What do you imagine when thinking about an art auction? For the majority of outsiders, it boils down to placing bids in a beautifully arranged setting or online. However, the process of organizing an auction is much lengthier, starting with the owner’s decision to sell a piece and ending with a meticulously organized process of delivering the purchase to its new owner. Here is a step-by-step guide to this vital aspect of the art market.
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Some artists set certain frames for their art to simplify analysis and classification. Yet, artists like Andrew Moschburg push those boundaries to extremes to see what’s beyond the standards and conventions. Moschburg is one of the new voices in contemporary street art, ushering in a new age in art and targeting its reset. The artist has recently shared the news about his participation in Artexpo New York 2025, a large-scale event with global visibility and impact.
On March 19, Culturally Arts Collective opened a new solo exhibition by Indra Persad Milowe, a talented Trinidad and Tobago-born visual artist currently working in Salem, Massachusetts. Her works represent a striking fusion of personal experiences and collective identity reflections, taking the audience on a tour of exploring tradition and cultural pride.
Nel Gallery, a South African art gallery dedicated to increasing the outreach and visibility of local talent, is honored to announce the opening of a new solo exhibition by Joachim Schönfeldt. This time, the renowned contemporary South African artist, known for his deep feel of African history and cultural dynamics, uplifts the local vernacular to reveal its use as a cultural tool of resistance to colonial reality.
There are not that many American artists who have managed to achieve excellence in depicting the charms of American landscapes similar to that of Georgia O’Keeffe. The painter went down into history as one of the pioneers in American modernist abstract art. Born in 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O’Keeffe became one of the first women to enter the professional arts.
Aesthetics and visual appeal are not the only priorities in architectural design. In the middle of the 20th century, the peak period of Le Corbusier’s innovative ideas, the French béton brut concept entered the stage, giving rise to the “brutalist architecture” tradition. This architectural style focused on function over form. Brutalist designs were performed with an emphasis on the building’s structure and materials instead of concealing them behind appealing facades.
While Renaissance art and earlier schools emphasized naturalistic depictions of people and landscapes, later art distanced from the depiction of visible reality. The advancements in science and technology enabled people to take a deeper look at the abstract constructs escaping the human eye. As a result, Abstract art emerged at the end of the 19th century to offer a new visual approach. The movement developed in the 20th century, with many famous Black Abstract artists emerging in the international art scene during the period.
As we live in an increasingly tech-savvy world, the marriage of augmented reality and art is unavoidable. Some creatives remain committed to traditional methods of making art, such as oil and canvas or stone and bronze, while others experiment with innovative materials and techniques. Here is an examination of the growing place of augmented reality in art and some must-see examples of such works.