Stories By Michel Rutten
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20th century
Disney Figures in Art that Make You Think Twice
October 25, 2019Who doesn’t like Disney characters? They are cute, sweet, and adorable. They also represent an ideal image and simplify our world view. That’s fine in children’s movies, but some artists use Disney characters to portray their...
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19th Century
Last Days of Summer in Art
September 21, 2019The end of summer is approaching and these last days of sunshine create a kind of melancholy feeling. You probably like to look back on the past few weeks. The summer is a period in which...
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20th century
Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine
July 26, 2019Andreas Gursky’s Rhine is an interesting piece that tells the transformation of a real-life picture into an abstract work of art. The move towards abstraction in painting has taken a long time ago, but it is...
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dailyart
The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
July 9, 2019The name Dora Maar (1907 – 1997) reminds most people of Picasso. But as well as being his muse and lover, she was also an ambitious and progressive artist. Before they had even met, she was...
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20th century
It’s Not Always What It Seems: The Fabulous Inventions of Panamarenko
June 12, 2019Panamarenko steals from science and uses it in his art. He has designed planes and submarines that at first sight are perfectly capable of functioning, but don’t be misled: they are unique works of art that...
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Chinese art
Contemporary Art. Made in China
May 20, 2019Chinese art is booming. The country has been experiencing a major economic uplift for more than a decade and you can feel that in the art world too. China has more artists than ever, and they...
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dailyart
Wim Delvoye, When Art and Craftsmanship Meet Science and Technology
April 26, 2019Have you ever seen a pig covered in an oriental carpet, a cement truck with Gothic motives or a silver DNA string with crucifixes? These are the utopian constructions of Wim Delvoye, a Belgian conceptual artist...
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21st century
10 Portrait Paintings in Digital Times
March 28, 2019Everyone wants to save and share great moments with friends. That’s why we take loads of pictures with our cameras and especially with our smartphones. Take a look at your own pictures and you will be...
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21st century
East Meets West: The Landscape Paintings of Maki Na Kamura
February 8, 2019My first encounter with Maki Na Kamura’s art left me perplexed with what exactly the German-based, Japanese artist was intending to show her viewers in her paintings. Although I was confused by the subject matter of...
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Artists' Stories
Adriaen Brouwer, Painter of Emotions
January 16, 2019The work of the Flemish Baroque painter Adriaen Brouwer excels in innovation and daring. His folk scenes, often showing drunkards and smokers in pubs, in which he emphasized the emotions of the portrayed, were extremely rare...
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