The USA is a melting pot of many cultural and ethnic groups, which has fused with the European settlers throughout centuries and has taken a deserved place within the American culture. One of these groups is a Latin American/Mexican group, which emerged due to the immigration of people from neighboring Mexico and other countries south to the USA. However, the group faced oppression and a lack of recognition during many historical periods, which gave rise to the Chicano civil rights movement in the 1960s.
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The Guggenheim Museum in New York is one of the most iconic and best-known art entities associated with the city’s art culture. The Museum is the brainchild of the wealthy American businessman and passionate art collector Solomon R. Guggenheim, who nurtured the idea of building a museum and created it in the original form of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in 1939 to showcase Guggenheim’s collection of abstract art.
Bringing art online to expand its accessibility to global audiences and make it publicly available is one of the foundational values of Culturally Arts Collective. The virtual gallery is happy to share its recent digital replication project of “Vivid,” an exhibition of Graham Gurr’s art. “Vivid” was originally on display at Arthall in Gozo, Malta, being physically accessible only to the residents and visitors of this Mediterranean island. However, upon its replication, the exhibition has become available to anyone across the globe. Read on to find out the details.
Taimeless Art Gallery, one of the front-stage art entities in Southern Italy, is located in Taormina on the east coast of the island of Sicily, a place with a rich history surrounded by many legends. The gallery first opened in March 2024, welcoming over 4,500 visitors at the grand Gala evening at Palazzo Ciampoli to mark the start of its versatile art operations. Its grand reopening is scheduled for March 27, 2025.
You may wish to learn more about art for various reasons, from purely personal interest to an effort to master an art-related profession. Whatever the case, you should always start with the basics – an understanding of various historical periods and the roots of modern art trends and techniques. Here is a list of good art history books that can give you a sure start in the field of art education.
Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the brightest geniuses of the Renaissance. This man’s talent and insight by far surpassed the development of art and science of his times. Even contemporaries are still searching for mysteries and clues in da Vinci’s works. Here is a story behind “The Adoration of the Magi,” da Vinci’s unfinished painting with a rich history.
Landscape painting is one of the well-established painting genres, with many bright representatives from various historical periods and artistic schools. However, the 17th-century landscape painting stands apart as a unique period in the genre evolution. Read on to learn about the main innovations of that epoch.
Since the dusk of Christianity, people have been trying to visualize key religious figures and events described in the Bible. That’s why there are plenty of famous Christian art objects across the globe, created in various historical periods. Here, we review the top 3 pieces every Christian believer and art connoisseur should know.