In 1989, over half a million peaceful people, mainly students, assembled in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, to protest the corruption of the Communist government. In retaliation, army tanks were sent to clear the Square.
One anonymous man stood in […]
Edvard Munch, Norway’s greatest artist and famous for The Scream, once hooted and jeered by the public? How could that be?
Munch’s paintings were revolutionary. The technique of scratching, layering and smudging the canvas was unheard of.
His subjects were the complex ones of life, death, anxiety and human sexuality…frightening in their intensity […]
The Father of Modern Art…Picasso? Nope.
Linda Blair, renowned San Diego Art Historian, asserts Paul Cézanne, French painter in the latter part of the 1800‘s, as the precursor of Cubism and hence, the true Father of Modern Art…not Picasso!
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Picasso:
“I remember one day while I was painting Guernica in the big studio in the Rue des Grands-Augustins, Dora Maar was with […]
Heroes arise from everyday life. Supernatural and powerful forces lead the ordinary person to perform wondrous deeds, often bestowing good upon their fellow man.
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Joan of Arc’s story is one of those rare events in history […]
New high-tech research shatters Van Gogh myths!
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If you happen to be in Venice, Italy between June and November, you will see art everywhere…strange art, really ugly art, and beautiful, take-your-breath-away art! Art is in the museums, the palazzos, the canal-fronted warehouses, small intimate gardens! It’s everywhere!
The Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious contemporary art shows in the […]
Utterly compelling! Hard to tear myself away.
Hey! Are we really talking about…the telephone?
Watch this 30 second clip of Christian Marclay’s art video and you ‘ll be hooked (pun intended)!
Alert! Alert! Lightning has struck in the world of art and science!
The question: Does art enhance science and math…and vice versa?
The answer: Yes! There are correlations between a Rembrandt portrait […]
Yes! We can be surrounded by great design…as we work, travel, practice our religion, and just live.
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ART IN WORK
This astonishing 54-story tower and it’s smaller companion building lean and loom like science-fiction creatures poised to stomp all over […]