Creation and resistance of Iranian artists.
In Iran, many artists and intellectuals have embraced the September 2022 protest movement, which arose following the death of young Mahsa Amini three days after …
Art in Palestine, creating to exist and bear witness.
Whether perpetuating traditional artistic forms such as embroidery, or embracing the most contemporary innovations, installations or videos, without neglecting of course painting, which remains the …
Photographers who make fashion.
The first known fashion photographs date back to the 1850s, at the court of Napoleon III. However, it wasn’t until the 20th century, when fashion …
Soviet-era swimming pools by the photographer Maria Svarbova.
Maria Svarbova is a Slovak photographer, born in 1988. She studied archaeology and restoration, before taking up photography in 2010. She began her best-known series …
Beauties in PINK.
Pink was first used as a colour name in the late 17th century. According to surveys conducted in Europe and the United States, pink is …
Feelings of love.
The feeling of love has fascinated us since the dawn of time, and appears in all its forms in the history of art. Whether we’re …
Watercolour, highlighting and transparency.
Watercolour is a painting technique characterised by the use of finely ground pigments mixed with binders, which are then diluted with water and applied to …
The mirage of snow.
The delicate flowers of spring, the intense sunshine of summer and the shimmering hues of autumn have inspired painters time and again, but the splendour …
Art in YELLOW.
“Some painters turn the sun into a yellow dot, others turn a yellow dot into a sun”. (Pablo Picasso) The colour yellow “has a slightly …
MATISSE, the master of colours.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), along with his friend and rival Pablo Picasso, made a major contribution to modern art from its very beginnings. A leader of …