is where no one expects it, where no one thinks about it or utters its name. Art is above all vision, and vision, many times, has nothing in common with intelligence nor with the logic of ideas"...

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Raku Inoue's Botanical Assemblages create Dinosaurs in Layers of Leaf

Jul 12, 2022

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Japanese artist Raku Inoue creates miniature sculptures of dinosaurs by layering kiwi vines, white spruce, and boxelder maple. The leaves' ribbed, veiny textures evoke the reptile skin of some of the Jurassic Park film's most well-known characters.

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Francesco Musante: A Journey Through Imaginative Art

Jul 18, 2024

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Francesco Musante is an Italian painter celebrated for his vibrant and whimsical expression. His art transports viewers to enchanted worlds filled with vivid colors and playful forms, creating a unique narrative that blends fantasy and poetry...

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María Eugenia Piacentini Veron, it was only in my mind

Jul 1, 2023

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Since I was very little, I think when I was 4 years old, I loved modeling clay and drawing. I was one of those who stayed hours creating and observing what was happening with the plastic material. I felt an immense illusion to create something that didn't exist before, that was only in my mind...

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Did you know that golf has been immortalized by great masterpieces of art?

May 22, 2022

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Many masterpieces that fall outside the main themes of the fine arts, such as, for example, that of landscape, portrait, genre scenes, etc., are often unknown. The above emerges forcefully in regard to works that, although they were created by the greatest masters in history, immortalized the elite world of golf...

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