Featuring giants, such as Matisse and Cézanne, as well as lesser known artists, this year’s best exhibitions ranged from eagerly awaited blockbusters to pleasant surprises Wall Street Journal, article by Karen Wilkin The year’s most memorable exhibitions, some of which can still be seen into 2015, ranged from the much-anticipated to the unexpected, from revealing considerations…
the genius of albrecht dürer revealed in four self-portraits
The German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was one of the greatest figures of the Northern Renaissance. As a draughtsman and painter, he rivaled his elder contemporary Leonardo Da Vinci, and his masterful woodcuts and engravings of mythical and allegorical scenes made him famous across Europe. In the first half of his life, Dürer made a…
beyond sochi :: photos of russia by russians
Valeriy Klamm felt the preconceived images of Russia were too narrow. So he started a photography website to change that. By Grant Slater, via NPR February 22, 2014. The gap between how foreigners view Russia and how Russians view themselves is wide and as old as the country itself. Russian photographer Valeriy Klamm felt that…
seven new art words
The Art Newspaper’s (least) favourite neologisms By The Art Newspaper. Focus, Issue 263, December 2014; Published online: 22 December 2014 Fairtigue A term circulating since 2012 and increasingly heard this year as dealers, collectors (and, yes, journalists) struggled to keep abreast of the exploding number of art fairs around the world. Megagosian Used to refer to…
me, me, me …
… the Elizabethan earl who kept portrait painters busy for 30 years Article by Mark Brown, arts correspondent, The Guardian {Sunday 21 December 2014} First Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley – a would-be suitor to Elizabeth I – sat for at least 20 portraits, says historian If you can tell a person by their collection of…
postcards from paris
What a fashion designer can teach us about the display of contemporary art, by Vivian Sky Rehberg. Ah, the cliché of a Parisian summer! I’m writing this in August, when locals have fled and tourists wander around in droves, only to find boutiques and boulangeries closed. Department stores, museums and cultural landmarks, however, are wide…
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