Painting Of The Week – Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci – was on everyone’s lips when it went on the market. Leonardo da Vinci (attributed), Salvator...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 October 2017
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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...
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Auguste Renoir – Two Young Girls at the Piano
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Zuzanna Stańska 8 October 2017
Watch Frank Stella Commenting On His Art in 1972
Frank Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter and printmaker. He is a significant figure in minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 October 2017
Death by Art: the Untimely Death of Luis Jimenez
Creating art is not usually a very dangerous endeavor, but for Luis Jimenez it unfortunately was. This is the story of a misunderstood piece of art...
Rachel Istvan 6 October 2017
El Greco to Goya – Spanish Masterpieces
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Pola Otterstein 5 October 2017
Victor Vasarely – The Master Of Op-Art
Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a “grandfather” and leader of the op art movement. Utilizing...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 October 2017
The Best Landscape Paintings to Greet Autumn
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Pola Otterstein 28 September 2017
Annibale Carracci: The Inventor of Baroque Painting?
When did Mannierism give way to a new style? Was it with Caravaggio‘s dramatic lighting, or Rubens‘s opulence? Can we distinguish a...
Magda Michalska 27 September 2017
Watch Salvador Dali Interview From 1958
In 1958 Salvador Dali visited United States and gave an interview to Mike Wallace. Dali talked about his life and work and how we create reality...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 September 2017
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge
Claude Monet in 1924 wrote: “It took me a long time to understand my water lilies…. I grew them without thinking of painting them…. And...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 September 2017
The Story Of Two Casanova Brothers, Who Happened To Be Painters
When we hear Casanova we think of Giacomo the famous adventurer, who in his autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) described often...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 September 2017
