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Three men who conspired to pinch Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and “Madonna” were sentenced to nine year in prison for their roles in the grand theft. Both paintings were recovered, but suffered damaged.
Two years after the theft, police recovered the paintings, which were cut and pierced. Even broken glass found itself into the canvas as […]
New York will be invaded by Impressionism this Friday, as an important and esteemed collection of the Impressionist master, Claude Monet, will be on display in the most comprehensive retrospective of the proclaimed artist in the last 30 years.
Spectators will become exposed to many of his early famous paintings of the suburban Parisian countryside and […]
Gustav Klimt is one of the most admired artists of the past year. His “Portrait of Adelle Bloch-Bauer I” broke the record for most expensive oil painting ever bought. Klimt is a rare combination of East meets West as his art is heavily influenced with Eastern symbolism, colors and dies. His art was always […]
It cannot be denied that Salvador Dali has a special place in the world of Modern Art. His flamboyant personality has been a source of controversy, kept alive by Dali’s own provocative exuberance fueled by critics and the press. The press has always pointed a double edge sword towards Salvador Dali calling him a genius […]
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of the most solemn days of the year for the Jewish people around the world. I wanted to dedicate this day to Marc Chagall and his works of art that depict so beautifully the life of the Jewish people back then in Eastern Europe.
This is a short animation film […]
The American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt recently passed away at the age of 78 after a long battle with Cancer.
LeWitt was a driving force in establishing Conceptualism and Minimalism as dominant movements of the post world war era. He was the opposite of fellow artists such as Andy Warhol playing the roll of artist as […]
The Dutch painter Piet Mondrian painted compositions of rectangular planes in primary colors.
This unique art form has been a source of inspiration to many artists during the Twentieth Century. His work is considered deceivingly simple, as his art is as deep and as passionate as it gets.
Want to make your own Mondrian painting? Take a […]
The headline of this post is actually Pablo Picasso’s reaction to the death of Henri Matisse, one of the painters that inspired him and many other artists of the Modern Era. Matisse (1869 - 1954) used colors in a way that was never seen before his time. Modern and Twentieth Century artists are heavily influenced […]
In 1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot filmed the famous documentary “The Mystery of Picasso.” This is a video showing Pablo Picasso as he paints. The result is a time-lapse photography documenting how Picasso created his artworks. What’s amazing is that he actually alters the canvas as he progresses, basically taking a relatively normal painting to begin with […]
Born in Deauville France, Suzy Rocher later changed her name to Suzy Solidor when she moved to Paris in the late 1920’s. Early in 1930 she became a popular singer and opened a chic nightclub called Boite de Nuit.
One of the singer’s most famous publicity stunts was to become known as the “most painted woman […]