Stories By Magda Michalska
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Artist
More than a Stone. Representation of the Kaaba by Hamra Abbas
March 14, 2019The 17th century world map from an Ottoman book on the discovery of the Americas “Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi” (“History of the West Indies”) points Mecca and the Kaaba as the centre of the world. Indeed, the...
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21st century
Karoliina Hellberg and The New Finnish Interiors
March 11, 2019Karoliina Hellberg is a young Finnish painter who graduated in 2015 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. At the moment she has her first solo show at the Didrichsen Art Museum in Helsinki, a...
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Artist
International Women’s Day 2019: Three Unknown Women Artists
March 8, 2019Happy Women’s Day to all women and men (in the end men should celebrate with us!)!!! I hope that with every passing year the world will be a more hospitable place for all women and that...
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Special Occasion And News
AWA Around the World for Women’s Day
March 7, 2019Do you remember my post about an unknown Last Supper painted by a woman artist? If you do, the name Advancing Women Artists Foundation will ring a bell, too. They are up and running, and in the...
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dailyart
Keep Eating and Never Regret: Fat Thursday 2019
February 28, 2019Doughnuts, doughnuts… who wouldn’t be tempted by one freshly out of the bakery, covered in sweet coating and with a warm, creamy filling… Aaaaah… People dieting- no talk of calories or fats, you’re forbidden entry to...
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21st century
What Does Matrix Have to Do with Lace? NeSpoon’s Street Art Explains
February 26, 2019NeSpoon is a street artist who combines ceramics, lace and graffiti in her work. She travels the world and decorates old buildings or run-down street corners with her characteristic crochet-patterned murals and pottery panels. But what...
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19th Century
All About Oscar for the Day After the Oscars
February 25, 2019I’m writing this post before the night of the Oscars but I’m not going to tell you my bets, guesses and hopes for the winners. I thought that I would focus on the name Oscar instead...
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20th century
Celia Paul and Her Art in the Shadow of Lucian Freud
February 23, 2019I arrived to Celia Paul via Lucian Freud’s portraits. In one of them her face is difficult to define: is it an expression of pain and distress, or is it more serenity of a sleeping person?...
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Food
This Post Is Only About Cheese. In Painting
February 20, 2019I feel ashamed. As an official cheese-lover who could eat it every day for every meal, I still haven’t dedicated a single line to cheese in painting! I must repent and compensate all cheese lovers for...
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dailyart
Searching for Love in Art
February 14, 2019LOVE ALERT! The following array of paintings is a heart-warming collection of artworks worth sharing with your beloved. They are so much more romantic than chocolate hearts and cute fluffy animals! Have a magic Valentine’s! Schiele...
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