The New Exhibition of Lindy Lee, and Art News of the Week 28 September...
An article that appeared this week in The New York Times talks about how to get the most out of art, even when you are not sure if you will get it. Art News of the Week 28 September - 4 October 2020
Tracey Emin, Enfant Terrible of British Contemporary Art
Tracey Emin is a British conceptual artist born on July 3, 1963, in Croydon near London. She works with different techniques to achieve works with high autobiographical content. Tracey was part of the Young British Artists group and she was known as the "enfant terrible" of British contemporary art during the 1980s.
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography and Art News of the Week 15 – 21 June
An exhibition of Akos Ezer will be available until June 27th at Galerie Droste in Paris. Hans Hofmann, one more artist in the long line of those who have not received the deserved recognition in his time.
New Colombian Contemporary Art, and Art News of the Week 26 October – 1...
There is a new group of contemporary artists that have been growing over the past years in Colombia, and they are turning pain and difficulties into creation and pleasure for the senses. Art news of the week 26 October - 1 November 2020.
Amoako Boafo aims to challenge the notion of Blackness
Amoako Boafo knew from an early age he wanted to paint, to be an artist. Starting his journey at Ghanatta College of Arts and Design in Ghana, Boafo credits his peers for teaching him his art. A very generous statement from someone who is so clearly naturally talented and unusually modest.
Is it Possible to Collect Art Responsibly During a Crisis?
With museums closed, no auctions, various galleries going bankrupt, no creative hotspots; it’s the first time in modern history where the only place to view art objects is from our homes.
Hans Hofmann, A Life Consecrated to Art
Hans Hofmann was a German painter and professor. In his work, the influences of Fauvism, Cubism, and German Expressionism can be seen. He influenced Abstract Expressionism and was a painter and theoretician of special attraction to other artists such as the American painter Walter Darby Bannard and British artist John Hoyland.
Peter Paul Rubens, The Sensuality of Baroque
A master of the baroque style, Peter Paul Rubens was a productive 17th-century Flemish painter. In his work, you can appreciate the emphasis on colors, sensuality, and movement. He worked constantly with portraits, landscapes, historical allegories, and mythological paintings.
About Contemporary Art
In its most basic sense, the term contemporary art refers to painting, sculpture, photography, and installation art produced relatively recently, from 1960 onwards; cited to have arrived after modernism. Given that we are premising that contemporary art was born in the 20th century you may be surprised to hear that contemporary art has a long history. In order to trace this and understand its evolution, we must look back into the history of art and comment have given to leading artists at that time.
New Faces in Contemporary African Portraiture, and Art News of the Week 19 –...
Kusum Lata Sharma is an art practitioner and researcher in Bhopal that started a series of contemporary art called ‘Water Hyacinth’ a few years ago and art news of the week 19-25 October 2020.