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Andy Warhol and Marilyn A Connection That Gave Us Iconic Art
Andy Warhol’s ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ displayed at Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art preview in April 2022 NYC. DIA DIPASUPIL via Getty Images | Source: huffingtonpost.com
Andy Warhol and Marilyn: A Connection That Gave Us Iconic Art
Andy Warhol’s iconic Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) painting has recently secured the world-record price for artwork at auction. Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe painting sold for $195 million in under four minutes — beating the record previously set by a 1995 Pablo Picasso painting that auctioned for $179.4 million in 2015. The 40-by-40-inch acrylic…
Fashion and Contemporary Art A Perfect Match
Images from Museum of Arts and Design exhibitions for 2022 - Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art (March 12–Aug.14, 2022); Flower Craft (May 14–June 26, 2022); and Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle (Sept. 10, 2022–Feb. 12, 2023) | Source: western-globe.com
Fashion and Contemporary Art: A Perfect Match
Is fashion art? Can art be fashion? These arguments should no longer exist thanks to a long history that has witnessed how the two creative cultures have collided, collaborated, and crossed over time and time again. Fashion and art both have stories to tell and messages to communicate to their audiences. Bold or understated, loud…
The Mysterious Motives of Manet’s Masterpiece Le Déjeuner Sur L'herbe - Art and Nude Series Part 4
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (“Luncheon on the Grass”) (1863) by Édouard Manet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | Source: artincontext.org
The Mysterious Motives of Manet’s Masterpiece, Le Déjeuner Sur L’herbe – Art and Nude Series: Part. 4
"I paint what I see, not what others like to see.” – Édouard Manet It can’t be helped. When you first look upon Le Déjeuner Sur L'herbe (1863) by French painter Édouard Manet, your eyes are instinctively drawn towards the woman who illuminates against the darker, rich tones of her background. But it’s not just…
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Barbara Kruger And Power Of WordsI work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are and who we aren’t. -Barbara Kruger Conceptual art carries within it an idea or concept that takes priority over aesthetic and art techniques. Conceptual artists challenge the definition of art and are not afraid to push their boundaries. Such…
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The Mystery Of Hans Holbein’s DeathYou could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. – Marcus Aurelius One of the most celebrated portraitists of the 16th century and a master of macabre, Hans Holbein (the Younger) was an artist with an eventful life, to say the least. He traveled Europe extensively, his highly-skilled…
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The World Of Artist BooksBooks are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King Not to be confused with an art book, catalog, or monograph, an artist book is a work of art in the shape of a book. It isn’t a means for the artist to showcase what they’ve already created; instead, an artist book is an artistic expression,…
What is Bio Art
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What is Bio Art?Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof. - Ludwig van Beethoven One might think that art and science are incompatible. Indeed, they seem to be on the opposing ends of a scale - art is born out of creativity and abstract…
Why the World Loves Basquiat
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Why the World Loves BasquiatI don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. - Jean-Michel Basquiat The year 1980 saw a breakthrough of a solo artist who took the world by storm. A charming young black man with a sweet smile, Jean-Michel Basquiat was bold and unapologetic, opinionated and unafraid to rock the public…
Black Lives Matter - The Art World In Solidarity
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Black Lives Matter – The Art World In SolidarityArt is whatever makes you proud to be human. - Amiri Baraka On May 25th, 2020, an unarmed black man named George Floyd was killed in police custody by an officer who kept his knee pressed into Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Witnessing the horrific event was a crowd of people, several…