Stories By Arianna Richetti
Ancient Egypt
Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt — Interview with Asen Kirin
January 14, 2021For the first time since 1986, the Nadler Collection will be shown to the public in the exhibition Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt at the Georgia Museum until the 26th...
20th century
The Most Popular Artists in Cinema
December 5, 2020In 1911 the Italian film theoretician Ricciotto Canudo defined cinema as “the seventh art”. So it’s quite natural that from its birth cinema took inspiration from other forms of art, from literature to sculpture and painting....
20th century
Emma Amos: The Story of the Postmodernist African-American Artist
November 18, 2020Emma Amos is a great example of how a female, black artist can effect change and become someone in a racist and sexist time. On May 20th, 2020, Amos left us at the age of 83....
21st century
Ways in Which Art Can Fight Climate Change
November 14, 2020In the last few years people, especially the new generations, have raised their voices as they understood that there was not much time left to save their future. Scientists had warned us about the melting of...
20th century
Art for Climate Change: Emily Carr, Odds and Ends
November 10, 2020Art has always had the power to communicate all kinds of emotions; some paintings convey a sense of peace and quiet, while others can make us feel upset or uncomfortable. The latter gives us awareness about...
Baroque
Art in the Netflix TV Series Dark
October 26, 2020On the 27th of June Netflix released the long-awaited third and final season of Dark. The German series, co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, has been a great success, but SPOILER ALERT: if you...
20th century
Frida Kahlo: The Suffering Behind Her Paintings
October 8, 2020One of the most famous artists of the 20th century was Frida Kahlo. She became an international icon of our age, not only because of her paintings, but also because of her story, a story of...
dailyart
It’s True, It’s True, It’s True: Artemisia on Trial Goes Online!
May 16, 2020With museums and theaters closed, drama and art are having a hard time during quarantine. However, both these sectors have the chance of reinventing themselves. That is what the theater company Breach had already done, ahead...
dailyart
Five Translation Mistakes that Changed Art History
May 14, 2020Why did Michelangelo portray Moses with horns? Why are there monkeys in Giulio Romano’s Chamber of Giants? And why does the Nativity scene represent Jesus with an ox and a donkey? Well, these amongst others are...
dailyart
Gerda Taro. The Girl with the Leica
April 22, 2020Have you ever heard of the photographer Gerda Taro? You may know her as Robert Capa‘s girlfriend and muse, and I’m sure you have heard of Capa at least once. Well, Helena Janeczek in her book...
