Title of Artwork: “The Agony in the Garden” Artwork by Giovanni Bellini Year Created c.1459 – c.1465 Summary of The Agony in the Garden Giovanni Bellini, an Italian Renaissance painter, painted The Agony in the Garden around 1459–65. To see it, head to London’s National Gallery. It shows Jesus praying […]
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How Church Painted the Icebergs
In 1859, American artist Frederic Church (1826-1900) commissioned a schooner to take him on a plein-air painting expedition to “Iceberg Alley,” a dangerous region surrounding Newfoundland and Labrador. Church produced an impressive set of oil studies from observation to provide the raw material for his big studio painting of The […]
Ep 118 How to Stay Focused on your Art
In today’s podcast we are talking about how to stay focused on your art. According to a study conducted by Northwest University, highly creative people are generally more easily distracted than the average person! https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z54nrg/StayFocusedArt.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | RSS This podcast is sponsored […]
Cheng Cheng Yi “Dragon Summoner” Limited Edition Print – Available November 10th – StreetArtNews
Chinese contemporary artist Cheng Cheng Yi have collaborated with ArtPort for his latest limited edition screenprint entitled “Dragon Summoner”. Dragon Summoner comes in an edition of 25 and measures 70 x 56 cm. The print features Yi’s signature characters that often tell stories about adolescence and the dreams of the young generation. Born in 1985, […]
‘Anna Mahler: Notes on Stone’; ‘About Sol’; ‘Mahler & LeWitt Studios’: three documentaries, a U.S. premiere
December 01, 2022, 06:00 PM – 07:30 PM General Admission Ticket: $15; Members & Students: Free Join us for the US premiere of three recently commissioned documentaries exploring the lives of Anna Mahler and Sol LeWitt, as well as the artist residency program their work has inspired in Spoleto, […]
Photos from the 2022 Baltimore Mayor’s Christmas Parade
Is there a better way to appreciate Baltimore’s mix of dignified, artistic, and oddball culture than the Mayor’s Christmas Parade? An array of solemn military, ecstatic performance, and determined advocacy groups, this one-of-a-kind event is peppered with beautiful moments of inspiration, connection, and weirdness, and a celebration of a city […]
Home for the Holidays: What to Include in an Advent at-Home Kit
We’ve seen many ministers preparing for Advent by assembling “Advent in a Box” take-home kits with everything families need to celebrate Advent and Christmas from home this season. We love this idea and encourage you to imagine what might go in your intergenerational Advent packages. Here are some ideas based […]
Bex Glendining | Communication Arts
In the work of Ramsgate, United Kingdom–based illustrator Bex Glendining, dramatic shadows and theatrical compositions draw the eye around what almost feels like an illustrated still from a movie with realistic environments and figures posed naturally. “I’ve always been drawn to [creating] quiet moments, imagining a real lived-in place or space […]
Lucy Sparrow – ‘Bourdon Street Chemist’ @ Lyndsey Ingram « Arrested Motion
The latest incarnation of Lucy Sparrow’s felt installations saw the Suffolk-based artist recreate a fully stocked drugstore selling everything from luxury perfume to hemorrhoid cream at Lyndsey Ingram Gallery in London. Bourdon Street Chemist was the artist’s seventh major exhibition where all the items have been rendered out of felt and […]
‘Skullcap’ honours Australian servicemen – QAGOMA Blog
In 2013 Shirley Macnamara began to make skullcaps, reminiscent of a customary funerary practice for some Aboriginal women where their heads were plastered with white clay or burnt gypsum to form a cap, covering their hair completely. The wearing of this cap could extend for some time after a death, […]