Tableaux Vivants: A Long History of Recreating Art
A fanciful costume, a theatrical pose, the right light… and for a few seconds the viewer is immersed in a “living picture.” You have probably...
Guest Profile 1 May 2020
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Agostino Arrivabene – A Modern Alchemist
Agostino Arrivabene (born in 1967) is a visionary yet secluded Italian contemporary artist who continues to produce outstanding surrealist works from...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2020
Gradiva: What Did Freud and the Surrealists See in Her?
A woman who walks. That’s what Gradiva (the name of an anonymous woman from an antique bas-relief) means, as given by a fictional character...
Magda Michalska 27 April 2020
Quarantine Times: These Artists Performed at Their Best Alone
Most of us don’t escape the obligation of some kind of quarantine in these corona-driven times. Social distancing and isolation are keywords in...
Michel Rutten 25 April 2020
Recommended Quarantine Routine Inspired by Art
Are you looking for activities to pass your time as you patiently (or not so patiently) wait for the Coronavirus pandemic to subside? Here are some...
Maya M. Tola 24 April 2020
Roman Holidays: Italian Landscapes Through the Eyes of Russian Artists
It is well known that Italy is a motherland of world masterpieces. Renaissance paintings, baroque architecture and Italian opera are the children of...
Guest Profile 23 April 2020
Art Memes in the Time of Quarantine
Memes seem to be the way that our generation sees the world. We send, make, and, most of all, laugh at them. It may not come as a surprise then that...
Rachel Witte 22 April 2020
Gerda Taro. The Girl with the Leica
Have you ever heard of the photographer Gerda Taro? You may know her as Robert Capa‘s girlfriend and muse, and I’m sure you have heard of...
Arianna Richetti 22 April 2020
Best Moments of Apple’s Hermitage Museum Journey
The Apple company recently presented a film that was shot within the State Hermitage Museum in Saint-Petersburg. It shows 45 halls and 600 works of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 21 April 2020
Lowbrow Art, Subcultural Movement or Legitimate Art Generation?
Somewhere between the late 1960s and the 1970s, a new artistic movement emerged from the underground scene. At that time it didn’t have any...
Errika Gerakiti 21 April 2020
10 Facts You Need to Know About Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. Once you see his art, you will never forget it. He depicts people and figures in...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 April 2020
Exploring Place with Emily Thomas
Emily Thomas is a 24 years old, British emerging artist. Her bright and vibrant sculptural work is distinctive and abstract at first glance. However,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 17 April 2020
