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Pablo Picasso: The Man Who Redefined Modern Art

Artist Portrait • Aug 27, 2024 • 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.

Georges Braque: Between Cubism and Innovation

Artist portraits • 13 minutes read
Georges Braque is universally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of Cubism, a movement that revolutionized painting and sculpture in the 20th century...

Wang Zhongjun: The van Gogh mystery

Famous collectors • 14 minutes read
Dennis Wang, or Wang Zhongjun (王中军), born on November 30, 1960, is a prominent Chinese figure in the realms of business, film production, and art collector...

Sotheby's evening auction of modern art netted $224 million

Art news • 4 minutes read
Sotheby's auction of 20th-century art raked in $224 million in just a brisk 90 minutes on Monday at their York Avenue headquarters. The collection of 31 items fetched a combined hammer price of $190 million, falling short of the house's initial estimate of at least $200 million...

Paul Allen: From Microsoft Corporation to art

Famous collectors • 11 minutes read
An auction featuring dozens of artworks by renowned artists like Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh has culminated in an astonishing total of $1.5 billion...

Steve Martin: obsessive collector

Famous collectors • 11 minutes read
Not widely recognized is the fact that Steve Martin, the renowned Hollywood actor and comedian, is a dedicated connoisseur of art. He is a frequent patron of art galleries and the global art fair scene, and his passion for collecting art dates back to his early years...

Rock art: from caves to Street art

Cave art • 9 minutes read
 Let's take an example: the Mona Lisa, if it had been created today, would probably have gone unnoticed, because it was intended as a simple portrait, in an age when the medium of painting has now largely detached itself from the need to faithfully represent the real thing.

Top 10: paintings of musicians

Art history • 13 minutes read
My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...

Top 10: masterpieces of Spanish painting

Spanish art History • 14 minutes read
The history of Spanish painting can be told by referring to the most important periods, which marked its development and evolution, such as the Gothic, Mannerist, Golden Age and 20th century...

Leonardo DiCaprio, it is thanks to Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo DiCaprio • 8 minutes read
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio, born on November 11, 1974, is a highly acclaimed American actor and film producer, known for his exceptional work in biographical and period films...

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