Article date: Monday, January 22, 2018
Art of the Year - 1961
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. Styles and movements that arose during this time include Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Performance Art and Arte Povera among countless other styles and movements.
Article date: Sunday, January 21, 2018
Lightness of Being (Blue) by Chris Levine
In 2003 light artist Chris Levine set up a shoot for Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
Article date: Saturday, January 20, 2018
At the Innermost Layer
Friends of the fine arts in Brussels had the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful opening this Thursday at the Bernier-Eliades Gallery , unveiling the new solo exhibition of Kostas Sahpazis, a contemporary Greek sculptor.
Article date: Friday, January 19, 2018
Art of the Year - 1960
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. Styles and movements that arose
during this time include Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Performance Art and Arte Povera
among countless other styles and movements.
Article date: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Did Da Vinci and His Workshop Create a Copy of ‘The Last Supper’? An Interview with Doctor Jean-Pierre Isbouts
Is it possible that a detailed canvas copy of Da Vinci’s Last Supper, overseen by Da Vinci himself, could have hung, unrecognised on the wall of a remote convent in Belgium for the last 450 years?
Article date: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
“My Two Passions Were Painting, And Working With Wild Animals.” ArtDependence Talks to Sanam Khatibi
Born in Iran and now based in Brussels, Sanam Khatibi embraces a broad range of artistic techniques, from sculpture and embroidery to painting and pencil drawing. Dealing with animal instincts and primal nature, her work contains echoes of Renaissance paintings and contemporary themes of power, gender and dominance.
Article date: Monday, January 15, 2018
Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Emerges Onto the Market for First Time
A painting of heightened psychological intensity, Pablo Picasso’s Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) brings to a climax a turbulent and highly charged year.
Article date: Friday, January 12, 2018
Downtownbrussels.art Look Out, Uptown! Here Comes Downtown!
Downtown Brussels is a fantastic place to stay. It’s the part of the city northwest of the central axis, up to and including the canal zone. A bit rough, a bit dirty, but very creative and edgy. It is therefore not surprising that more and more contemporary artists, galleries and museums are establishing themselves in the lower city.
Article date: Thursday, January 11, 2018
“I Shoot All Classes and I Am Fascinated by Everyone in Their Environment. I Am Very Democratic.” An Interview with Martin Parr
Martin Parr is one of the most recognizable documentary photographers of our time. His work can be accurately determined by the richness and brightness of colors and the “distant eye” angle, which has the power to make you laugh and cry, all at the same time.
Article date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
In Defense of Art, the Fruits of Enlightenment & Common Sense
Athens 2018, art under attack: an ultra-right-wing, populist tabloid of low circulation publishes a series of cover stories attacking a work of Public Art which was just installed on a beautiful spot upon the ‘Athens Riviera’, in Palaio Faliro, a part of the coastal area that surrounds the Greek capital.
Article date: Monday, January 8, 2018
Chuck Close, Where Are Your Friends?
American Artist Chuck Close has been accused of sexual harassment and of attempting to persuade women to pose naked for him. The story originally broke in the New York Times in an article in which two women spoke out against the artist, and was followed by further accusations in the Huffington Post.
Article date: Friday, January 5, 2018
Symbolism in Art: The Pumpkin
“I would confront the spirit of the pumpkin, forgetting everything else and concentrating my mind entirely on the form before me…I spent as much as a month facing a single pumpkin.” Yayoi Kusama.
Article date: Friday, December 29, 2017
Five Modern Classics of Vietnamese Art
If you think you know little about Vietnamese art you might be surprised to find out that you are not the only one - not much is known even among art historians.
Article date: Thursday, December 28, 2017
Artdependence Magazine Purchases The Original Seated Ballerina
A piece of beautiful Soviet-era porcelain, depicting a ballerina adjusting her footwear whilst sitting on a stall, became one of the most talked-about pieces of Ukrainian art from the last decade in 2017.
Article date: Monday, December 25, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Egon Schiele at Fondation Louis Vuitton
Two simultaneous exhibitions from 3rd October 2018 to 14th January 2019.
Article date: Saturday, December 23, 2017
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller
Gathered over a lifetime and handed down from previous generations, The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller reflects the family’s enduring passion for art and porcelain. To be offered on Christie's in Spring 2018.
Article date: Friday, December 22, 2017
Symbolism: The Colour Green
English orientalist painter John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) developed a fascination with the Near East and took pains to represent the sights and the people he encountered in the region in an honest and positive light.
Article date: Thursday, December 21, 2017
Recapturing Nature! Touching Sensation(al) Interfaces with lasting Handsomeness
The powerful paintings of Richard Phillips go far beyond art systems and the representational function of their medium.
Article date: Thursday, December 21, 2017
V&A unveils new staff uniforms
New uniforms for V&A staff by award-winning British fashion designer Christopher Raeburn have been recently unveiled by Victoria and Albert Museum.
Article date: Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Displacing Reality: An Interview with Alex Prager
The lines between reality and fiction are effectually merged in Alex Prager’s precise, meticulously-crafted images. In her latest series of theatrical photography, Prager explores notions of artifice and congruence, challenging the audience’s implicit expectations with novel twists on familiar narratives.
