Flying Dream
Girls and wings, kids and birds, combinations that have always inspired the creativity of artists and visionaries, when it comes to telling freedom in its purest side. Born in Bulawayo, … Continue Reading Flying Dream
Appearances of Nature
Vorja Sánchez tries to be alert to those forms, generally of organic constitution, that she finds in everyday life. In the notebook, she usually makes a quick note of the … Continue Reading Appearances of Nature
Eyes from the Mess
Always fascinated by the mess, Emilio Villalba basically paints portraits, contemporary representations inspired by masterworks of the past. Through his pieces, he just wants to explore a kind of omnipresent … Continue Reading Eyes from the Mess
Frida
Unlike some other famous artists, everybody seems to know Frida’s troubled life, also because of the books, documentaries and movies about it. Born in July 1907, to a German father … Continue Reading Frida
The Kiss
The meeting of lips par excellence since 1908, The Kiss is an oil painting, with added silver and gold leaf by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Love, intimacy, and … Continue Reading The Kiss
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Known as “the Mona Lisa of the North”, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring over the years has become one of the most iconic artworks in history. Very little … Continue Reading Girl with a Pearl Earring
Mona Lisa
Lisa di Antonmaria Gherardini — also called Lisa del Giocondo, after her marriage — was born on 15 June 1479, in Florence. She married in her teens to Francesco del … Continue Reading Mona Lisa
They Won’t Talk About Us
Life and memories are so important, and you have to remember. Nobody wants their own name and existence to fade into oblivion. So we just have to grow and protect … Continue Reading They Won’t Talk About Us
Moments of Life
For 10 years now, Jisbar’s art has been moving the benchmark in pop culture with mischievous irony. His work is best known for his re-interpretations of classical and historical paintings. … Continue Reading Moments of Life
The Scream
I was walking along the road with two friends, the sun was setting. Suddenly the sky turned blood red. I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence, there was … Continue Reading The Scream
32nd Day of Quarantine
During the last days in Poland there was a lot of reports about police abusing their authority in the time of quarantine. People are being penalised for simply riding a … Continue Reading 32nd Day of Quarantine
Getty Museum Challenge
Are you in quarantine and starting to feel like the figure in a painting locked up in its frame for decades or centuries? You just have to become that figure, … Continue Reading Getty Museum Challenge
The Last Supper
It’s been one of the most represented religious scenes ever. And it still is, through the many parodies and reinterpretations of the 21st century which, in some way, also served … Continue Reading The Last Supper
As in a Hopper’s painting
After living almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week together for three years, in a top floor studio in New York, things between Josephine Verstille Nivison and her … Continue Reading As in a Hopper’s painting
Social Distancing
And now that I can’t even touch you anymore, what will become of our indispensable speechless moments. I left the house, the climate is increasingly tense, these folks are for … Continue Reading Social Distancing
Kaleido Days
Based in Dorset, England, Jason Anderson is fascinated by colour and work with a strong palette to create deep impasto effects with the paint. He started his art career working … Continue Reading Kaleido Days
