Artist Portraits
Tancara, the art that reveals fears and hopes
Feb 23, 2022
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2 minutes read
Tancara's paintings arise from the artist's strong desire to capture the images that appear before his eyes, to bring out the fears and hopes that are in each of us...
Art News
Fear of offending Emiratis, private parts of Michelangelo's David statue censored at Dubai Expo
Oct 4, 2021
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4 minutes read
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.
Art History
Robert Mapplethorpe
Jul 17, 2023
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17 minutes read
Robert Mapplethorpe was a renowned American photographer known for his provocative and controversial works that explored themes of sexuality, identity, and beauty. His photographs often challenged societal norms and pushed the boundaries of artistic expression.
Lifestyle
Creativity : user manual
Nov 15, 2017
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4 minutes read
In the collective unconscious, creativity appears as the prerogative of some solitary geniuses, often cursed, endowed with innate gifts and disconcerting facilities. In reality, each person has a creative potential often under-exploited or constrained by conformism, pessimism, fear of failure, family or social judgment, education.
Art News
Johnny Depp is selling his works in NFT representing his friends and heroes
Jan 28, 2022
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2 minutes read
Over 10,000 one-of-a-kind NFTs with Johnny Depp's paintings of friends and personal heroes are being sold.
Art History
4 Women Artists Overshadowed by their Husband's Fame
Apr 30, 2021
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13 minutes read
Unjustly relegated to the rank of simple muses, accomplices or impresarios, these artists' wives were above all artists. Today, we highlight four women who were arbitrarily forgotten for several decades, by fear or contempt.
Art History
Are you a fan of the shower or the bathtub?
Aug 29, 2023
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9 minutes read
I imagine the opposite poles of the world idelely inhabited by species with conflicting views to say the least, for example, the one by life forms who love cats, while the other by those who side with dogs...
Art History
Is it possible to scare with art?
Oct 28, 2023
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8 minutes read
The success of Halloween, but also, for example, of more common horror films, lies in the fact that the aforementioned state of enjoyment can be safely experienced, as it does not involve any actual danger, since the scare is, for the occasion, clearly simulated...
Art History
Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya
Apr 7, 2023
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12 minutes read
"Saturn Devouring His Son" is a painting by Francisco Goya that is part of his series of murals known as the Black Paintings...
Art News
Surprise Stunt: Banksy Sends Migrant Raft into Glastonbury Crowd During Idles Set
Jul 1, 2024
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1 minutes read
On Friday at the Glastonbury Festival, Banksy sent an inflatable raft with dummy migrants into the crowd during Idles' immigration-themed song "Danny Nedelko," later confirming his involvement to highlight and critique current UK immigration policies.
Invest in Art
Best of Artmajeur - March edition 2020
Mar 29, 2020
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1 minutes read
The best-selling, most shared, most viewed works, in short, the most popular.
Artist Portraits
Francesca Borgo: I’ve always enjoyed drawing and painting
Oct 28, 2023
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7 minutes read
"I’ve always enjoyed drawing and painting since I was kid and kept doing it as a hobby until 6-7 years ago. Then I had a medical condition that blocked me at home for weeks."
Art News
KAWS awarded nearly $1M for knockoffs of its works
May 10, 2023
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2 minutes read
KAWS won a case against two companies and Dylan Joy An Leong Yi Zhi, who were making fake KAWS works worth $63 million.
Art News
Centre Pompidou Faces Turmoil as 2025 Closure Sparks Controversy
Dec 11, 2023
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2 minutes read
The upcoming five-year closure of Centre Pompidou for renovations in 2025 has sparked employee strikes and controversy, with unions demanding job security guarantees and a dedicated location for museum activities during the closure. The budget for the renovation has risen to €262 million, and the reopening program is expected to be finalized by June 2024, while the French government insists on a complete shutdown for modernization.
Artist Portraits
Ambre Kalène, one does not become an artist, one is or one is not
Sep 2, 2023
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6 minutes read
"I think you don't become an artist, you either are or you aren't. Then, the circumstances of life give you, or not, the freedom to create works to exhibit. I've always been drawing. "
Art News
Climate protesters smear paint on Edgar Degas ‘Little Dancer’
Apr 28, 2023
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2 minutes read
Two people protested against climate change by smearing paint on Edgar Degas' sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The protesters wanted President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop giving fossil fuels new drilling permits.
Lifestyle
Learn about this incredible, previously unknown detail of Munch's Scream
Sep 27, 2022
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2 minutes read
An infrared photograph of the artwork revealed a previously unknown inscription by the artist.
Art History
Did you know these works?
Aug 2, 2023
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9 minutes read
The theme proposed today is related to the element of water, to the place of the sea, or the swimming pool, in which the bodies of the wet dabblers delight in diving, moving their arms and legs, holding their breath under the more or less salty surface, aimed at nullifying the weight of their bodies and sometimes even that of their thoughts, assimilating them to the lightness of the current summer season...
Art News
Johnny Depp makes $3.6 million in hours!
Jul 29, 2022
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2 minutes read
In just a few hours, Hollywood actor Johnny Depp made approximately $3.6 million from the sale of his debut art collection.
Lifestyle
The Year of the Tiger - Chinese New Year 2022
Jan 30, 2022
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3 minutes read
The Tiger is the animal of the year 2022 for the Chinese Community. Starting on February 1, 2022, and concluding on January 21, 2023, it is a 12-month period. Every 60 years, there is a year known as the Water Tiger year. Discover our collection about this enigmatic animal that inspired so many artists around the world.
Art News
Egypt's Disturbing Heritage Destruction: Ancient Tombs and Cultural Sites Vanishing!
Aug 29, 2023
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2 minutes read
Egypt's modernization drive in Cairo involves demolishing historic tombs, cultural centers, and neighborhoods, sparking concerns about the loss of heritage and displacement of residents. Ancient sites razed for new developments and roads, while locals fear erasure of history amid the government's plans.
Art News
A painting by Brueghel the Younger found in France soon on sale at Drouot
Feb 8, 2023
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3 minutes read
A painting by Brueghel the Younger, found in France and of an unusual size, will be auctioned in Paris for 600,000 euros. The work, which represents a scene in a village, is on sale at the Hôtel Drouot.
Art History
10 things you probably didn't know about Salvador Dali
Oct 15, 2020
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7 minutes read
Salvador Dali is undoubtedly one of the most eccentric artists of the past. He is well known for his striking and dreamlike canvases which greatly contributed to the success of the Surrealist movement, but his unique works of art are not the only thing to remember in the incredible life of this artist.
Artist Portraits
Balongo, painting with the soul
Feb 13, 2022
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3 minutes read
Balongo's paintings are purely and strongly expressionist, driven by the impetus and creative force that resides within the soul...
Art News
The SEC is targeting NFT creators and marketplaces over ICO-like sales, according to a new report
Apr 1, 2022
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3 minutes read
As part of its investigation, the SEC is said to have issued subpoenas.
Artist Portraits
Armando D'Andrea, art is a gift received from birth
May 20, 2023
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3 minutes read
I studied at the art institute in Venice, earning a diploma in Master of Art and a diploma in Applied Art, and later took the sculpture course at the Art Academy. The techniques I use are: Clay and unfired earth with various materials...
Artist Portraits
Christine Orihuela, art that saves life
Dec 7, 2021
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3 minutes read
Paintings by Christine Orihuela are most often created on impulse, as a kind of release from the pains that plague human life.
Artist Portraits
Philippe Casaubon, a painting that deals above all with emotions
Dec 13, 2021
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3 minutes read
Philippe Casaubon, who has always been surrounded by images throughout his life, has developed a very personal artistic research in which works of art escape comparison, intention, imitation, repetition , modeling and compensation to favor pure instinct ...
Art History
The painting that the bullfighter cannot tame
Sep 15, 2023
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9 minutes read
The title of my article takes the side, in the context of the pictorial popularity of bullfighting, certainly on the side of the bulls, which, in the long course of the narrative of art history, have been immortalized by many of the greatest masters of all time...
Art News
A huge new contemporary art center opens in Moscow a stone's throw from the Kremlin
Dec 9, 2021
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3 minutes read
Despite Putin's attack on artists, Russia's richest man develops a massive modern art center. The center provides new prospects for Russian artists, as long as they stay away from politics.
Pop Culture
Takashi Murakami's Affection and Anxiety towards AI
Jun 12, 2023
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3 minutes read
Takashi Murakami is a neo-pop artist who is open to new technology and worries that AI will make him obsolete. He believes that the power of artists will shift to tech experts, who will be able to explore things that are hard to imagine.
Art History
TOP 10: works inspired by movies
Apr 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
My top 10, in addition to linking, through the meaning of the films, the world of art to the world of cinema, also pursues the intention of providing you with revealing images, capable of making you gasp in thought: I, too, had felt that shot, that scene or that gesture, as depicted by the artist of Artmajeur...
Artist Portraits
Bogdan Shiptenko - Testimonies of Ukrainian artists during the war
Jun 13, 2022
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4 minutes read
Like the rest of Ukraine, Ukrainian artists have been impacted by the war. Artmajeur here gives them the opportunity to talk about their daily lives. Today, discover the testimony of the artist Bogdan Shiptenko from Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine).
Art News
Virgil Abloh, who fused high fashion, art and streetwear, has died aged 41
Nov 30, 2021
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4 minutes read
Virgil Abloh was the first African-American to lead a major fashion house. He was artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear while continuing to design his own streetwear label, Off-White. His family revealed he had been battling cardiac angiosarcoma since 2019.
Art History
The Scream
Mar 17, 2023
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6 minutes read
The Scream is a famous painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The painting is universally recognized as an iconic illustration of existential fear and human anxiety. The distressed figure in the artwork has been read as a metaphor for the modern person's sense of loneliness and despair in the face of a heartless and uncaring universe.
Lifestyle
The top 5 European Cities for Art Lovers
May 14, 2022
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4 minutes read
There are many of intriguing places to visit in Europe, but where should you go if you're especially interested in art? Whether you go to Paris, London, Rome, or Barcelona, indeed, there are so many places in Europe with world-class art that narrowing the selection down to just 5 towns was difficult. They need not just great museums, but also enough open-air attractions to keep you entertained for weeks, if not months.