The Japanese artistic tradition is varied and diverse; it embraces many artistic visions and trends that have only recently become accessible to Western art enthusiasts. This August, the Met has opened a large-scale exhibition of Japanese art where all fans of the Asian artistic vision can enjoy the work of Japanese poets, calligraphers, and painters.
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Banksy’s street art enjoys tremendous popularity across the globe, with this artist leaving his traces in major capitals of Europe and American cities. His creative activity in the UK has also been pronounced over the past years, and 2024 has witnessed the emergence of several new Banksy artworks in the London streets.
Though art is priceless, and the global community has a unique opportunity to admire eternal pieces of art in museums and galleries at a modest fee, the question of price still bothers many minds. Which is the most expensive artifact in the world? How is the price for artwork determined in the art industry? Here are a couple of examples.
The Dutch landscape painting tradition is a unique aspect of the Dutch Golden Age. That period lasted from the end of the 16th century, the moment of the Dutch Republic’s establishment, and ended around the 1670s, with the onset of the Franco-Dutch War and the Rampjaar. Though it was a brief timeframe of the nation’s prosperity, it gave the world many talented Dutch landscape artists with unique, innovative techniques and styles.
Painters of all times have been fascinated with the key venerated figures of Christianity. Therefore, one can easily find plenty of depictions of Christian saints, angels, and other dominant personas of the Christian world in the artworks of all periods. Here, we examine the most famous paintings of the Virgin Mary that appreciators of Christian art can view on display.
Were you waiting for the next edition of New York City Estate Auction by Auctions at Showplace? It’s time to include the event in your August schedule, as the auction is soon opening its doors again. This time, collectors will be treated to a huge variety of options: 280 lots of fine and decorative art, jewelry, coins, and more delivered directly from NYC and the metropolitan area.
Andy Warhol partnered with the filmmaker Jonas Mekas to make a stationary shot film of the Empire State Building on July 25, 1964. The duo screened an 8-hour-long film from a single position, showcasing how this building, created in the best tradition of Art Deco, arises from darkness in the first rays of sun in the morning.
While Italy is regarded as the place of birth of the Renaissance tradition in art, Northern European artists were quick to appreciate this new method and borrow its innovations. Soon after the rise of the Renaissance, North European artists from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and other states began to introduce elements of the Renaissance into their works, though with significant adaptations under the influences of the Protestant Reformation.
