M E T R O P O L I S
One of the greatest films of all time, despite its apparent simplicity, allegorical concept, every detail being full of deep meaning and its images will remain forever engraved…
The “Water Mirror” from Bordeaux – tribute to the waters and sky of the Mediterranean
Mirroir d’Eau (Water Mirror) is a spectacular art installation created in 2006 by Jean-Max Llorca, Pierre Gangnet and Michael Corajoud, which alternates a mirror effect and artificial fogging…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The wood recovered from the waters becomes an art exhibition
Today, ecological approaches to art and nature are very varied. From raising awareness to militancy, representations of environmental issues are everywhere in art fairs and exhibitions. Through their…
EcoArt 2023: photography between heaven and hell
Motto: Man, this possessed king, as Pascal calls him, is condemned to slip over things. There is an essential difference between knowing and naming, even if the latter…
Interestingness 2023 – trends in the visual arts
Just as life desperately clings to survival, art constantly pursues human society. Many voices lament a certain decay of the contemporary cultural quality, including the visual arts, but the…
Lowbrow Art, a surrealism „à la pauvre”? (Lowbrow Art, un suprarealism „à la pauvre”?)
Lowbrow (English) – adjective (mainly), disapproving, unassuming, not complicated or requiring much intelligence to understand; art that is not serious and is intended for people who do not…