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…
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…
„Les Batailles des Fleurs”, the spirit of spring on the shores of the Mediterranean
Winter is not a time of rest for a large part of the inhabitants of the city of Nice, on the famous French „Côte d’Azur”. They gather their…
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…
„Tightrope of Our Hope” or how art reminds us of the sadness of history (“Tightrope of Our Hope” sau cum arta ne aminteşte de tristeţea istoriei)
“Tightrope of Our Hope” sau cum arta ne aminteşte de tristeţea istoriei Opera grafică a lui William Kentridge, expusă la Marian Goodman Gallery, este intitulată “Tightrope of Our…