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The Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti has entered the art historical canon as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century…

By Nadine Bouler

‘Light is the life of everything it touches’. These words were the guiding principle of the oeuvre of the Spanish luminist painter Joaquín…

by JERRY FRESIA

How Modigliani’s ‘mask-like’ portraits show his introspection on identity.

A look into how the Rijksmuseum is conducting its largest research and art conservation project ever

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…

Facts and Images of Important Art

Activism Within and Without the Institution

4 qualities by which we judge the status of aesthetics

In a world where social distancing is the new norm, art trade professionals are exploring, discussing, reconsidering and re-evaluating the…

Suzi Gablik’s Magritte is a fascinating read and she was able to both connect Magritte to the artistic and philosophical movements of his…

Remedios Varo (1908–1963) was a Spanish-born Surrealist painter who, similarly to a number of twentieth century artists, did not abandon…

Art is controversial. As it always has been and always will be.

Between oxygen doses, Guillermo del Valle took whatever he could find near his hospital bed and drew fragments of his Covid-19 ICU fight.

propaganda art has been a capable and compelling tool that influenced people ubiquitously on a global scale.