10 Weird Things About Salvador Dali You Should Know
It was very difficult to choose only 10 weird things about Salvador Dali. He is widely known as one of the most (the most?) eccentric artists in art...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 May 2022
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Dali and Gala – The Love Story
Today, we present the story of Salvador Dalí and Gala – his wife, without whom Dalí would have never become an icon of modern art. Carl van...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 May 2022
Salvador Dali and His Burning Giraffes
The Burning Giraffe is one of Salvador Dalí’s most famous paintings but the motif did not appear only in this one work. Today we will show you...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 May 2022
An Andalusian Dog – Surrealist Film of Dalí and Buñuel
The Covid-19 pandemic has been distressing us for a long time now, but An Andalusian Dog is always a good tip. Above all, the movie and Surrealism,...
Dévra Taboada 11 May 2022
Masterpiece Story: Madonna of Port Lligat by Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí’s The Madonna of Port Lligat depicts an image of Mary holding baby Jesus in her lap. Seems simple, but it has layers upon layers...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 11 May 2022
Hokusai’s Great Wave Explained
You might not know the title of Hokusai’s print, but Under the Wave off Kanagawa is almost instantly recognizable. His Great Wave reveals...
Marina Kochetkova 10 May 2022
How Japanese Woodcuts Are Made
Hokusai’s Great Wave from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Hiroshige’s The Plum Garden in Kameido from One Hundred Famous Views of...
Irina Diana Calu 10 May 2022
Japonisme: Western Fever for Japanese Art and Culture
During the mid 19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 10 May 2022
Japan’s Greatest Masterpiece: (Thirty) Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai
Everyone knows The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the print created by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. But not everyone knows that The...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 May 2022
How Louise Nevelson Constructed Her Sculptures and Her Past
Born in Pereiaslav, today’s Ukraine, Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) is recognized as one of America’s most innovative sculptors. Her most famous...
Magda Michalska 9 May 2022
Meet Cecilia Vicuña: Turbine Hall’s Next Commissioned Artist
The Tate Modern announced Cecilia Vicuña as the next artist to occupy its Turbine Hall from October 2022 to April 2023. The vast space has...
Natalia Tiberio 9 May 2022
Belgium–Argentina. Transatlantic Modernisms at Mu.ZEE in Ostend
Belgium and Argentina have more in common than you might suspect. That’s what the current Mu.Zee exhibition explores until June 16th, 2022. During...
Tommy Thiange 9 May 2022
