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Louise Nevelson, American Sculptor, Credit: Jack Mitchell / Getty Images | Image source: thoughtco.com
Pioneering Female Artists
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. – Georgia O’Keeffe Pioneer — someone who is the first to explore an area, a concept, an idea. The art world — in any historical era — is fluid…
Gallery view: Frank Stella, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II, 1959, enamel on canvas, (The Museum of Modern Art) | Image source: una.instructure.com
Color Black: What It Means In Art
There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it. – Georgia O’Keeffe Not many artists utilized the full potential of the color black, as Joan Witek did. The New York-based American artist has used the color black for life and preserved its purity in most of her artworks, most notably in The Road at Night (PS-28) (1984)and That He…
Left: Frida Kahlo, “Self-portrait dedicated to Dr. Eloesser” (1940), Right: “Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace” (1940) | Image source: scoutmag.ph
Female Artists Who Changed The World
Feet, what do I need you for, when I have wings to fly? – Frida Kahlo We’ve all heard their names — the famous female artists that influenced generations that followed. Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt — chances are, you are at least somewhat familiar with their work…
Art World
Banksy Unmasked and Why We Love HimIn 2010, "Guerrilla artist" Banksy would make the Time’s list of the world’s 100 Most Influential People. And in true Banksy style, he would supply a photo of himself with a brown paper bag over his head. To those who know and love Banksy, this behavior is in no way disrespectful to the illustrious publication.…
Art World
Net Neutrality and Saving the InternetWe’ve all lived with the Internet for so long that it’s hard to imagine it not being a free and open medium. But the reality of that freedom being taken away from us became all too real as we watched hundreds of protests across the country took place on December 7, 2017, as they tried to…
Art World
The Story of Picasso’s Women“There are only two types of women – goddesses and doormats.” – Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso’s love for women started at an early age thanks to his father who started bringing him to brothels in southern Spain at the age of 13, instilling in him an insatiable sexual desire that would burden yet inspire him…
Art World
Cindy Sherman, Selfies and InstagramSherman’s Untitled Film Stills (1977–80) marked the turning point of Sherman’s emergence in the art scene. Her Centerfold series would follow. And her 1981 Untitled #96 (in picture below) from that series would become one of her most notable works, which was auctioned for $3.89 million in 2011 - making it the most expensive photograph…
Art Market
Salvator Mundi: The Complex History Behind the Last Leonardo da VinciThe Salvator Mundi ("Saviour of the World") painting shows Christ with a haunting expression on his face. He is holding a glass orb in one hand while his other hand is raised with fingers crossed, as though blessing whoever was looking upon it. But before Salvator Mundi, the 500- year-old painting of Christ by Leonardo…
Graffiti artist Miss Van in front of her work at Wynwood Walls in Miami
Art Market, Art World
Women Representation in Art, Is It Changing?Women have been integral to the world of art for centuries. As innovators in artistic expression and the source of inspiration, it makes one wonder why despite outnumbering men at art school, remain underrepresented in the industry. The numbers don’t lie. In 2016, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services, 63% of undergraduates studying…