Art History
Three innovations in photographic still life
Mar 26, 2023
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A small table illuminated by soft light reminds us of the inexorable precariousness of our lives, harboring on its surface wilting flowers, skulls, and a few possessions of luxuries that will prove quite useless once we cross the threshold of the beyond grave...
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ALBA: One Painting, two artists, three triptychs
Feb 18, 2020
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The Pope, his power, but also his doubts. Its divine side, inhabited, and the gold and splendor of its palaces. Its timeless side, and its very real anchoring in the current world ... Delphine Alliens and Joël Bardeau were not afraid to take on an ambitious, extraordinary subject, inventing a new way of working to deal with it.
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Vibrant Dimensions: David Gerstein's Three-Dimensional Art
Jun 25, 2024
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Born in 1944 in Jerusalem, David Gerstein revolutionized contemporary art with his shift from figurative painting to dynamic three-dimensional sculptures. Influenced by pop art icons like Lichtenstein and Hockney, Gerstein blends vibrant colors with industrial materials like steel and aluminum. His 40+ global public sculptures emphasize accessibility and impact, cementing his profound influence on contemporary art and public installations worldwide.
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The three Graces: from Raphael's composure to Rubens' sensuality
Dec 18, 2022
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The Graces are three sister goddesses that Roman mythology drew from the Greek example of the Caryatids, in order to promote the spread of an iconography that, among the most positive of ancient civilizations, was capable of alluding to the harmony achieved through the worship of the arts, nature and vegetation, the foundations of human joy in life...
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Italy refuses to grant visas to three Ghanaian curators
May 22, 2023
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The organizer of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Lesley Lokko, said that the ruling showed the "ugly rear" of Italian immigration policy but shouldn't be "the defining story of this exhibition."
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The Armory Show Turns 30: Celebrating Three Decades of Art
Jul 30, 2024
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The Armory Show, New York’s largest commercial art fair, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with over 235 galleries from 35 countries, a new director, and a revamped floor plan, highlighting a blend of tradition and innovation in contemporary art.
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Michelangelo's three 'pietas' came together for the first time in history
Feb 24, 2022
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Michelangelo's 'Pieta' is regarded as one of the most beautiful depictions of maternal mourning in the world. The original "Bandini" will be on display at the Tuscan museum, alongside casts from the Vatican Museums' "Pietas" and "Rondanini"
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Ramona Zordini: I want to make the two-dimensional three-dimensional
Mar 24, 2025
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My educational background is in graphic design, drawing, and photography. I started with drawing and photography, then experimented with sculpture and set design, engraving, sewing and embroidery, video, and electromyography. I have worked with paper and wood, resin, and fabric. I have explored many techniques, and there is still so much I want to learn.
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Evolved Apes NFT Scam: FBI Charges Three People in $2.7 Million Fraud Case
Jun 18, 2024
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The FBI has charged three UK nationals, Mohamed-Amin Atch, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh, and Daood Hassan, with wire fraud and money laundering in a $2.7 million NFT scam called "Evolved Apes," where funds meant for a video game and charities were diverted to personal accounts. Known as a "rug pull," the project's anonymous developer, Evil Ape, vanished with the funds.
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The Rijksmuseum has confirmed the authenticity of three Vermeer paintings before a big show in 2023
Nov 30, 2022
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Vermeer's 28 paintings will be shown together for the first time in 2023. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has confirmed the authenticity of three new Vermeer pieces. This will be the largest show of his work ever, with 36 paintings on display.
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Three Artists Withdraw from Inaugural Exhibition at New Venice Cultural Center Amid Concerns Over Ties to Russian Oligarch
Dec 26, 2024
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Last week, artists Reto Pulfer from Switzerland, Maryam Hoseini from Iran, and Anna Witt from Germany requested the removal of their works from the inaugural exhibition at Scuola Piccola Zattere, a nonprofit cultural space in Venice...
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Her artwork sold for $400 at the beach three years ago. Today they are selling at auction for up to $1.6 million
Jun 20, 2022
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Breakthrough NYC artist, 27, fires agent who bought her work for $15,000 and sold it for $1.6 million a year later: Is now represented by 71-year-old famed dealer, who is also her lover and promises to "protect her from the big bad wolves."
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The Louvre Museum has obtained a rare Cimabue painting, which was rescued from being discarded, three years after losing it at an auction
Nov 17, 2023
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A Cimabue painting, originally discovered above a kitchen stove in France and subsequently sold at auction for €24 million (equivalent to $26 million today), has finally found its way to the Louvre Museum in Paris after a three-year delay due to a rival bidder...
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At the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, visitors can finally capture photographs of Picasso's iconic masterpiece, Guernica, after a three-decade-long prohibition
Sep 14, 2023
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Tourists and art enthusiasts exploring Madrid's Reina Sofía Museum now have the opportunity to snap photographs of Picasso's renowned artwork, "Guernica" (1937). The long-standing 30-year restriction was recently lifted by the museum's freshly appointed director, Manuel Segade...