Postwar Modernism in Cinema: Italian Neorealism
World War II ravaged everything in its path. The global economy was ruined, many cities were completely destroyed, not to mention the numbers of...
Errika Gerakiti 6 February 2022
Art Forms
Art and Cinema: The Encounter in the Work of Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was an important figure in the Nouvelle Vague film movement. She is known for making her own cinema. Her sensitivity and criticism...
Dévra Taboada 6 February 2022
Djibril Diop Mambéty – The Poet of African Cinema
“It is good for the future of cinema that Africa exists.” Born on January 23rd, 1945, in Colobane, a small town south-west of Dakar,...
Montaine Dumont 6 February 2022
Henry Ossawa Tanner, An African-American Artistic Pioneer
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), the first African-American to become an internationally successful artist, was known for his beautiful religious...
Alexandra Kiely 5 February 2022
African American Visual Artists in North Carolina
In February we celebrate Black History Month. Are you curious about African American artists from, or working in the state of North Carolina? Well,...
Rachel Witte 5 February 2022
Robert S. Duncanson: African-American Painter in the Spotlight
African-American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson made headlines in January 2021. This happened when his Landscape with Rainbow was featured...
Alexandra Kiely 5 February 2022
The Art of Being Sick
As much as we wish otherwise, the pandemic is not over yet. The Omicron variant cast a long shadow on our hopes of going back to normal. So instead...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 February 2022
The Bright Age of African-American Art: Harlem Renaissance in the USA
In the first quarter of the 20th century, the Harlem region of New York City witnessed an unprecedented artistic production. Later called the Harlem...
Merve Parla 3 February 2022
Remembering Alma Thomas
Abstract Expressionism was a movement dominated by male artists. Painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning have held centre...
Heather Johnson 3 February 2022
Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus
Kara Elizabeth Walker, born in 1969, is an American contemporary artist. She is known as a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 3 February 2022
How Art Saved His Life: Story of Horace Pippin
It took Horace Pippin 43 years to complete his first oil painting. Why so long? Because poverty, hard physical work, war, and disabilities got in his...
Magda Michalska 1 February 2022
Chinese Traditional Painting: Interesting Stories
Traditional Chinese paintings are known for their distinctive style. When did Chinese painting begin and how to read it? What did it mean for the...
Marina Kochetkova 1 February 2022
