Alexandre Farto aka Vhils became an international phenomenon, mainly for its murals in public space, honoring José Saramago, Zeca Afonso, among others. Learn more about the famous urban art artist here.

From a very early age,Keith Haring (1958-1990) developed a love of drawing. He started drawing with the help of his father and influences from the pop culture around him, Dr. Seuss and Walt Disney. He studied at the Ivy School of Professional Art, in Pittsburgh, for two semesters, but ended up dropping out because he had no interest in professional life as a commercial graphic artist. He continued to study and work on his own, and in 1978 he had his first solo exhibition of his work at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Crafts. Discover the story of Keith Haring. 

Labor Day is this Saturday, May 1st. The date symbolizes the joint effort of workers to reduce working hours and improve working conditions. Over the centuries, the pictorial representation of the working class as a main theme has rarely been seen in the visual arts.

In order to celebrate this special date, we will analyze the emergence of the neo-realism movement in Portugal and the impact of the artist's works Júlio Pomar in Portuguese society.

With art often providing an outlet for the human experience, it is no surprise that maternal relationships and motherhood have been themes explored by many artists. Being a mother is complex work and here you will find a selection of artists who have explored the theme by portraying their own mothers or the intimate moments between mothers and children. In the format of painting, photography and sculpture, discover some of the most famous mothers of art.

New works by artists from all over the world are added to P55.ART every day. In this new series we highlight works of art that have been heavily researched by our users. Search and find new jobs you'll fall in love with.

In the late 1990s, the anonymous French artist Invader began pasting Space Invaders ceramic mosaics – pixelated characters from the video game of the same name – around the streets of Paris. Invander has expanded its roster to include Pac-Man and other popular 8-bit characters. Today, his works adorn cities around the world, from Los Angeles to Kathmandu.Discover five facts about this fantastic artist here.

Invest in Manuel Cargaleiro? Painter and ceramist, Manuel Cargaleiro is a reference in Portuguese art from the mid-20th century to the present day. He is one of the last painters to join the well-known Paris school and the lyrical abstractionist movement. Find out here the reasons to invest.

Five years before Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Theory of Colors, English artist Mary Gartside published her own challenge to Isaac Newton's ideas – yet, as Kelly Grovier writes, Mary Gartside disappeared from history. In 1805, a little-known English artist and amateur painter did what no woman had done before: she published a book on the subject of color theory. Although few details of Mary Gartside's life and career survive, her unprecedented volume An Essay on Light and Shade, on Colors, and on Composition in General reveals evidence of her extraordinary creative genius.

What are the most famous paintings about the life of Jesus Christ? Get to know the story of Easter, through tendelicate paintings about the religious episodes, around the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ here.

Who is it Paula Rego? The famous Portuguese artist Paula Rego, struggled and worked tenaciously to impose himself on the artistic scene, initially having great difficulty in selling his paintings. She is currently one of the most famous painters in Portugal and internationally. Here are seven facts about Paula Rego.

New works by artists from all over the world are added to P55.ART every day. In this new Trending Artists series we highlight works of art that have been heavily researched by our users. Search and find new jobs you'll fall in love with.

Sara Antónia Matos, director and curator of the Atelier-Museum Júlio Pomar, agreed to choose and comment for the Observer, 10 paradigmatic works of Júlio Pomar. In these choices, which include works from 1946 to 2011, it is possible to observe changes in style and technique, even when the themes are repeated. the portuguese artist Júlio Pomar who studied at the António Arroio School of Decorative Arts and at the Superior School of Fine Arts in Lisbon and Porto, is still recognized today as a neo-realist painter, involved in art as a form of social protest. The “Gadanheiro” and “O Almoço do Trolha” are from this period of protest, paintings with a clear message against the conservatism of the time and the dictatorship. Travel through the career of Júlio Pomar, through the choices of Sara Antónia Matos.

Vhils grew up in Seixal, an industrialized suburb across the river from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and was profoundly influenced by the transformations brought about by the intense urban development the country underwent in the 1980s and 1990s.Alexandre Farto was particularly inspired by the way city walls absorb the social and historical changes taking place around them. Discover five iconic works of art from Vhils.

Yayoi Kusama is one of the artists most important of our time, which has been dazzling the public with its immersive installations “Infinity Mirror Rooms” with an aesthetic that embraces light, polka dots and pumpkins. A artist The avant-garde came to prominence in the 1960s in New York, where she staged provocative Happenings and exhibited hallucinatory paintings of loops and dots that she called “Infinite Networks”. Yayoi Kusamain influenced several artists such as Andy Warhol and foreshadowed the rise of feminist art and pop. ⁠Discover three artists from the P55.ART with a language close to Yayoi Kusama.