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Natural motifs in Art Nouveau painting: How were modernist artists inspired by nature?

How natural motifs influenced Art Nouveau design, architecture and paintings and became a dominant influence with modern artists.  An exotic, opulent, and fundamentally modern break...

Cats in the art history

Cats in art history: How felines came to be lovingly embraced in popular contemporary culture after first appearing symbolically in the Ancient Art world. The...
Stuart Pivar Van Gogh masterpiece discovery

Long lost Van Gogh masterpiece discovered by NYC collector at county auction

Stuart Pivar NYC art collector finds long lost Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece, 'Auvers, 1890' at county auction. Dutch museum seeks to authenticate discovery.  How much...
Different types of photo frames

Different Frames to Immortalise Your Captured Memories

Different types of photo frames capturing memories that you didn't previously consider. From popular choices, utilitarian choices to sentimental favorites. Seeing the world from...
Bringing art into your life

5 Ways to Art Up Your Life in 2020

Bringing art into your life in 2020: Creative ideas you might want to think about & explore whether in the visual or performing kind....
David Datuna hungry artist

$120K banana snack: Hungry performance artist who ate duct tape Dada art could face...

David Datuna hungry artist $120K duct taped banana food for thought. How a performance artist risked jail to prove a point and raise questions...
New Technology Changing Visual Arts

How is New Technology Changing the Visual Arts Game?

How is New Technology Changing the Visual Arts Game? From artificial intelligence, tech tools, computers and screen printing- the new frontier of creativity has...
Classical Paintings Which Inspired Modern Art Students

Classical Paintings Which Inspired Modern Art Students

Classical Paintings Which Inspired Modern Art Students: How the classics informed and inspired the current crop of masters.  The modern era is built off of...
10 most famous artists reflected

The 10 most famous artists. From Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dali

The 10 most famous artists reflected: From time to time, true geniuses were born among mere mortals to bring beauty and awe to ordinary...
Visual arts essay

How to Write a Visual Arts Essay explained.

Do you know how to write a great essay on visual arts? Some students have no idea how to write it correctly and thus...
History of Visual Art Education

History of Visual Art Education: A multi billion dollar industry arrived.

History of Visual Art Education; The consideration of art and artists as it now morphs into a billion dollar industry and what now counts...
Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head

Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head: Art or terrorism?

Kathy Griffin Donald Trump beheaded head; Art or terrorism? Did the actress go too far in mocking the president and drawing attention to his...

Italian art installation of empty champagne bottles thrown away

Define art. That in essence is the moral quandary out of Italy in which an art installation of empty champagne bottles and spent party...

Did you get into Vito Schnabel Aby Rosen’s Bowery exhibition?

It seems the real art this weekend at the newly opened First Show/Last Show as curated by model chaser, Vito Schnabel and Aby Rosen’s...

Shepard Fairey admits the obvious: NYC artists can’t afford to live here anymore, fleeing...

It might come as a tinge of irony and cynicism but million dollar street artist Shephard Fairey has come out to tell that NYC...