Art

LOS ANGELES — Long before reality television series like the ever-popular Naked and Afraid, true crime shows, and WWE and MMA extravaganzas entertained millions with the suffering (whether feigned or authentic) of others, there was the wildly popular yet short-lived phenomenon of dance marathons in the 1920s and ’30s. Throngs of paying customers watched contestants dance to the point of …

A selection of drawings by freelance artist Ema Gaspar. Originally from Lisbon, Gaspar recently moved to Tokyo. Her work was shown at Art Fair Tokyo this year and she has worked with clients like Nike, The New York Times, Sony and Universal Music. Her coloured pencil and graphite drawings feature an arrangement of disconnected elements inspired by feelings of intensity …

 Art #art history #painting #portraits December 15, 2023 Grace Ebert Rembrandt portraits Jan and Jaapgen. All images courtesy of Rijksmuseum/Olivier Middendorp Standing just under eight inches tall, two oval portraits rediscovered after 200 years are now considered Rembrandt’s smallest formal works. On view at the Rijksmuseum, which houses the largest collection of the Dutch painter’s oeuvre, the pair was …

Samson Young’s aesthetically powerful and scientifically precise works, with historical and social references and conflicts, move at the intersection of philosophy, literature, performance, and the recent history of audiovisual convergence. He composes multidisciplinary spaces that oscillate between sound and image. His exhibition at the Kestner Gesellschaft consists of two multichannel sound and video installations and 3D sculptural works, investigating a phenomenon …

Centuries ago, in 2022, the FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art and hauled away 25 fake Basquiats that had been on public display as the real deal for five months. Not one to be outdone, the year 2023 brought us a former auctioneer confessing to forging the works and selling them for cash out of the trunk of his …

 Art #oil painting #painting #plants #portraits #Rafael Silveira #surreal December 17, 2023 Jackie Andres “Extravaso.” All images © Rafael Silveira, shared with permission Brazilian artist Rafael Silveira supplants heads with bunches of flowers, flocks of birds, and plumes of smoke in fantastical portraits that delve into the inner workings of the human psyche. Lively hues of pink, yellow, and …

Fermented is Political Fermentation is the result of a controlled decaying process; an integral part of the natural cycle that embodies the transition from one stage of life to another. A reflection of the transient nature of existence, deteriorating processes testify to nature’s transformative power that allows one form of matter to evolve into something new. These processes feature among …

An ancient larger-than-life sandstone Buddha head, a bronze sculpture of a seated Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and a 10th-century goddess statuette from a remote temple complex are among 16 looted Khmer works currently in the process of repatriation back to Cambodia and Thailand, according to announcements by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of …

A lovely series by Michigan native and former U.S. Army photographer Scott Brownell. Brownell studied Photographic Design at The American Academy of Art in Chicago. His work focuses on people and places while striving to portray story, expression, and the nuances of the human experience. About five years ago, Brownell became interested in “beginnings” and the things that first inspired …

 Art History Photography #art history #black and white #books #Frida Kahlo December 16, 2023 Grace Ebert Adolfo Best Maugard, María Luisa Cabrera de Block, and Frida Kahlo, (1945). All images © 2010 Banco de México in its capacity as Trustee in the Trust relating to the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums, courtesy of RM Publishing, shared with permission …