Art History
Top 5 most scandalous contemporary artworks
Nov 16, 2020
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8 minutes read
Discover with us 5 emblematic and scandalous pieces of contemporary art, or the illustrated audacity.
Art History
Top 10: the most scandalous nudes in art
May 31, 2023
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13 minutes read
My top ten has selected the best nude, crude, sensual, sometimes erotic and, as a result, extremely "scandalous," "demonic" and sometimes "dangerous" masterpieces for the eyes of those viewers most susceptible to the externalization of the sinuosities of the human body...
Art News
The Ace Gallery Scandal: Chrismas Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Jun 5, 2024
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1 minutes read
Douglas Chrismas, founder of Ace Gallery in Los Angeles, has been found guilty of embezzling over $260,000, culminating in a tumultuous career marked by allegations of financial misconduct. Facing accusations of diverting funds from Ace Gallery's bankruptcy estate to the Ace Museum, Chrismas now awaits sentencing.
Art News
Russian Tycoon Rybolovlev Sues Sotheby's in Art Market Scandal
Jan 9, 2024
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2 minutes read
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is suing Sotheby's and art dealer Yves Bouvier in a high-profile New York court case, alleging over $1 billion in art purchase overcharges. The lawsuit could reveal questionable practices in the secretive art market.
Art News
Van Gogh's Dream in Arles: The Scandalous Closure of Café la Nuit
Apr 9, 2024
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2 minutes read
Café la Nuit in Arles, a captivating recreation of the bistro depicted in Van Gogh's iconic paintings, has been closed since July 2023 due to legal issues stemming from tax evasion. Despite its status as a tourist magnet and a homage to Van Gogh's work, the café's future now hangs in uncertainty.
Art News
Orlando Museum of Art placed on probation after Basquiat fakes scandal
Jan 25, 2023
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3 minutes read
If the museum loses its American Alliance of Museums accreditation, which it has had since 1971, it could make it harder to do things like borrow art from other places.
Art News
An Italian painter is arrested in connection with the scandal over faked old masters
Jun 29, 2023
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2 minutes read
Italian painter Pasquale "Lino" Frongia was arrested in Italy due to an international scandal involving fake Old Masters paintings. Frongia is tied to French art dealer Giuliano Ruffini, who is being investigated for selling fake paintings. Ruffini, his son Mathieu, and Frongia sold art for over $220 million.
Art News
Scandal Erupts as Kith's X-Men Campaign Accused of Exploiting Iconic AIDS Artwork
Aug 16, 2023
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2 minutes read
Controversy Surrounds Kith's X-Men Campaign Amid Accusations of Exploiting Iconic AIDS Artwork by Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Accusations highlight alleged insensitivity towards emotional context and historical significance.
Art News
A Protester Vandalizes an Eric Gill Statue Outside the BBC, igniting Debate Over the Sculptor's Scandalous Biography
Jan 17, 2022
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3 minutes read
A man attacked an Eric Gill statue outside the BBC's London headquarters with a hammer. The BBC has no plans to demolish the sculpture, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's Tempest.
Art News
After the stolen Picasso scandal, the owners of a Parisian gallery were given jail time
Nov 23, 2022
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2 minutes read
Anne and Herbert Pfeffer were found guilty of buying stolen art from Picasso's daughters. They were sentenced to five years in prison and banned from selling art for five years. The gallery, Belle et Belle, was raided by a handyman who stole paintings from their homes.
Art News
Artmajeur.com No Longer Permits Crawlers to Conduct AI Machine Learning (Protecting Artists' Creative Rights)
Mar 15, 2023
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3 minutes read
Protecting Artists' Creative Rights: Artmajeur has decided to disallow crawlers from conducting machine learning on our website to protect the intellectual property and creative rights of artists. The decision was made to prevent crawlers from stealing artists' images and other content for commercial purposes without their permission. Artmajeur is committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for artists to share their work and connect with others in the art community.
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.
Invest in Art
How ART NFTs, Crypto art and digital assets are emerging as a new market
Jul 3, 2022
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4 minutes read
Despite their extraordinary volatility, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a relatively recent phenomenon on the art world that has garnered considerable interest for some time. The renowned auction house Christie's sold a digital painting for $70 million. Another well-known auction house, Sotheby's, sold a digital-only work of art for $11 million. NFTs are increasingly widespread in a variety of industries.
Artist Portraits
Luigi M. Verde: My passion for photography was born in college
Jun 4, 2024
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10 minutes read
"One of the earliest childhood memories that often come back to me is of my sister and me, standing still, curious and in religious silence-despite the age of revelry-on the edge of my father's desk, while he quietly tinkers with canvases, paints, tubes, rags, palettes and brushes. "...
Lifestyle
Josh grew up too fast !
May 8, 2020
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2 minutes read
Josh has grown up. You may not have noticed, but he has. This morning at breakfast, he said he was sick of his "baby" bed, his teddy bear and balloon decor. It's a shock. It's time to remove the wall paper and start painting his bedroom.
Lifestyle
10 Reasons Why browsing art on Instagram Is Therapeutic
May 19, 2022
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6 minutes read
Research shows that about 60% of people who had attended a cultural place or event 12 months earlier were more likely to report good health. The same process occurs when browsing Art daily on Instagram. The question is, how and why is art able to influence our well being? Let's find out.
Lifestyle
Do you speak NFT? The Ultimate Glossary of NFT Terms
Jun 17, 2022
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17 minutes read
If you are looking in the NFT sector, you may quickly feel confused by all the special terms everyone is using: We totally get it, because it has its own language. Here, we've put together a list of all the important words you might hear, so you'll know what they mean.
Art History
The Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet
Jun 8, 2023
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7 minutes read
"The Luncheon on the Grass" by Édouard Manet is a groundbreaking and controversial painting that challenged artistic conventions with its depiction of a nude woman having a picnic with clothed men. Its provocative composition and departure from traditional norms made it a pivotal work in the history of art.
Art History
Bitcoin and Crypto art explained by the artists of Artmajeur
Jun 18, 2023
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8 minutes read
Collecting is a very ancient phenomenon, so much so that already in the Mesopotamian civilizations, among the royalty and elite classes of the 3rd century B.C...
Art History
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
May 30, 2023
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21 minutes read
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.
Art History
The history of the female nude in paintings
Dec 4, 2022
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28 minutes read
The history of female nudity in art is never the same, as different societies and cultures have accepted nude scenes to varying degrees over the centuries and millennia. Indeed, nudity in art reflects the social norms of a given time and place, referring to the ways in which things are represented, indelibly linked to the conception of what is right or wrong to depict...
Art History
Some elements of Greek architecture in the masterpieces of art
Feb 19, 2023
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9 minutes read
Evidence of the revival of the Corinthian capital, for mere decorative use, is given to us by the faux-architecture, as pictorial, realized in the loggia of Beato Angelico's Annunciation, a fresco of about 1425 located at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy.
Artist Portraits
Gottfried Eisenberger: Curator of World Art Dubai
Mar 27, 2024
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5 minutes read
World Art Dubai began its journey in 2015, establishing itself as the region's most accessible art fair, offering space for emerging artists to showcase their works...
Art History
Love: from figurative to abstraction
Feb 12, 2023
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10 minutes read
When we come to the month of February, especially in the vicinity of the fourteenth, the many types of people in existence, whom we can imagine meeting at the bar, can be roughly summed up in four different human categories, such as: the perfect sweethearts, the love haters, the lonely hearts, the weeping widowers and those "strange" characters...
Art News
Beyonce moved to a Prada "fake boutique" in the middle of the desert
Nov 12, 2021
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2 minutes read
Beyonce and the Simpsons are fascinated by the Prada store located in the middle of the Texas desert, which has become a cult destination. The "Prada store" presents 20 pairs of heels and six handbags from the Prada 2005 collection. The fake Prada store in Marfa is in fact a permanent work of art created by two Scandinavian artists.
Art News
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Album Cover Is Inspired by a Famous Painting of Lady Godiva
Jul 4, 2022
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2 minutes read
The cover of the last Beyoncé's album is strikingly similar to John Collier's Lady Godiva, which depicts a naked woman from Anglo-Saxon mythology. Legend says she rode a horse naked in the 11th century to protest an English taxman's plans.
Art History
Édouard Manet
Jun 1, 2023
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12 minutes read
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter and a key figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. He is known for his innovative approach, which challenged artistic conventions and depicted scenes from contemporary life with a unique style that left a lasting impact on the art world.
Art History
To avoid the guillotine, the famous painter David hid the external signs of Lavoisier's wealth in his portrait
Sep 8, 2021
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4 minutes read
How the painter David concealed the external signs of wealth of the Lavoisier couple in his famous painting "Portrait d'Antoine‑Laurent Lavoisier et de sa Femme" (the portrait of Antoine‑Laurent Lavoisier and his wife) - one of the most famous paintings of the French Riviera's elite from the 1770s to the 18th Century.
Art News
Italian Minister Under Scrutiny for Alleged Involvement in Art Theft
Jan 18, 2024
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2 minutes read
Italian Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi is accused of laundering a stolen 17th-century painting, "La Cattura di San Pietro" by Rutilio Manetti, leading to calls for his dismissal from political and cultural positions. Sgarbi denies the allegations, amidst a separate investigation into the illicit export of another valuable painting.
Art News
Kanye West owes nearly $150,000 in rent to a Miami art space
Oct 31, 2022
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2 minutes read
A new civil complaint says that Kanye West owes more than $100,000 in rent to a Miami art space.
Artist Portraits
Nathalie Cuvelier Abstraction(S), the art that arises from a totally instinctive approach
Apr 9, 2022
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5 minutes read
The artistic production of Nathalie Cuvelier Abstraction(s), totally instinctive and dominated by color, is the result of an abstract dialogue that has developed between "floating" paper collages and ceramic sculptures...
Artist Portraits
Filppo Pietro Castrovinci, sculptures that aspire to perfection
Jun 1, 2022
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3 minutes read
Filppo Pietro Castrovinci creates complex sculptures with great naturalness. He began to create works using the forge technique and then experimented with welding, molding, polishing, brazing...
Art History
Art history: interiors with windows
Oct 3, 2023
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8 minutes read
The above is followed by an art-historical study regarding the window, aimed at highlighting how, within some masterpieces of art history, its depiction has not only been linked to figures with an attitude akin to Madame Bovary's...
Art History
4 Extraordinarily Badass Women Who Changed the (Very Patriarchal) History of Art
Mar 5, 2021
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13 minutes read
Let's look back at four particularly inspiring artists' trajectories through different eras, and different conceptions of female emancipation.
Art News
Controversial Icon of Stalin Blessed by Saint Matrona Sparks Tension in Georgia
Jan 16, 2024
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2 minutes read
A painting in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, depicting St. Matrona of Moscow blessing Joseph Stalin, has ignited controversy in Georgia, exacerbating tensions between right-wing fundamentalists and pro-European activists. The icon was defaced with blue paint, leading to protests and a police investigation, reflecting deep societal divides over Georgia's historical and religious identity.
Art News
Death of Charles Csuri, the precursor of computer art
Mar 9, 2022
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4 minutes read
Charles Csuri died on Sunday at the age of 99. He was a professor of art education and computer science at Ohio State University. Historians dubbed him the "father of computer art" in several works.