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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.
Art History
Egon Schiele
Mar 6, 2023
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8 minutes read
Egon Schiele was one of the key figures of Austrian Expressionism with his distinctive graphic style, embrace of figural deformation, and rejection of conventional standards of beauty. His self-portraits and portraits of others are among the most outstanding works of the 20th century.
Art News
Minneapolis Institute of Art Drops Wiley Exhibition Amidst Assault Claims
Jun 14, 2024
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1 minutes read
The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Joslyn Art Museum have canceled or postponed their planned exhibitions of Kehinde Wiley's work due to allegations of sexual assault against the artist. Wiley, who denies the allegations, is facing a potential class-action lawsuit, and these developments have raised significant questions about the intersection of art, celebrity, and accountability.
Art News
Controversial Depiction of Jesus Causes Uproar in Spain
Feb 2, 2024
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2 minutes read
In Seville, Spain, a poster of Jesus Christ designed by Salustiano Garcia for Easter week sparked outrage among conservative Roman Catholics for its perceived effeminate portrayal. While the artist and some political leaders defended the artwork as a blend of tradition and modernity, critics condemned its alleged sexuality, leading to widespread controversy and a petition for its removal.
Artist Portraits
Exploring Takashi Murakami's Superflat Universe
Jun 26, 2024
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9 minutes read
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.
Art History
The dream of flying
May 4, 2022
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7 minutes read
Human beings, creatures indelibly linked to the terrestrial kingdom, have long been intrigued and inspired by the ability of birds to fly, an ability that has allowed them to enjoy both full freedom of action and movement, and the observation of new perspectives on the world. This peculiarity has made birds an extremely interesting subject also in the historical and artistic field...
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 History
Cindy Sherman
Jun 23, 2023
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15 minutes read
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...
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
Paul Gauguin
May 5, 2023
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14 minutes read
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French post-impressionist painter who is well-known for his use of bold colors, simplified forms, and his incorporation of themes from indigenous cultures in his work. He was born in Paris and worked as a stockbroker before devoting himself to painting...

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