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In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s
Artist Stories The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels is currently hosting an exhibition titled In the Eye of the Storm—Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s. This captivating exhibition illustrates how artists from this period were skillful in forging their artistic presence, seamlessly blending their tradition with the influences of the Western avant-garde.
Modernism in Brazil: One Week That Has Changed It All
In 1922, Semana de Arte Moderna (The Modern Art Week) was held in Brazil. Marking the official beginning of Modernism in Brazil, the event lasted an entire week. From February 11th to 18th, modern tendencies of visual arts were on display in the city of São Paulo. It was the first collective public manifestation in favor of a new and modern spirit in the arts.
Djanira da Motta e Silva: Gentle Documentalist of Brazilian Life
Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914-1979) was born in a very humble family, in Avare, São Paulo state in Brazil. She started to paint in her twenties when she was hospitalized due to tuberculosis. Before becoming an artist, she worked at a coffee plantation, then as a street vendor in São Paulo, and later as a pension manager in Rio de Janeiro. She created and owned a pension in the Santa Teresa barrio.
The Art of Latin American Lettering
Latin American lettering is a legacy of craft-based traditions with a strong design and vibrant colors enhanced by an aesthetic with a rich Indigenous identity and history. Cartelismo Popular Craft in the USA and Europe are different than in Latin America. In northern countries, usually, craft techniques are learned in academic courses and are practiced by professionals who see in this activity a form of self-expression.
Le Tricorne: Picasso, Dalí and Falla at Art Safari 2022
Unlike any Picassos or Dalís you’ve probably seen before, this show exhibits a unique series of engravings and drawings the two artists produced for a ballet performance. Curated by Óscar Carrascosa and organized in partnership with the Embassy of Spain in Bucharest, Le Tricorne: Picasso, Dalí & Falla takes a deep dive into Spanish culture, exploring the symbiotic relationship between music, dance, and art.
Secrets Revealed at the Whitney Biennial
The return of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial exhibition marked the opening of the New York spring art season. Quiet As It’s Kept, the title chosen by co-curators David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, is a common phrase uttered prior to the disclosure of a secret, an interaction that in the context of this exhibition promises to be open, intimate and unrestrained.
Art in the Time of War: Ukrainian Startup Opens the First Pan-European Digital Art Fair
Although the pandemic has slowed down and museums and cultural institutions are open again, it has irreversibly changed the way we experience the events. It is undoubtedly far more emotional to consume the culture, being physically present next to the artwork. But is it real or is it changing? Is it bringing us the same level of emotions? Digital art has boomed in the last two years, became a separate genre, and forever entered the traditional art flow.
Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky
To commemorate the 32nd anniversary of Keith Haring‘s death in 2022, NSU Art Museum, located in Downtown Fort Lauderdale just north of Miami, is debuting the new exhibition named Confrontation: Keith Haring & Pierre Alechinsky. It is running from 27 February through 2 October, and it is the first exhibition dedicated to exploring the historic and visual intersections between American street artist and art activist Keith Haring (1958–1990) and virtuosic Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky (b.
Quiz: Cindy Sherman vs The Old Masters
Time for a little quiz for all those who consider themselves experts in the Old Masters! We will show you photographs made by Cindy Sherman, a contemporary American photographer, which reference famous portraits from art history. See how many of the inspirations in Cindy Sherman’s Old Masters photos you can guess. 1. Untitled #224, 1990 Cindy Sherman, Untitled #224, 1990, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.
Florian Yuriev - Colorful Portraits-Modus
European Art Artist Stories Art Nouveau Florian Yuriev (1929-2021) was a Ukrainian painter, architect, and visionary. His extraordinary, colorful paintings combine music, color, and linear writing. Florian Yuriev was born in Kirensk, a town in the Irkutsk region of Russia. His mother came from the Indigenous people of Evensk; his father was in exile from modern-day Ukraine to Siberia. Yuriev started studying art at Irkutsk Art College, where he focused both on music and painting.
Healing Violante Ferroni's Paintings at San Giovanni di Dio Hospital
In the mid-18th century, Florentine artist Violante Ferroni painted two large religious scenes for the atrium of San Giovanni di Dio hospital. Almost three centuries later, Advancing Women Artists (AWA), a Florence-based champion of historical women artists, is restoring Ferroni’s grand paintings for generations to come. Violante Ferroni Violante Ferroni was a Florentine painter born in 1720.
Both/And | DailyArt Magazine | Art History Stories
There are many social, political, scientific, and economic models that are embracing the idea of the “both/and” philosophy. It is my contention that artists are ahead of the game with this, and have pretty much always based their work in this messy but very human arena. Both/and is an idea that embraces paradox. From the ancient Chinese yin-yang model right up to quantum physics.
The Embroidered Life of Arthur Bispo do Rosário
South American Art Painting Artist Stories Arthur Bispo do Rosário is a mythic figure in Brazilian art. He never considered himself an artist and he spent many years living in a psychiatric hospital. His works represent the world around him, but also what was inside his head. Suffering from schizophrenia, he heard voices that would guide him on the recreation of objects for the day Jesus would come to earth. He was an outsider, marginalized for being a Black man, poor, and mad.
The Morozov Collection at Fondation Louis Vuitton
Under the careful direction of Anne Baldassari (former head of the Picasso Museum), the show is a sequel to a 2016 exhibition that similarly unveiled and reunited another Russian collection—that of Sergei Shchukin—to great critical and financial success. Baldassari refers to the two shows as a diptyque, completing and contextualizing each other. Sergei Shchukin was an important figure for the Morozovs, who saw him as a friend and collecting mentor.
Max Ernst's Collaged Memories
In 1919, Max Ernst worked together with Jean Arp in Cologne where they founded a branch of the Dadaist Movement: Surrealism. It became a new niche for artists who wanted to push the limits of poetry, design, performance, and painting. Ernst wanted to step “beyond painting” (au-delá de la peinture) in his artistic projects. Thus he focused on the new, radical technique of collage.
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