Considered one of the leading surrealists, Joan Miró was a pioneer in the spontaneous drawing method that tried to express the inner workings of the human mind. His works were full of color and form and abstract elements such as birds, eyes and the moon. Currently, Miró's works break records at auction, an example of this was the painting “Red Hat Woman” which was sold at Sotheby's for around 24.5 million euros. In addition, his sculptures and public murals can be found in several cities around the world, including Milan, Paris and Barcelona. Discover the five impactful works in the career of Joan Miró in this article.
Your office walls are blank canvases waiting for your creativity! Your workspace can become a great source of inspiration for your daily tasks with the right decor. In addition to the decorative aspect, works of art offer endless possibilities, thus expanding your mind and inspiration. Get new ideas that will help you create an amazing space where your creativity and motivation can flourish. This article is full of ideas to be able to redefine your workspace in a personalized and inspiring way.
Abstractionism or abstract art was an artistic movement integrated into the European modernist vanguards.Breaking with old paradigms, they expressed themselves by fleeing reality itself, in an abstract way with lines and above all with color. With abstract art, the spectator was given the possibility to interpret geometric shapes and the exploration of pigments freely.Discover in this article the main artists of this movement.
Cinema and the visual arts involve the spectator, with the aim of evoking and expressing ideas and emotions through movement, color and composition. Between these two areas, there is a symbiosis that moves artists to create works inspired by others. Several directors have been inspired by paintings in the construction of the frames of their films. Discover in this article ten paintings that inspired the creation of cinematographic scenes.
The History of Art has shown us that artists have been insistently looking for new forms and unconventional means to express themselves. In the early 20th century, they began to challenge the traditional perception of art by introducing new elements, such as everyday objects. New computer tools progressed hand in hand with artistic progress. Discover the news that the pandemic has brought to the art world in this article.
José de Guimarães is an unavoidable figure in the history of Portuguese visual arts. Travels through Europe, Africa and Asia defined his career by stimulating the development of a universal language that explored the imaginary environment. For several decades, each of these cultures enriched their production, with this interaction emerging the alphabet. Find out in this article how the artist José de Guimarães created this means of communication with creative elements.
One of the most radical abortion laws in the United States of America went into effect this Wednesday.The Supreme Court decided not to suspend a law in the state of Texas that prohibits abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest. AUnsafe abortions are a leading cause of maternal death and disability. Paula Rego, Cindy Sherman inMany artists have been working on the topic of abortion to inform the community. Learn more about this topic in this article.
The History of Art is full of romances whether in his paintings or in real life with the union of the artists themselves. Passengers or eternal loves, art brought together several couples. These were able to inspire each other, making new creations flourish. What were the works they created? How did these relationships come about? In this article, discover five couples who made their mark in the history of art for their creativity and joint dynamics.
Oil painting is a fascinating technique due to its ease of application and its impact throughout the History of Art. With a long narrative, this technique became extremely admired from the mid-15th century onwards, with Flemish and Dutch artists, due to its versatility in terms of consistency, texture, shine, the possibility of being able to be combined with other oils and still because of the drying time.There were many artists who created true masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa (1503-1506) Leonardo Da Vinci's Guernica (1937) Pablo Picasso, The born of Venus (1483) – Sandro Botticelli, among others. Interested in oil painting? Learn in this article how to create your own work of art.
fado singer and actress, Amália Rodrigues, dFrom an early age he showed a taste for singing, having his professional debut in 1939. It quickly became a success, being headliner in several venues. From the beginning of the 1950s, Amália Rodrigues performed several national but especially international tours,starting a career unmatched by any other Portuguese artist.Discover in this article seven little-known facts about one of the unavoidable figures in the history of Fado.
On Sunday, August 15th, the Taliban took over Afghanistan's presidential palace after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. This development marked the total collapse of the Afghan government, after President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US forces from the country.When the Taliban ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, creating art was a dangerous act. This organization destroyed the giant carved Buddha statues of Bamiyan and banned all artistic depictions of the human form. What will be the future of the citizens of this country?
Photography emerged in the 19th century, a period in which painting and sculpture were the major forms of expression.From the 1970s onwards, with a greater incidence in the 1980s, the camera invaded the territory of Art, that is, cultural spaces such as museums and galleries, thus leaving practically in the background the documentary aspect of the representation of reality. While in the artistic world there was a certain uncertainty about this new machine, in the area of communication it was received as a great ally.To celebrate World Photography Day, P55 presents in this article five artists who have transformed the world art scene through their photographic representations.
In the Plastic Arts, the theme of animals is recurrent, since the beginning of humanity due to the constant interest of Man in representing them due to cultural, historical, social, religious, scientific and ethical factors. In order to understand how the society of each respective era approached animal representation, in this article we go through creative and social terms, from the beginning of humanity to the present day.
Militant and staunch supporter of the Surrealist movement, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923-2006) wrote, painted and drew, in exactly this order, from the age of 19. His work, both poetic and plastic, contributes to the construction of contemporary history. The painter stood out in the artistic panorama by rejecting any technical and formal concerns, having been the first to create a surrealist collage in post-war Portugal. His career was intense, with the two areas, visual arts and writing, continually interconnecting, as his poems gave rise to paintings and vice versa.Discover part of his vast poetic work through the five excerpts published in this article.