Stories By Nadine Waldmann
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Cats
Maneki Neko – Those Lucky Cats (NSFW)
December 12, 2019We’ve all seen those jovial, happy cat figurines in Asian restaurants and shops. Sitting upright with their raised paw, smiling face and trademark bell and bib, Maneki Neko (in Japanese 招き猫, “beckoning cat”) have symbolized all...
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Contemporary Art
Billie Bond’s Kintsugi: The Crack Is Where the Light Gets in
October 30, 2019Kintsugi (金継ぎ translates as “gold joinery”) is a Japanese art form and philosophy of repairing broken or cracked pottery with gold or silver colored lacquer. Unlike normal methods of repair, the “damage” is not camouflaged or...
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20th century
100 Years of Bauhaus. It’s Dance Time: The Triadic Ballet
October 5, 20192019 celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus. Widely known for their iconic design and contributions to the art world, Bauhaus concepts also extended into dance. Not as well known as their crafts, the dances nevertheless, encompassed the...
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Cinema
Through Scissors and Shadows: The Art and Films of Lotte Reiniger
August 31, 2019Late one night while struggling with a bit of insomnia, I was channel surfing. I came across a stunning and hypnotic, silent, animated film that was so enthralling, I easily stayed awake to finish it. The...
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dailyart
Turquoise: Art, Culture and Myth of a Gemstone
July 27, 2019The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several original sources of the stone are now long gone, having been mined...
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Baroque
Wishes & Streams: Trevi Fountain in Rome
July 4, 2019With another heat wave hitting Europe this summer, I was reminded of my visit to Rome during the last heat wave with crowds clamoring around fountains and spouts around the city. The most crowded and famous...
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19th Century
The Beginning of a New World at Kröller-Müller Museum
June 20, 2019The Beginning of a new World: The Development of Modern Sculpture is the newest exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. It pays tribute to the unique vision and incredible sculptural acquisitions of Bram Hammacher,...
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Ancient
Pentelic Splendour: The Erechtheion Caryatids
June 3, 2019I visited Athens, Greece in the summer of 2016. Naturally a visit to the Acropolis was mandatory, and it was as beautiful and epic as you can imagine. One of the most striking sights was the...
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Artists' Stories
A Song and a Prayer – Croatia’s Ivan Mestrovic
April 23, 2019My favorite thing about Instagram is coming across new art and artists – scrolling and finding things that excite you and catch your eye. A page I follow posted a photo of Ivan Mestrovic’s Vestalka (Vestil...
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21st century
Art of the Brick – Nathan Sawaya’s Lego Works
March 27, 2019Lego springs to mind as one of the key toys of many people’s childhoods. Whether building houses, spacecrafts or just stepping on that elusive piece, most people have some kind of experience with the little plastic...
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