The artist Gustav Klimt built an artistic career that marks history to the present day. 159 years after his birth, on July 14, 1862, the Viana painter continues to be remembered for his magnificent Art Nouveau works with sensitive and dominant female figures. Unique and easily recognizable, his paintings demonstrate a sensitivity that creates transcendental and sentimental dialogues, based on figures, symbolism, shapes and colors. Learn more here.
Johannes Vermeer was a 17th-century Dutch painter known for his serene and intimate compositions. His most famous paintings include “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, “The Little Street”, “The Milkmaid”, “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window”, “View of Delft”, among others. know more aboutJohannes Vermeer in this article.
The open calls of CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva for the 2023/2024 season are open, in a total of 18 artistic residencies and three technical residencies. Applications can be submitted until March 31.
Climate activists from the "Extinction Rebellion" demonstrated at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum in front of Rembrandt's famous masterpiece "The Night Watch". Learn more in this article.
Helio Bray (1984), is an artist in constant transformation who became known for his very spontaneous shapes and color schemes. The greatest feature of his work is, without a doubt, the various creative experiences that lead to the most diverse final results. Discover more about Helio Bray in this interview.
Antique stores can offer a treasure to anyone with a keen eye, but rarely do you find objects as undervalued as a rare Alberto Giacometti chandelier. Learn more here.
This Saturday, March 4, Pinacoteca de São Paulo inaugurated a new building: Pina Contemporânea, which will now display the institution's contemporary art collection. The new building is located in the center of São Paulo, just 80 meters from the main museum and, with the addition, the Pinacoteca de São Paulo complex becomes the second largest museum in Latin America, second only to the Museu Nacional de Antropologia do Mexico. Learn more here.
As part of the commemorations of the 480th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, a work by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils was unveiled in the new premises of the Embassy of Portugal in Japan with the presence of the Ambassador of Portugal in Japan, Vítor Sereno, the Portuguese artist, Alexandre Farto, and the President of Cunha Vaz & Associados, António Cunha Vaz.
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has reclassified Kazimir Malevich as a Ukrainian. Malevich is usually described as Russian. A spokesperson for the Stedelijk Museum says that "now we communicate [about Malevich]: born in Ukraine of parents of Polish origin". Learn more here.
On March 10th, at 6 pm, the painting exhibition "Diário" by Sara Miguel at the 25th of April Association.
Conceived to be a narrative that one wants to tell, this exhibition intertwines images and titles that intertwine and want to suggest an imaginary that is built from an emotion, from a memory that is reinterpreted, from an everyday event whose outcome does not is known. Learn more here.
Conceived to be a narrative that one wants to tell, this exhibition intertwines images and titles that intertwine and want to suggest an imaginary that is built from an emotion, from a memory that is reinterpreted, from an everyday event whose outcome does not is known. Learn more here.
Sonia Delaunay was a Ukrainian-French artist who is remembered as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century. She became known for her innovative approach to art, design and fashion, as well as being a leading figure in abstract art. Learn more in this article.
Until April 28, applications for training grants outside Portugal in the areas of visual arts, theatre, dance, music and cinema, from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, are open. Learn more in this article.
At Sotheby's in London on Wednesday night, a recently restored 1910 painting by Wassily Kandinsky sold in a single offer for a record $44.9 million, Scott Reyburn reported in the New York Times. Learn more here.
Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual will celebrate 50 years of activity with an exhibition of 60 works by different artists, some of them unpublished, in various supports, and a documentary installation, to be inaugurated on March 7th, in Lisbon.