Posts in category "ART HISTORY"

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  The Prado Museum celebrates 200 years ... the excuse for a weekend in Madrid?

  04/24/2019 - 2 comments

  The emblematic Prado National Museum is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. It is considered one of the most important art galleries in the world, including a large collection of Spanish, German, Flemish, Italian and French paintings.

  Posted on EXHIBITIONS, ARTISTS, SCULPTORS, PAINTORS, ART HISTORY
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  The mythical Courtauld collection is at Vuitton ...

  03/27/2019

  The Louis Vuitton Foundation presents, to the delight of lovers of works of the late 19th century, part of the collection of the industrial Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947), until June 17, 2019.

  Posted on Blog featured posts, EXHIBITIONS, ARTISTS, PAINTORS, ART HISTORY
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  Victor Vasarely - Sharing Forms - Centre George Pompidou

  03/03/2019

  The Center Pompidou presents the first major retrospective dedicated to the Hungarian painter Victor Vasarely. Following a chronological path, it highlights the contribution of the father of Op Art, the revolutionary of geometric abstraction, to the world of art, and to the public space.

  Posted on Blog featured posts, EXHIBITIONS, ARTISTS, PAINTORS, ART HISTORY
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  A trip to the Magnificient Venice ...

  12/07/2018

  The exhibition "Magnificient Venice" presented at the Grand Palais is an enchantment, an unforgettable journey to the heart of the 18th century “Sérénissime”.

  Posted on EXHIBITIONS, SCULPTORS, PAINTORS, ART HISTORY
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  When cinema meets with masters art works

  03/12/2016

  An english student in cinema  took the time to extract film scenes inspired by famous art works. He offers us an interesting video showing a parallel between movie scenes and masters' art work....

  Link to Le Monde video

  Posted on ARTISTS, ART HISTORY, MOVIES
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  A New-York art-work building stuck in the 70.

  01/12/2016

  A very nice article about the building bought by the minimalist artist Donald Judd publish in Le Monde (in French).

  To read the article, clic here.

  Posted on ARTISTS, ART HISTORY
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  Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920)

  11/30/2015

  On November 9, "Nu couché" by the painter Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920), broke a record for sale at Christie’s, for the Italian paintor, and second highest price for a work of art sold at auction.

  This is an opportunity to better know this painter and sculptor of the École de Paris ...

  Article of The Guardian about the auction.

  The biography of Modigliani.

  Posted on ARTISTS, SCULPTORS, PAINTORS, ART HISTORY, MOVIES