The Real Story of the Goddess Gifs
People are going crazy over these goddess gifs – 24 ancient female statues shaking what their mothers gave them. Artist Nina Paley created the...
Alexandra Kiely 27 January 2018
Sculpture
The Veiled Christ: Art or Alchemy?
[caption id="attachment_8350" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Giuseppe Sanmartino, The Veiled Christ, 1753, Sansevero Chapel[/caption] In the nave...
Rachel Istvan 17 January 2018
A Painterly Look Into Sculptors’ Studios
Painting and sculpture have always had a rather complicated relationship, with artists arguing for the superiority of one or the other. Yet, in the...
Magda Michalska 29 November 2017
Happy 177th Birthday Rodin!
Happy 177th Birthday Rodin! Francois Auguste Rene Rodin was born in Paris on November 12th, 1840. The French sculptor is known as the progenitor of...
Pola Otterstein 12 November 2017
Liza Lou Beading the World…One Tiny Bead at a Time
When I was in high school, my art teacher told the class to visit Liza Lou's art exhibit. I agreed and seriously it was one of the top five...
Rachel Istvan 13 October 2017
Join A Visit To Anish Kapoor Studio
Over 20 years after artist and sculptor Anish Kapoor moved into an old dairy factory in south London, Caseyfierro Architects has transformed the...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 September 2017
Anish Kapoor On The Scale Of The Sculpture
Sir Anish Kapoor is a British sculptor. Born in Bombay, Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 August 2017
Scandalous Rodin, Bathrobe and Some Phallic Imagery
One of the greatest French novelists dies. One of the greatest French sculptors is commissioned to raise him a monument. Yet instead of presenting...
Magda Michalska 27 July 2017
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt And His Mad Heads
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian Late Baroque sculptor most famous for his "Character Heads", a collection of busts with faces...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 April 2017
Watch Auguste Rodin Sculpting in 1915
Auguste Rodin was a master of modern sculpture. Instead of copying traditional academic postures, Rodin preferred his models to move naturally around...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 January 2017
Antonio Canova – The Minister Of Beauty
Antonio Canova was considered the greatest sculptor of his time. His sculptures fall into three categories: Heroic compositions, compositions of...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 November 2016
Abakans – The New Humans of Magdalena Abakanowicz
I can see a group of approximately 250 people, all of them standing. Children and adults. I come closer and I realize they have no heads. I come even...
Magda Michalska 15 October 2016
