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Beyond the Male Gaze: Why Women Abstract Expressionists Deserve More Recognition
It is said that the future is female, and one can only hope … the past, through continuous excavation, is becoming more female all the time. - Roberta Smith, art critic (2021) Abstract Expressionism, the art movement born in the energetic post-World War II New York art scene, has long been the domain of icons…
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-1943), oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, image via Wikimedia Common | Source: barnebys.com
Piet Mondrian’s Modernism – Abstract Art and Utopian Dutch Landscape
Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) pioneered 20th-century abstraction, employing a strict yet highly creative visual language of straight lines and primary colors that evolved into his iconic Neoplastic style.  To mark the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth, Ridinghouse and Kunstmuseum Den Haag have published an English translation of "Piet Mondrian: A Life" — the…
Exploring Naïve Art and Primitivism: Bridging the Past and Present in Contemporary Art
“The Dream” (1910) by Henri Rousseau is iconic of the naïve art movement. Credit: MoMA | Image source: bluethumb.com.au/
Exploring Naïve Art and Primitivism: Bridging the Past and Present in Contemporary Art
In Poland, the Warsaw Painters: Sketches from the Art Called Naïve exhibition shines a spotlight on the marginalized figures of Polish postwar art history. Hosted at the Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw until June 4th, 2023, the exhibition celebrates four “naïve artists”: Leonida Płonkowa (1913–1992), Maria Korsak (1907–2002), Halina Walicka (1901–1980), and Łucja Mickiewicz (1894–1979). The…
NFT Art Guide What It Is, How To Use It, and the Future of the Tech
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NFT Art Guide: What It Is, How To Use It, and the Future of the TechThanks to the incorruptible power of blockchain technology, we have decentralized digital ledgers that have opened a world of possibilities for digital art. While the digital marketplace gave us a new way to conduct transactions through cryptocurrencies, it also evolved and created a method for representing and managing the ownership of digital assets. The future…
How-to Marketing for Self-taught Artists
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How-to Marketing for Self-taught ArtistsWhile anyone these days can easily access paints, pencils, sketchbooks, canvases, or clay, not everyone is driven by creativity to see what their minds and hands can produce with these materials. Most artists will tell you that they came into their craft naturally, drawn by curiosity which grew into a nagging need to continue to…
Benefits of Signing and Dating Your Art
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Benefits of Signing and Dating Your ArtDo you sign your artwork with the same signature you use on legal documents? Do you sign your work on the back of the canvas or do you hide your signature within the painting? Or do you not sign and date your artwork at all believing it’s not necessary? It’s not uncommon for artists to…
why your art title is important
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Why Your Art Title Is ImportantThere’s a divide between artists; those who believe that a title helps give the artwork its identity, those that don’t give titles much thought, and those who deliberately do not title their work. Why do artists leave their work untitled? Many visual artists philosophize that their art should speak for itself and allow the viewer…
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Artist Behavior: Etiquette for Art Exhibition OpeningsThe world responded to the global pandemic with social distancing, lockdowns, and quarantines. For the art world, this meant cancelling art exhibits, shows, workshops, and conferences. For the past two years, museums and galleries closed their doors, forcing the art environment to adapt as the world waited with uncertainty. But we are resilient, and thanks…
The Artist’s Guide for Creating the Best Open Studio Art Event and Art Walk
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The Artist’s Guide for Creating the Best Open Studio Art Event and Art WalkWe love to see how strings are being pulled behind the curtain and consume behind-the-scenes content of the shows we tune into with as much interest as the actual performance. When we’re given a peek at where the “magic happens,” we begin to understand processes better, relating and connecting emotionally.  As an emerging artist positioning…