https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/samsung-stolen-masterpieces-art-crime-monet-cezanne-van-gogh-exhibition Samsung has recently collaborated with Noah Charney, the founder of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art (ARCA) to help to find the stolen art pieces. Samsung opened an online exhibition, and its audience with provide attention to the missing art pieces and by doing so, the chances Read more…
https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/slideshow-top-200-collectors-purchases-1234573536/ If you follow the link above, it welcomes us with a slideshow of the artworks bought by top 200 collectors during this past year. It presents a variety of different artworks, ranging from a small sculpture to a large installation. I thought it would be a stress reliever to Read more…
Before Giuseppe began his famous paintings of redesigned portraits, he worked to design stained glass windows, tapestries, and theater costumes. When he began his career as a court portraitist, his interest in nature and biology led him to create portraits using intricate arrangements of objects. His revolutionary work inspired many Read more…
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wall-paint-color-quarantine-1234574643/ As more and more people stay at home for quarantine, their interests of changing their home wall colors have increased. Many have started to notice the colors of their walls, and have wanted to change it to their likes as some of their homes has now become offices. It’s Read more…
Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles has shown respect to the front-line workers by displaying ads subways and in Times Square, with the message, “Thank you for keeping NYC alive! for -> forever..” She claimed, “I didn’t say ‘Thank you for keeping New York City clean,’ because that’s their job,” “I said Read more…
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/space-race-covid-prompts-museums-to-rethink-design The recent pandemic has caused numerous problems for museums all over the world. To prevent the spread of the virus, museums have limited the number of visitors and this has led them to consider redesigning the architecture of their buildings. As mentioned before, to limit the spread of the Read more…
A recent study – conducted by Pascal Cotte – of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ has discovered evidence of a charcoal sketch beneath its painted surface. The underdrawing is likely to be created using the spolvero technique, a method where holes are poked along the sketch and powdered charcoals are Read more…
Jon Hicks is an English Designer who founded Hicksdesign, a design studio. https://hicks.design/ Visiting the website above, you can explore Hicks’ most famous projects which include designing for Canva, Dyson, Skype, Spotify, etc as well as his most recent projects. Exploring the website above will inspire you for the upcoming Read more…
This article by Walker Downey talks about different ways musicians make art with the readily available resources during home isolation. The artists use every-day objects to create unique sounds, playing with different tones, pitch, and frequency. As art materials are becoming harder to access as lockdowns go in place, people Read more…
As we were introduced to the new project ‘Sound Analysis’, I immediately thought of cymatics. The name ‘Cymatics’ originates from the Greek word ‘κῦμα’ meaning ‘wave’; it is a study of patterns created by waves and vibrations on matters. Audio frequencies are visualized mainly with the use of sand, water, Read more…