Frida Kahlo
July 7, 2010
Celebrating Frida Kahlo’s 103st birthday, we thought to highlight her on the blog today. Art by Frida Kahlo is Art on Frida Kahlo Articles Featuring Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo Auto-biographical Artwork A glimpse of the real life of Frida Kahlo (video) The life of Diego Velasquez Art Books on Frida Kahlo To celebrate her, may we suggest some excellent biographical and coffee-table art books on Frida Kahlo: The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo Her bizarre life, filled with more theatre and characters than a... Read more »
Art Basel 41 ~ Art Films
April 27, 2010
The Art Film program at Art 41 Basel again features a varied program of films by and about artists, screened at the Stadtkino Basel. The nightly program from Tuesday to Friday, curated by film scholar Marc Glöde (Berlin), presents films by artists including Michaela Meise, Guy Ben-Ner, Korpys/Löffler, Sean Snyder, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Ryan Gander, Jeanne Faust, Cerith Wyn Evans, and Gerhard Richter and has been sub-divided into four evenings with different themes. On Saturday evening, This Brunner, the Zurich film connaisseur, will present “Women Without Men” (2009) by Shirin Neshat which... Read more »
Andy Warhol Arrived in Vienna With 35 Cars
April 16, 2010
What I’m referring to of course is the current Andy Warhol exhibition ‘Cars’ that the Albertina in Vienna is putting on currently till May 16 2010. The show is called ‘ANDY WARHOL. CARS’, and holds works by Warhol, Fleury, Longo and Szarek. The Albertina expains: “CARS presents works from the Daimler Collection, by artists Andy Warhol, Robert Longo, Sylvie Fleury, and Vincent Szarek. Common to all of the works is their examination of the history, the types, or the design of the Mercedes-Benz car. The core of the exhibit are the thirty-five silkscreen paintings of Andy Warhol’s... Read more »
Pop Art by Robert Rauschenberg Celebrates Earth Day
April 5, 2009
As an artist and as a citizen, Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was deeply concerned with how his art could help change the world for the better. During his lifetime, his artwork addressed issues of environmentalism, war, racial equality, nuclear disarmament, apartheid, economic development, and artists’ rights – an array of big-picture social and political themes that are challenging for artists (or anyone else) to tackle. Rauschenberg was up to this challenge, and this strong and unique global consciousness and ethics set him apart from other artists in the Pop Art movement. Robert... Read more »
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair in April: Sweet Spot in New York to Visit
March 16, 2009
The 12th edition of the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA) in New York City is poised to present a great range of arts and design of value in today’s international markets. The show is scheduled for April 16-19, 2009 with an Opening Preview Gala on Wednesday, April 15 at the historic Park Avenue Armory. In past years, SOFA NEW YORK has regularly drawn record numbers of collectors, curators, art advisors, architects, interior designers and new enthusiasts. Accumulus Brooch, 2008 by Sergey Jivetin (Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY) “Proven values in arts and design distinguish... Read more »
Contemporary Art (Graffiti on Canvas) by Jean Michel Basquiat
March 13, 2009
I thought to feast the eye and nourish the soul with some paintings by Jean Michel Basquiat today. It’s Friday after all. I know that Basquiat’s work is not everybody’s cup of tea, but I personally love his work because it is vibrant, articulate, offers social commentary and is overall interesting: there’s stuff to see and learn from every painting. To me, his paintings read like a personal art journal, which displays his cultural history, his heros, his beliefs of social justice, his poetry and overall his personal identity. Learn more about the graffiti and other art... Read more »
Cubist Artist Juan Gris
March 11, 2009
Spanish Cubist Artist Juan Gris (1887-1927) was born in Madrid, with his original name Jose Victoriano Gonzalez. Gris was one of the lead artists in the cubist movement. As a painter, Gris was part of the ‘School of Paris’ (Ecole de Paris) -movement. Gris’s subject-matter was always his immediate surroundings: he produced still lifes composed of simple, everyday objects, portraits of friends, and occasionally landscapes or cityscapes. Biography Juan Gris A highly intelligent man, Juan Gris initially went to study engineering in Madrid in 1902. Then in about 1904, he switched... Read more »
Pablo Picasso Paintings: Blue Period
March 9, 2009
Well-illustrated analysis of Pablo Picasso paintings: blue period, 1901-1904. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish; School of Paris painter, sculptor, etcher, lithographer, ceramist and designer; influenced 20th century art enormously; worked in an unprecedented variety of styles. Picasso’s art is categorized into periods. The most well-known periods in his work are the Blue Period, the Rose Period (1905–1907), the African-influenced Period (1908–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919). Names of many of his later periods are not as clearly defined. The Years... Read more »
Modern Art of Jim Dine Goes Beyond Hearts and Bathrobes – 3
March 4, 2009
This is part 3 of the biography of modern artist Jim Dine, continuation of part 2. Motifs in the Art of Jim Dine Jim Dine has been depicting everyday household objects and his personal possessions as far ranging as hearts, hammers & other hardware tools, painting tools such brushes, palettes and canvases, bathrobes (self-portraits), as well as shoes, neckties and other articles of clothing to braids (portraits of his wife). He even depicted a bathroom sink. It’s a little hard to pin him down as additional new motifs keep appearing. And there is no predictability re. his usage for... Read more »
Gerhard Richter ‘Abstract Paintings’ on Show in Europe
March 2, 2009
Gerhard Richter Concurrent Art Shows 2009 The Abstract Art of Gerhard Richter (1932-, Dresden) is currently on show everywhere in Europe, it seems: * Richter en France, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France March 07 2009 – June 01 2009 * Gerhard Richter. Abstract Paintings, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany February 27 2009 – May 17 2009 * Gerhard Richter. Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK February 26 2009 – May 31 2009 * Overpainted Photographs, Centre de la photographie, Geneva, Switzerland February 20 2009 – April... Read more »
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