Today, we have proof that even famous painters did some pretty questionable things health-wise back in the day. Usage of toxic art materials is definitely on that list, so let’s investigate which ones our beloved artists might have used and what health complications it could have resulted in.
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The space that is beginning to be filled with art, the atmosphere of reconstruction, and the history of hundreds of people working there before you — all of these things are appealing to artists, especially young ones. Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation acquired a new space just like that not too long ago.
Beautiful abstract paintings by Vian Borchert will transport you directly into that happy summer headspace. A new series that the artist created for the “Lemon Sky” exhibition is currently on view at Lichtundfire in New York. The show features works by several talented artists who were invited to share their variations of the main theme — the color yellow.
Do you like the color white? It is versatile and has a lot of different connotations depending on the culture. From wedding dresses to white shirts of office workers, in the Western world, white is associated with purity, cleanliness, emptiness, and minimalism. Abstract artists seem to have a unique relationship with this color. They are not afraid to overuse it, finding the beauty in color while divorced from physical objects.
The recent research paper published by Fine Art Shippers investigates the authorship of a valuable collection of artworks depicting the daily life of Chinese people. “Russian Drawings of China” was compiled by G. V. Yudin, a 19th-century Russian bibliophile. In “The American Fate of the Chinese Collection of G. V. Yudin, Krasnoyarsk Merchant-Bibliophile,” Lyudmila Belgorodskaya, Nikolay Drozdov, and Vita Vonog raise the question of attribution of the works in the collection.
Janet Sobel was a Ukrainian artist whose work has finally gained the attention it deserves due to its unique style and the themes that tragically remain relevant today. An exhibition of paintings by Janet Sobel, titled “Wartime,” is now on view at the Ukrainian Museum in New York until September 2.
June is largely celebrated in many places around the world as the month of Pride, a time when members of the LGBTQ+ community remember those who fought for equality before them, highlight the progress that has already been made today, and address the issues that still have to be dealt with.
Climate change and its consequences are undeniably a pressing issue in the current world. The urgency of this problem pushes many to resort to rather radical actions to bring attention to it. Let’s just remember the van Gogh “soup incident,” which got huge amounts of coverage by various media outlets and was discussed across all online platforms.