Maximilian Pirner (1854–1924) was a Czech painter and one of the leading figures in the Vienna Secession, a significant movement in art and design that emerged in 1897. At its core, the Vienna Secession was a rebellion against the academic art establishment, which was dominated by historicism and rigid standards: the artists involved sought to […]
Dove andiamo oggi? Beh, potremmo andare a vedere alcune delle installazioni aperte da lunedì oppure alcune di quelle che hanno aperto martedì o mercoledì, ma eccovi due eventi che si svolgeranno esclusivamente nella giornata di oggi. Eventi del giorno Opposites United: Intersections Beyond Boundaries Dove: Museo della Permanente Quando: l’installazione rimane aperta dal 15-21 Aprile […]
Dove andiamo oggi? Beh, potremmo andare a vedere alcune delle installazioni aperte da lunedì oppure alcune di quelle che hanno aperto martedì o mercoledì, ma eccovi l’evento del giorno. Valorizzazione del territorio e connessioni tra arte e realtà virtuale Dove: AnciLab, Via Rovello, 2 Quando: giovedì 18 Aprile, 10:00 – 12:00 Accesso gratuito su prenotazione […]
The artist of this painting was born at Alexandria, Egypt, from English parents but he spent most of his childhood in American after his father died and his mother moved closer to her family. He was adopted by his aunt after his mother died too, in a freak domestic accident. He came back to Europe […]
In 1880 Burne-Jones acquired a second home at Rottingdean, near Brighton, to which he often retreated from the bustle of London. Encouraged by his proximity to the sea, he conjured up a marine fantasy world, and between 1880 and 1890 he drew and painted a number of works on the theme of sea-nymphs or mermaids. […]
Piero della Francesca was born in Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany, in 1412. This will be important later. After spending decades honing his craft, he was hailed as both a great mathematician and an unparalleled painter, celebrated for his mastery of light and space. If we understand anything about perspective, we owe it to him. If […]
We’re taking the run-up to prepare for April 15th, when Impressionism will celebrate 150 years from its conventional birth. It was April 15th 1874 in fact, at the studio of photographer Félix Nadar in 35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, when the group of rascals later known as the Impressionists held their first structured exhibition. It […]
The Diocesano Museum in Milan is one of the most interesting realities on the territory, both for its permanent collection and for its habit of organizing temporary exhibitions around one single piece, usually borrowed from a prestigious museum in another city. The depth you require when your exhibition only revolves around one painting always makes […]
Giuseppe De Nittis is a greatly underrated painter. or at least he has been for quite some time, and he’s now considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 19th century. One of the reasons that saw him shunned by intellectuals had to not so much with his technique but with his subjects, for […]
I can bear a little Picasso if I could stand Rodin last season, but it might be irksome to some of us, attending an exhibition on Picasso that’s particularly related to his “primitivism” period: the man was an asshole to women, and his fetishized approach to the female body extended to a consistent exploitation of […]