Mastering Details: Heads and Hands in Käthe Kollwitz’s Art
The focus of Käthe Kollwitz’s art is the human being. Above all, a compassionate, humane outlook is characteristic of her approach. She was mainly ...
Petra Dragasevic 25 August 2021
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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 25 August 2021
An Important Concept: Shadows in Japanese Culture
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965) was an important Japanese writer, mainly during the Shōwa period. One of the author’s most important ...
Luciana Craciun 24 August 2021
Top 5 Most Famous Print Series in Art
Printmaking, the art of printing artworks on paper, developed in the 15th century when paper became widely available in Europe. Gutenberg’s ...
Anastasia Manioudaki 11 August 2021
The Perfect Birthday Party for Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol would have turned 93 today and would probably have thrown a giant party, since his Factory attracted socialites, drag queens, drug ...
Magda Michalska 6 August 2021
Sports Fan? You Will Love These Vintage Olympic Posters
Did you know that since 1912 each Olympic host city has commissioned one or more posters to celebrate the hosting of the Games? Here’s our ...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 31 July 2021
Need Some Chilling? The Art of Ukiyo-e – Japanese Winter Prints
The Ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan between the 17th and 19th century. The term translates as “picture[s] of the floating ...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 July 2021
All You Should Know About the Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I
A famous print, known as Melencolia I created by Albrecht Dürer is one of the most intriguing works in art history. In this modest monochromatic ...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 July 2021
How to Start Living off Art: An Interview with Illustrator Cait Mack
Cait Mack is an illustrator, climber, and mountain lover based in Bristol in the UK. She is an artist who creates vibrant and unique paintings and is ...
Isla Phillips 18 July 2020
Home and Migration in the Artworks of Zarina Hashmi
Zarina Hashmi (16 July 1937 – 25 April 2020), was an Indian-American artist and printmaker based in New York City. She was known by her ...
Anuradha Sroha 1 July 2020
Are people on Respirators Really Thinking About Rembrandt? – Jim Dine on His Show at Galerie Templon, Personal Histories and the Role of Art in Crisis (or Not)
As Galerie Templon wrap up a retrospective exhibition of his iconic prints, we interview Jim Dine. Jim Dine has occupied an individual position ...
Yasmin Ozkan 19 May 2020
