Since its’ inception, the visual Arts’ have always placed women at the forefront. However, this was rarely a positive thing as women were always represented through the perspective of the ‘male gaze’. This is mainly due to the fact that…
‘Transformation through Labyrinth’
Karalay (Karolina Cegielkowska) lives with passion and of passion. She is a true creator who paints, writes fairy tales for the Soul and creates calendars and posters. She is a strong believer that we all have hidden talents and art…
The Girl With No Face
Gimme Shelter, the Rolling Stones clamored, realizing escape and refuge were illusions amid life’s swirling unpredictability and cruelties. Where was hope, a safe retreat from the turbulence of their strife-torn era? The Stones were certainly messengers. But their impassioned plea…
The Enemy of the State
During the Cuban Renaissance, a period when kitsch, pop art and fanciful imagery revolutionized the island’s art scene, members of the Puro were hailed as bold, fearless innovators. They emphatically painted Cuban life with a whimsical, theatrical brush in the mid…
Celebrating Freedom’s Song
“Reggae Star Shot: Motive probably political.” The diplomatic cable announcing the December 3, 1976 attempt to assassinate Bob Marley, and to silence his calls for peace, along with social equality, saddened and shocked the world.Marley was fomenting opposition to the…
Listening to the Snow in Romania By Mariangela Bruzzi
Huddled in a small minibus, their bags full of food and other necessities of life, Romanian women in tattered coats tried to stave off the evening chill. They held their possessions tight as if an unknown force were about to…
The Return to Earth By Edward Kiersh and Sasha Nikitin
Unraveling metaphysical puzzles, leaping over cosmic walls, plunging through halls of mirrors, and sweeping aside illusions, the Great Navigator has finally returned home. It’s been an eventful journey, complete with new recognitions and awakenings. She has tapped into the…
Jean-Pierre Sergent & Thierry Savatier AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM – Interview
INTERVIEW-TALK BETWEEN ARTIST JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT AND ART HISTORIAN THIERRY SAVATIER IN FRONT OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF HEAVEN EXHIBITION AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM | JULY 2nd 2021 Transcription of the filmed Interview between Jean-Pierre Sergent and…
Survival on Kangaroo Island
The isolation, the claustrophobic confinement, all the unknown new realities arising from the Pandemic could have easily devastated her. No children attending her intimate art classes. Dwindling resources, the rent, and other monetary woes. Just bleakness, uncertainty, and the added…
Carlos Musse Infinite painting By Claudia Laudanno
Uruguayan artist, with a long prolific career. He has all the conditions of a master of contemporary art. His paintings have passed through a good part of the 20th century and these few more than 20 years of the 21st…