Nicolas-Jacques Conté, a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil, was born on this day, August 4, 1755, in Normandy, France. If our daily lives are easier and more expressive due to the simple gift of the pencil, it is Conté to whom we must direct our gratitude to. He made […]
July 29, On This Day The delivery of words and ideas in public spaces — this forms the basis of the visual works of American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, who was born on July 29, 1950, and lives in Hoosick, New York. She turns 72 this year. It is said that Holzer belongs to the
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Margaret Keane was an American artist whose paintings are recognizable by the oversized, doe-like eyes of her subjects, most of whom are children. Keane focused on the eyes, as they show the inner person more. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. Keane died on June 26, 2022, at the
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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
Continued from Part 1 “Look at people today — how they have become obsessed with their own body. How strange it seems that everyone wants to become body-less without understanding the body, dream of freedom without knowing boundation. It seems that everything is floating in thin air; the journey-nobody wants to embark on that process,
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Neil Harbisson, a Spanish-born British-Irish-American cyborg artist and activist for transspecies rights celebrates his birthday today on July 27. He is best known for being the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull. Since 2004, international media has described him as the world\’s first legally recognized cyborg and as the
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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
Jane Schenthal Frank, was an American multidisciplinary mixed media artist who enthralled the viewers with her spatial paintings and minimalist sculptures. She was also an illustrator and a textile artist and was born on this day, July 25, 1918. She studied with artists, Hans Hofmann and Norman Carlberg. An abstract expressionist who drew her inspirate
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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends
July 22, On This Day A groundbreaking American sculptor known for his innovative ‘mobiles’ (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents), his static ‘stabiles’, and his monumental public sculptures, Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA. (Interestingly, his birthdate is a bit of a source of confusion, as his mother
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