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Five life-changing paintings everyone should see before dying
Five life-changing paintings everyone should see before dying
Not your average list of remarkable canvases by incredible artists.
Beatriz Freitas
Jul 23, 2020
What You Should Know About the History of Collage
What You Should Know About the History of Collage
By Nadine Bouler
Nadine Bouler
Sep 14, 2020
What You Don’t Know About Authentic Impressionism
What You Don’t Know About Authentic Impressionism
by JERRY FRESIA
Jerry Fresia
Aug 23, 2020
Modigliani Paintings — Portraits: The Introspective Mask
Modigliani Paintings — Portraits: The Introspective Mask
How Modigliani’s ‘mask-like’ portraits show his introspection on identity.
Brie Hayashi
Aug 17, 2020
Operation Night Watch
Operation Night Watch
A look into how the Rijksmuseum is conducting its largest research and art conservation project ever
Josh Burleson
Aug 12, 2020
Glass: Changing The Way We Look at Art Market Demand
Glass: Changing The Way We Look at Art Market Demand
As the art world responds to the dramatic changes COVID-19 has wrought on the global supply and demand chain, it will be ever more…
Max Beinhacker
Aug 9, 2020
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Why You Should Invest In Female Artists Now
Why You Should Invest In Female Artists Now
Female artists are the biggest bargain on the market! What will your art collection be worth?
Tristan Post
Jul 14, 2020
Harlem Renaissance: 10 Visual Artists You Should Know
Harlem Renaissance: 10 Visual Artists You Should Know
Facts and Images of Important Art
Rachel Pru
Aug 2, 2020
What Would It Take For Museums to be Progressive?
What Would It Take For Museums to be Progressive?
Activism Within and Without the Institution
Sam Vladimirsky
Jul 30, 2020
High vs. Low art
High vs. Low art
4 qualities by which we judge the status of aesthetics
Jon Robinson
Jul 18, 2020
Virtual Art Fairs and the Impact of COVID-19 on the Art Trade
Virtual Art Fairs and the Impact of COVID-19 on the Art Trade
In a world where social distancing is the new norm, art trade professionals are exploring, discussing, reconsidering and re-evaluating the…
Doron Fagelson
Jul 15, 2020
Poetry in Paint: Ut Pictura Poesis and Magritte
Poetry in Paint: Ut Pictura Poesis and Magritte
Suzi Gablik’s Magritte is a fascinating read and she was able to both connect Magritte to the artistic and philosophical movements of his…
Sara Cantwell
Jul 11, 2020
Art is Controversial: A Brief History
Art is Controversial: A Brief History
Art is controversial. As it always has been and always will be.
Jamie Yi
Jul 10, 2020
Chilean Artist Draws from Covid-19 Hospital Bed
Chilean Artist Draws from Covid-19 Hospital Bed
Between oxygen doses, Guillermo del Valle took whatever he could find near his hospital bed and drew fragments of his Covid-19 ICU fight.
Linda Freund
Jul 9, 2020
Reconstructing Reality: Propaganda Art
Reconstructing Reality: Propaganda Art
propaganda art has been a capable and compelling tool that influenced people ubiquitously on a global scale.
Cynthia Yang
Jul 9, 2020
Frida Kahlo’s Homage to Afromexico
Frida Kahlo’s Homage to Afromexico
On 29 June 2020, Sotheby’s held an auction that included one of the last paintings Frida Kahlo ever painted. The small work, which she…
Louis Nevaer
Jul 9, 2020
What would the art world look like if great artists of the past had access to Instagram?
What would the art world look like if great artists of the past had access to Instagram?
I am happy to share below the translation of the article written by Emmanuelle Potiquet, philosopher of art, on her platform Troisieme…
Laurence de Valmy
Jul 4, 2020
Pictures in Bronze
Pictures in Bronze
An Analysis of Photography and Relief Sculpture
Aayush Sharma
Jul 2, 2020
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