29 Nov Gods, Heroes and Love Stories
Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love. (Virgil) Conceived without a mother, Athena sprung fully grown and dressed in full...
18 Nov Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s “The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa”
It was not the first time I'd been to Rome, but it was certainly the most memorable.Walking without fear, entering unknown doors, and fully indulging my childhood curiosity of a cathartic nature, it was an experience that brought back fond memories of the old empire. Among...
17 Nov William Edmondson at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation
I was out in the driveway with some old pieces of stone when I heard a voice telling me to pick up my tools … I looked up in the sky, and right there in the noon daylight, he hung a tombstone out for me...
16 Nov The magnificent world of Shiko Munakata
"The woodcut, unconcerned with good and evil, with ideas, with differences, tells us that it consists of truth alone.”(Shiko Munakata) Japanese traditional art is synonymous with woodblock prints, magnified by the grand masterpieces of Ukiyo-e geniuses Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, and Kuniyoshi, who all shed light on...
01 Nov Vincent Van Gogh. Pittore colto
Fino al 28 gennaio 2024, il Museo delle Culture di Milano offre l’opportunità di approfondire e gustare da una prospettiva diversa l’opera di un genio dell’arte. Vincent van Gogh. Pittore colto indaga la ricca personalità dell’artista attraverso il caleidoscopio dei suoi innumerevoli interessi e delle...
30 Oct Mr Brainwash's epic Pop Art odyssey “Keep smiling”
New River Fine Art is proud to announce, “Keep Smiling”, an art exhibition by the internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, Mr Brainwash. This highly anticipated exhibition, scheduled to open on November 16, 2023, from 6 – 9 pm, and run through December 17, 2023, presents a...
30 Oct Marko Stout. Symphony of Opulence
Welcome to the splendid world of Marko Stout's "Symphony of Opulence"; where art, luxury and contemporary society entwine in a resplendent celebration of human desire and creativity. In the splendid intersection of art and luxury, we find ourselves on the cusp of an extraordinary artistic revelation—Marko Stout's "Symphony...
30 Oct “The Fury” by Shirin Neshat
At a certain moment, women in cultures that glamorize their images and suffocate their minds, that set them on pedestals while requiring their silence and modesty, cease to be either silent or modest. (Forough Farokhzad) One of the most evident characteristics of our contemporary...
18 Oct Han Kiok’s Hoary Reverie
Han Kiok is a sixth-generation potter, a ceramicist whose command over clay commands due deference. Even the uninitiated percipient can readily recognize that they are in the presence of a honed artisan of great sagacity. During the Joseon dynasty, Kiok’s ancestor, Youngsuk Han, produced livid,...
16 Oct Rise of the arts and crafts movement
Art is the expression of man's pleasure in labour. (William Morris) The Industrial Revolution wave from the end of the 18th to 19th centuries was an epoch-making milestone in technological development affecting society, culture, industry and design. However, in the late 19th century, some British personages expressed...