April 26, 2024
European Artists

An Exhibition in Milan Juxtaposes Two of Midcentury Europe’s Most Intriguing Artists, Karel Appel and Enrico Baj

Gallery Network The dual-artist exhibition is on view at Dellupi Arte through December 23. Artnet Gallery Network December 19, 2022 Installation view of “Karel Appel – Enrico Baj” (2022). Courtesy of Dellupi Arte, Milan. Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we

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Art masterpieces of 46 European artists displayed in Beijing

An art exhibition titled the Infinite Universe of Wuji: Masterpieces from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, has debuted at The China Millennium Monument in Beijing to feature rare authentic artworks of 46 European artists such as Van Gogh.  Promotional materials for Wuji: Masterpieces from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Photo: Courtesy of Tianyu

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Standouts and Historic Firsts by Eastern European Artists and Curators at the Venice Biennale

The 59th Venice Biennale opened against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and the continuing rise of authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, as Vladimir Putin’s close ally, Viktor Orban, had just won his fourth term as Hungary’s prime minister. At this moment, defined by war crimes and the oppression of minority groups, it seems

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The Eastern European Artists Who Moved Forward by Starting From Scratch

From Scratch at Peter Freeman Inc., which features five Eastern European artists, highlights a common desire among the artists that “art should proceed from the basic, elemental, and essential,” as the press release states, while still reflecting on the aesthetic and sociopolitical issues of their geographical and historical contexts. Organized by Croatian art critic and

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First Fruits of Exile: European Art at Pierre Matisse 1942 | The National WWII Museum

On March 3, 1942, a special exhibition opened at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in the Fuller Building at 41 East 57th Street in New York City. Pierre, the youngest son of French painter Henri Matisse and the owner of the gallery, was an art dealer, specializing in modern and contemporary European and American artforms.  While

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Why Early Modern European Artists Were Obsessed With Shells

Shells have long been valued by societies all over the world for their diversity, beauty, and luminescence. Evidence from the Middle Stone Age tells us that shells were the first objects to clearly be used as personal decoration, and in more recent history, shells were a crucial inspiration for artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt,

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European artists unite against nationalism – DW – 10/09/2020

The president of Germany’s Akademie der Künste(Academy of the Arts, Adk), Jeanine Meerapfel, has been trying to determine how various artists and cultural institutions could rise up against nationalist forces in Europe, an issue she’s been reflecting about ever since she took on the position in 2015. “There is an urgent need for action,” Meerapfel told DW,

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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European – USC News & Events

Posted on: July 22, 2020; Updated on: July 22, 2020By Anna Swartwood House, houseas@mailbox.sc.edu No one knows exactly what Jesus looked like, and there are no known images of him from his lifetime. Art history professor Anna Swartwood House writes in The Conversation about the complicated history of the images of Christ and how historically they have served

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20 Best Female Artists of All time

An important artist of the Pictures Generation, a group of American artists in the early ’70s who were known for their analysis of media culture, Cindy Sherman creates photographic self-portraits that critique gender and identity. Serving as director, makeup artist, hairstylist, stylist, model, set designer, and photographer, the artist metamorphosizes into complex characters and shoots

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Feature: European artists sing “Together” to back China amid COVID-19 outbreak – Xinhua

French artist Laurent Ban (2nd L) receives an interview with Xinhua in Paris, France, March 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) PARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) — An eye-catching music video popped up on renowned Chinese social media platform Weibo last week, in which 40 artists from France, Canada, Italy and other countries sing a song entitled “Together”

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