Richard Serra, the artist of high tonnage subtleties, left us in March 2024
After, as if in a Stendhal syndrome, upon seeing the painting „Las Meninas” by Velazquez in the Prado, the young Richard Serra gave up the idea of being a…
Five photos, five stories with extraordinary women
The baroness and the Mercedes Here is the Prussian baroness, Gisela Josephine von Krieger, with the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Roadster and above, the Hindenburg, the famous Zeppelin. The…
A digital remake in the style of Primitive Flemish Art (Early Netherlandish Painting)
Returning to established themes, styles, or works of art is common in the cultural history of painting, music, or film. Also known as covers in music or remakes…
The bizarre bestiary on the beaches of the Bahamas
Tourists who tour Pig Beach (officially called Big Major Cay), one of the 360 islands in the Exuma Cays, are in for an amazing experience. The island itself…
2023, the AI storm in the art world
Denied by some and loved by others, artificial intelligence has rapidly asserted itself as a new frontier in the world of art of any kind: photography, film, video,…
Story of a photograph: Lauren Bacall in Helena Rubenstein’s Bathroom, 1943
A 1943 Harper’s Bazaar cover shot by photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe is credited with launching the Hollywood career of 17-year-old model Betty Joan Perske, who became a major screen…
Sergio Toppi, a demiurge of graphic illustration
Making an illustration means taking on the task of translating between languages, to decipher but also to synthesize in images, multiple words, pages or books. The Milanese Sergio…
History in photographic images or how nostalgia can become delicious (2)
You begin to squeeze your eyelids until it hurts, until you feel drops of the sweat of your soul appear. And then the memory turns into 100 labyrinths, then…
The artist Dodo, German women and the Weimar Republic
The long lines, of a strange elegance, show the desire for beauty, a simple, transparent ether. On the other hand, there is a permanent sadness, which resides in the…
Tribute to a brilliant photographer-Erwin Olaf
When his destiny was tragically broken, on September 20, 2023, he was mourned by the King of Holland himself. An artist of astonishing complexity, with works that cover…