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.
Ukraine will launch an NFT museum “to preserve the state and history of Ukraine,” said Alex Bornyakov, the country’s deputy minister for Digital Transformation. Bornyakov revealed plans for the site, titled “Meta History: Museum of War,” on Twitter. The website also includes a “warline”, a timeline of events, each accompanied by a corresponding NFT. Each of the NFTs features a tweet about a significant moment from the war, along with an illustration by various Ukrainian artists.
What to visit in April in the Portuguese capital? Discover the new ongoing exhibitions.
The Underdogs cultural platform opens to1 de Abril his first collective exhibition of the year, curated by the artistic project Ink and Movement, together with the return of Julien Raffin after his exhibition in2017. Both exhibitions will be open until21 from May of2022. Occupying the main space of the Gallery and with an opening scheduled for Friday1 de Abril, unveils pieces by artists Elian Chali, Franco Fasoli, Martí Sawe, Misterpiro, Nano4814, Okuda San Miguel, Sabek, Sixe Paredes and Spok Brillor. At the same time, in the Cápsula space, it opens on the same dayLa Folie des Grandeurs, French artist Julien Raffin's second exhibition at Underdogs.
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.
A 1960s portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol will be sold at Christie's in May. Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) is expected to sell for around $200 million. If it meets expectations, the sale could nearly double Warhol's current record of $105.4 million, set when his 1963 Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) was sold at Sotheby's in 2013.
Thinking of investing in a work by the Portuguese artist? José de Guimarães is considered one of the main Portuguese visual artists of Contemporary Art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture and other creative activities, which makes him one of the most awarded Portuguese plastic artists. Discover five reasons to invest in José de Guimarães.
This month, Marina Abramović will re-enact one of his most famous performances, The Artist is in Present, for an auction to benefit Ukraine. Currently up for auction on the Artsy platform is the possibility of being photographed alongside Abramović at the Sean Kelly gallery in New York, where works by the artist are currently on display.
Spring is the season linked to the rebirth of ideas, rejuvenation, renewal and resurrection. At this time of the year, Nature becomes even more beautiful, full of flowers of various colors, of the richest hues, of intense and diverse perfumes. This climate propitiates the beginning of the reproductive period of many trees and plants.Spring as art brings joy every time we contemplate it. Discover in this collection
To whet your appetite for spring ahead, we've put together a list of five of our favorite artist-designed gardens. Grown by people like Frida Kahlo and members of the Bloomsbury Group, these living works of art have offered inspiration to painters and sculptors. This is the inspiration you need, just in time for spring. Here are 5 extraordinary gardens designed by artists from Frida Kahlo to Robert Irwin.
Jeff Koons has lost his legal battle against a 74-year-old Italian insurer after a Milan court ruled that a sculpture of two snakes was the original, against the American artist's claims.The Two Cheerful Snakes with Green Bow Ties is a 34-inch-tall porcelain work that forms part of a series of sculptures created by Milanese producer Fidia Snc for the 1988 Banality de Koons exhibition in Cologne.
All works of art create change and push existing ideas in new directions and into new dimensions, but there are some works of art that have revolutionized the art world. Find out in this list.
The Venice Biennale, the oldest art biennial, is back after a year of delay due to the pandemic – and it seems to be busier with artists than ever.The Vampires in Space project, by Pedro Neves Marques, curated by João Mourão and Luís Silva, will represent Portugal at the Venice Art Biennale, which will take place between April 23 and November 27, 2022. Find out more about Portugal's participation in Venice.
This Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Manuel Cargaleiro, the master of Portuguese Lyrical Abstractionism celebrates his 95th birthday. the portuguese artist Manuel Cargaleiro created a striking language in the artistic world by combining ceramics and painting, through interplay between color, light and shadow. The influence of the traditional Portuguese tile is denoted, by the repetition of the quadrilaterals and the use of colors such as blue and white. In addition to painting and ceramics,Manuel Cargaleiro he also explored drawing, sculpture, tapestry and engraving. Discover more aboutManuel Cargaleiro in this article.