In the 1890s, artists, designers, and architects across Europe rebelled against the enduring dominance of art standards from centuries past. Attempts to emulate the old masters gave way to abstraction, experimentation, and individual expression—with regional variations: France saw the birth of Art Nouveau; Germany, the Jugendstil; and in Austria, there were the Vienna Secessionists.
The Accidental Artist-Activist Baret Boisson’s Vibrant Work Paints a Love Letter to the Universe By Roger Durling | August 8, 2024 Artist Baret Boisson| Photo: Ingrid Bostrom “I never set out to be an artist, and I never studied art — ever,” exclaims the dazzling painter Baret Boisson, as she shows me around her home
The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2024-25 Resident Artists. The artists will include pianist Maeve Berry, soprano Shannon Crowley, soprano Lauryn Davis, stage director Dana Kinney, tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica, baritone Erik Nordstrom, bass Matthew Soibelman, and mezzo-soprano Audrey Welsh. Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Program is one of the country’s leading training programs for young
A recent study from whiskey brand Flask & Barrel pinpoints Ohio’s favorite drinking songs and artists. Credit: Allie Healy Howard via TNS [Original caption: A flight of beer at Woodland Farm Brewery in Marcy.] For Buckeyes of legal drinking age, a recently published study offers the so-called “perfect” playlist for drinking and dancing. Flask &
Liana Flores blends bossa nova’s radiant warmth with the earnest poetic reflections of folk to create music that flourishes somewhere in the middle. After finding herself at the center of a song gone viral, earning a largely global but altogether new online fanbase, she signed with Verve Records to release her debut Flower of the
Rendering of Jeff Koons: Moon Phase (Leonardo da Vinci), Earth component of NFT. Mock-up of Cubesat and Moon Phase placement © Jeff Koons In 1965, six American artists delicately etched masterpieces on a tiny ceramic tile. Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, David Norvos and Frosty Myers teamed up with the organization Experiments
China took gold in the artistic swimming team event on Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics, with the United States getting silver and Spain taking bronze. The medal ended a 14-year drought for the US in the event, formerly known as synchronized swimming, with the team picking up their first medal since the 2004 Games
By Jared Castañeda Are you an artist from Crawford looking to express your admiration for the community through your craftsmanship? You might be the perfect applicant for the town’s latest project: the Crawford Square Mural, an opportunity for several local artists to illustrate the town’s history, diversity, beauty, and other aspects. Interested Residents must send
The list includes a broad range of artists, from hard rock and metal to contemporary Christian music and K-pop. Judy Garland, Bob Newhart and Slipknot Bettmann/Getty Images; erald Smith/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images; Chris Polk/FilmMagic Twenty-one artists have achieved the ultimate sign of success on the Billboard 200 – a No. 1 album –
The Silent Generation. Baby boomers. Gen X. Millennials. Gen Z. Gen Alpha. Social science and pop culture commentators have spent decades grouping and analyzing the different generations, assigning various qualities, habits and tendencies to each age group. But some people don’t identify with their generation, or at least these particular categories of them. Those on