The Venice Biennale is one of the most discussed events in the art world. It is a huge international contemporary art exhibition that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The national pavilions are always a highly anticipated part of the show. As the 60th edition of the event approaches, let’s talk about the amazing artists who will be representing their countries at the Venice Biennale 2024.
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Unlike works of traditional art that require meticulous preservation, ephemeral works of art are not meant to last. Temporariness becomes a tool to convey ideas about the passage of time and how it influences the world around us. Artists who choose ephemeral mediums purposefully use materials that are prone to decay. Let us look at three famous artworks that encapsulate the ideas integral to ephemeral art.
Platform 101 offers an entirely new perspective on glitches by purposefully making it a focal point of its exhibitions. The recent Platform 101 exhibition “Digital Artists,” held on June 24 in Washington, DC, allowed the audience to take a glimpse into the future of digital art.
A truly grandiose event in the world of art, the Venice Biennale has finally announced the theme of its 2024 edition. On April 20, the Venice Biennale 2024 will open its doors to welcome international artists to showcase their unique artistic vision and perspective. Entitled “Foreigners Everywhere,” the festival’s new edition will be centered around the work of artists who have had first-hand experiences with this poignant subject.
You don’t have to create a masterpiece to enjoy your creativity. You can just do it for the sake of it. Indeed, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s best pieces of advice was to spend an evening writing a poem, and then crumple it up and throw it in the trash. It’s the act of creation that’s sometimes most important, not the outcome.
Since the art world is very unpredictable, a lot of beginners either give up before even properly starting or quickly plunge into an art block. To remind you that you are not alone in your worries, let’s look at five toxic mindsets that all beginner artists are familiar with.
A retrospective exhibition of paintings by the artist Roman Aivazian, titled "The Invincible Sun," has successfully opened at the Tapan Museum in Moscow. The guests of the exhibition can enjoy bright canvases full of colors and sunlight, in which the artist expresses his emotions by using the “alla prima” method (direct painting approach), rethinking the world around him.
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.