The Picasso Museum has digitized thousands of Pablo Picasso’s artworks, literary works, memorabilia, interviews and other items that have never been exhibited before. The Paris-based museum thereafter uploaded the digitized collection in an online archive containing thousands of Picasso works that can be accessed via the Internet and viewed through a digital portal. Actually, the…
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Viva Magenta, Pantone’s 2023 colour choice tends to dictate colour trends in art design and interior decors using bright and bold hues to complement the purplish pink colour. It’s been quite noticeable in art galleries that expressive artworks rendered with bright and vibrant colours are highly in demand. Mainly because they are artworks that can…
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Astrologers commonly believe that the position and alignment of the planet and stars at the time a person is born influence a person’s personality and behavior. The alignment of the objects rotating and revolving in the planetary system affects the lunar nodal cycle, which is the movement of the moon as a satellite of the…
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Water as the art subject of a figurative or still life painting is taken as a symbol of change in purifying ways, presented in variation of moods and emotions. A painting of an ocean scenery characterized by calm pristine waters against a backdrop of blue skies, evoke feelings of serenity and utmost tranquility. In fact…
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Last year, London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens announced plans of restituting the collection of bronzes sculptures looted from the ancestral altars of Benin City. Last April 07, city councils of Glasgow museums in which the 49 looted Benin objects documented for restitution by the Horniman Museum met and cast their votes of approval. Touted as…
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Although artists no longer depend on reputable art galleries to sell their artworks, they’re generally not skilled at marketing, especially digital marketing. While artists reach out to their target audience through their creation, they need to make effective use of digital marketing tools and channels in order to convert those creations into monetary gains. In…
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Up to now, the fate of “The ‘Fearless Girl’ sculpture in front of the New York Stock Exchange is unresolved while permit for its display has expired recently. Kristen Visbal, the artist and State Street, the corporation that commissioned the creation of the statue, are currently locked in a legal battle on who owns the…
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Ever since film was invented, recognition of cinematic movies as forms of visual art remained a topic of debate in academic forums, as many oppose such view. Theoretical and philosophical considerations suggest that there are three ways cinema is related to visual arts, namely: cinematic art, the essence of the relationship between art and cinema…
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A collection of Maqdala objects looted by British troops in 1868 became the bone of contention in April 2018, as the Ethiopian government pushed for restitution.Although the British museums contend that they do not have the authority to fully restore ownership to the Ethiopian government, the collection has finally been handed over to the present…
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Many wonder how professional interior decorators use two or three custom paint colors and succeed in creating a pulled-together look in home interior spaces. Actually, even interior decorators find choosing a color palette a daunting task because there’s an endless array of interior paint colors available as choices. https://youtu.be/T_uLrSKuFok Still, their approach to narrowing down…
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Logistics is very much a part of the art world especially in online art marketplaces that connect customers to various types of independent artists. Apparently, managing and controlling the flow of artworks from point of origin to various locations across the globe have challenges of their own. Jennifer Daniel, who oversees all outbound and inbound…
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The infamous Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is widely known for being the callous fifth emperor of Rome who payed the fiddled while Rome burned. Currently at the British Museum is an exhibit called “Nero: The Man Behind the Myth” to run up to October 24, 2021. Through an email, Project curator Francesca Bologna, clarified…
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Controversy has been brewing over city plans to permanently install large-sized aluminum statues of cats and dogs in Maurice A. Ferré Park in Miami, Florida. Aside from the shady process by which the $896,000 contract for the sculpture was approved, members of the local art community in Florida do not agree that the theme is…
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The San Francisco Art Institute has been facing financial difficulties made even worse by the pandemic, and is now planning to sell the Diego Rivera Mural. However, as word of the art institute’s plans to sell the 1931 artwork began to spread, the decision to do so has been receiving backlash from San Francisco’s public…
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Users of Google Arts and Culture app can have better enjoyment of the educational and cultural stuff they discover, by way of a new Art Filter selfie tool. As everyone knows, live face filters and all sorts of video effects are quite amusing and fun to use when engaged in not-so-serious video chats with friends.…
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The art world has long recognized horses as symbols of perfection and power, and we often witness real life examples of those traits in horse racing arenas. In fact, a 3-year old thoroughbred that goes by the name of Art Collector, reminds us of numerous awe-inspiring horse art collections. Art Collector made news this week…
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Public Digital Art is that branch of digital media arts in which skills in the use of computer technologies, improve visual experiences in viewing public media ads. The most popular example of public digital advertisements are what ordinary people see in electronic billboards. Aside from the use of electronics, the other hallmarks of a public…
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The 2020 exhibit of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) had shut down ahead of schedule because an exhibitor tested positive of Covid-19. The 10-day art, design and antiques fair held annually in Maastricht, Netherlands, which opened last March 05 was scheduled to conclude on March 15, 2020 (Sunday); but shut down last March 11,…
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Last week, the New York City government withdrew plans to move the iconic bronze statue “Charging Bull” out of its current location in Bowling Green Park, to a place near the New York Stock Exchange. The withdrawal came after the The Bull’s artist-creator Arturo Di Modica filed a protest against the relocation plan. The city’s…
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Native American artists today carry on with traditional craft work, while adding elements that reflect their personal visions and interpretations. A number of Native American art works are mostly found in non-urban regions, as they continued to flourish even after colonial times. Basketry, leathercraft, traditional weaving, headdress and mask making were commonly adorned with traditional…
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More artists refuse to have their name and their artworks linked to the museum tainted with what fellow artist Michael Rakowitz call as “toxic philanthropy.” The move by the artists is in line with the calls for resignation of museum board vice chairman Warren Kanders, whose main source of wealth comes from being the chief…
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Quilling, the paper craft art developed by French and Italian monastery nuns and monks during the Renaissance period, has been seeing modern-day revival for several years now. Some simply call it paper-rolling or scrolling, or paper filigree art, which basically,describes the simplicity of the paper crafting technique. Originally, nuns and monks used the gilded…
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