Born in Pontedera, Italy Ozmo made his first steps in the comics world, but since early 90s he soon moved his focus on writing and painting. In short time his tag would have become one of the most famous and respected ones in the Italian graffiti scene. A special reportage […]
Renaissance
‘It Was Just Flabbergasting’: $321,000 Renaissance Painting Discovered Hanging (Off-Kilter) Above Nonagenarian’s Bed
A missing masterwork by a follower of the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi hidden in simple sight in a London bungalow has marketed for £255,000 ($321,000) at Dawsons Auctioneers in London. The painting belonged to a girl in her 90s who moved to a nursing home previous year. Her family […]
A Long-Lost Religious Panel Set a $4 Million Auction Record for Northern Renaissance Artist Bernhard Strigel
A regional French auction dwelling just created €3.5 million ($4 million) on a religious panel recently attributed to the Northern Renaissance painter Bernhard Strigel. The one-great deal sale on Friday, February 4, was arranged by the Toulouse auction residence Artpaugée soon after the function was appraised and attributed by experts […]
Jenny Saville’s Nudes Bring Renaissance Masters Down to Earth
FLORENCE, Italy — When Botticelli and Luca della Robbia produced masterpieces about motherhood, they honored Renaissance idealism with reverential depictions of a serene Madonna and kid. When the painter Jenny Saville developed “The Mothers,” in 2011, her Leonardo-encouraged composition countered that 500-yeary-aged sanctity with a firsthand reflection of her own […]