Art History
Who inspired the Impressionists?
Jul 7, 2021
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8 minutes read
First episode of our series dedicated to the Impressionist epic: Discover with us the instigators of a revolutionary movement. Who impressed the Impressionists?
Pop Culture
3 Emblematic Artists who Influenced Advertising
Jun 18, 2021
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9 minutes read
Art and advertising have a very close relationship. Embark with us on an artistic epic mixing fine arts and communication: when artists and their artworks offer their services to the consumer society.
Invest in Art
#artistsupportpledge: artists who have sold get involved
Apr 21, 2020
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2 minutes read
#ArtistsSupportPledge is an idea of solidarity between creatives. The artists engage in a spiral of solidarity: each time they sell 5 works, they have a turn to buy a work from another artist.
Artist Portraits
AC-ONE: Characters who seek each other
Oct 1, 2019
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0 minutes read
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.
Artist Portraits
Pablo Picasso: The Man Who Redefined Modern Art
Aug 27, 2024
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12 minutes read
Pablo Picasso, born in Málaga, Spain, on October 25, 1881, is renowned as one of the 20th century's most influential artists, whose innovative contributions to Cubism, Surrealism, and beyond, as well as his extensive body of work including masterpieces like Guernica and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, have left an indelible mark on the art world and established him as a revolutionary figure in modern art.
Artist Portraits
Man Ray, the visionary artist who revolutionized photography
Jul 11, 2023
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13 minutes read
Man Ray, visionary artist of the 20th century, marked the history of art with his innovative approach to photography and his contribution to surrealist aesthetics, pushing the limits of artistic creativity.
Artist Portraits
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 ...
Art News
Climate protester who spray painted artwork accused of terrorism
Apr 25, 2023
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2 minutes read
A climate activist in Australia is fighting a counter-terrorism charge she got for spray-painting an artwork at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth in January.
Pop Culture
Jeremy Mayer is an artist who transforms typewriters into birds
Jun 29, 2022
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1 minutes read
Jeremy Mayer is an artist who turns old typewriters into birds. Dismantling and sorting through all of its parts, he'll create a mechanical bird-shaped collectible object. A diverse and fascinating assortment of birds, including swallows, crows, and a slew of others.
Art History
The 10 artists from Latin America who revolutionized world art
Jul 16, 2024
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14 minutes read
Discover the ten most influential Latin American artists of all time and their impact on world art. From Frida Kahlo, famous for her emotional self-portraits, to Diego Rivera and his monumental murals that tell the Mexican story...
Artist Portraits
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Pilot Who Wrote the Skies
Aug 23, 2024
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8 minutes read
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the celebrated French writer and aviator best known for The Little Prince, made a profound impact with his poetic and philosophical works, blending his aviation experiences with literary insight, and his legacy endures through numerous exhibitions and tributes worldwide.
Art History
Pride Month: 4 Legendary Artists Who Questioned Identity and Gender
Jun 11, 2021
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6 minutes read
To celebrate Pride Month 2021, Artmajeur has decided to honor legendary artists and their artworks that explore questions of gender and identity.
Artist Portraits
HABIB HASNAOUI: Quartered between two countries who turn their backs
Nov 19, 2019
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Habib Hasnaoui lives between two shores: France, where he was born, studied and where he has now settled. And, in the meantime, Algeria, where his parents are from, where he did his military service and landed his first job during the years of civil war.His work attempts both to account for this drama and to express the impossibility of belonging to two lands at the same time.
Artist Portraits
BENOIT DELOMEZ: a photographer and visual artist who loves wide shots
Sep 30, 2019
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0 minutes read
At first glance, Benoît Delomez is a photographer and visual artist who likes wide shots taken outdoors, whether they are natural landscapes or more urban views. At first glance only ...
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.
Pop Culture
Lesya Guseva is an artist who imagines the secret lives of great paintings
Jun 28, 2022
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1 minutes read
Lesya Guseva is an artist who imagines the secret lives of great paintings. She reinterprets well-known works of art in a hilarious manner. Lesya began drawing mini comics at the age of 25 after receiving no official art training.
Art News
How sanctions affect Iran's art market and people who work in the arts ?
Dec 19, 2022
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3 minutes read
Even though tensions with the U.S. are rising and making it harder for gallerists to do business and artists to travel, Iran's art scene is still going strong.
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 News
Madonna shared photos of paintings by artist Rhed who is her son Rocco
Mar 22, 2022
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1 minutes read
Singer has shared some of her son's artwork with fans, including a painting of her younger son, David.
Art News
Prince George's reindeer painting hailed by the artist who made the original greeting card
Jan 2, 2023
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2 minutes read
Artist Hannah Dale, whose Christmas card may have inspired Prince George's reindeer drawing, said the young royal "has an eye for form and color."
Art News
This would be the Pink Panthers gang who allegedly stole the diamonds from TEFAF
Mar 6, 2023
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2 minutes read
The famous Dutch art fair, The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), is where diamonds were stolen last year. On Friday, the Limburg police department said that they think a Balkan gang is to blame.
Lifestyle
Jonah Dillon, is a painter who creates works of art in his wheelchair
Nov 17, 2021
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2 minutes read
Jonah Dillon was born with muscular dystrophy, a congenital disorder characterized by a loss of muscle mass. His disease had progressed to the point where he could no longer sketch with his hands. He now paints canvases using the wheels on his wheelchair.
Art News
Archaeologists have found the tomb of an ancient Egyptian official who died 4,300 years ago
May 20, 2022
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2 minutes read
Last week, a statement from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw said that the tomb of an ancient Egyptian official who was in charge of keeping secret documents in the royal chancellery had been found in the ancient Egyptian necropolis Saqqara.
Art News
The security guard who defaced a painting by Anna Leporskaya does not understand his gesture
Feb 15, 2022
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3 minutes read
Aleksandr Vasiliev said he thought Anna Leporskaya's painting was a children's sketch. Graffiti daubed "No eyes, no mouth, no beauty" on famous Lina Leporskaya painting Three Figures. Artist Evgeny Vasiliev has been charged with criminal vandalism. He faces up to three months in prison and a $4,600 fine.
Art History
Why does the Annunciation continue to inspire artists who go so far as to desecrate it?
Nov 9, 2021
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5 minutes read
The Annunciation of the Virgin, Christmas theme par excellence, is explored through the comparison of two great Annunciations in the Italian tradition: that of Simone Martini and that of Giorgio de Chirico's brother, Alberto Savinio.
Art News
Muhammad Ali, a boxer but also a contemporary artist who is worth a million dollars today
Oct 12, 2021
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2 minutes read
A recent auction sold 26 of Muhammad Ali's rare works for almost $1 million. The total sale price was $945,524, which was three times the appraisers' expectations. Fans were taken aback when Bonhams shared Ali's artwork on Instagram.
Art News
A Polish museum has fired its director in favor of someone who promises to steer clear of 'pro-environmental, gender, or queer art'
Apr 29, 2022
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2 minutes read
According to Gazeta Prawna, Jarosaw Suchan, interim director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, has been fired amid a larger crisis confronting Poland's museums.
Art News
Mind-Blowing Artistic Genius: Otobong Nkanga Wins a Whopping $100,000 Prize!
Oct 6, 2023
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2 minutes read
Otobong Nkanga, an artist based in Antwerp, has won the Nasher Prize for Sculpture, along with a $100,000 award and a future exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. The museum has also decided to present the award biennially for better preparation and communication.
Art News
Fernando Botero, Renowned Artist Whose Curvaceous Creations Revolutionized Latin American Art, Passes Away at the Age of 91
Sep 19, 2023
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6 minutes read
"Fernando Botero, the celebrated Colombian artist renowned for his globally recognized canvases adorned with plump, high-society individuals, and whose work paved the way for numerous Latin American artists, has passed away at the age of 91."
Art News
The art collection of Barbara Walters is set to be auctioned
Oct 31, 2023
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4 minutes read
The esteemed newswoman, who passed away in December 2022 at the age of 93, also boasted an inner circle that included luminaries such as Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones...
Art News
An Italian culture official made obscene and sexist comments
Jul 7, 2023
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2 minutes read
Italian ministry undersecretary causes scene at museum protest by making obscene and sexist comments about men and women
Art History
6 Things to Know about Berthe Morisot
Sep 24, 2021
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7 minutes read
Independent and indispensable to Impressionism, Berthe Morisot is an UFO in the history of Art. Like Frida Kahlo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Artemisia Gentileschi or Suzanne Valandon, she’s a woman in a men’s world, who managed to impose herself and convert the difficulties of her existence into creative gunpowder.
Art History
Superheroes in contemporary art
Jul 27, 2022
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7 minutes read
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...
Lifestyle
Ed Sheeran: Art is meant to be appreciated
Nov 6, 2023
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11 minutes read
During the show, Sheeran also discussed his deep affection for visual art, a passion instilled in him at a young age by his father, who happens to be an art historian and curator...
Art History
Art on the balcony: "simple" and "complex" works
Nov 21, 2023
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9 minutes read
Perhaps even those who avidly enjoy the sun, which comes to illuminate the balcony of their home every day, remain unaware of the historical origins of this of window fitted with a parapet, conceived with both decorative and practical function...
Artist Portraits
Jean Turco, the art of sharing pleasure
Sep 7, 2022
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8 minutes read
Jean Turco's idea has always been to share the pleasure he felt in seeing one or other of the things that present themselves to our gaze, either as they really are when the light puts them in value, either in the way I see them, to take them out of context to make images that illustrate an idea, a smile or a message to a muse, a friend, a collector or a simple stranger...