Chest of Saint Simeon in Zadar, 1377-1380 The coronation of King Koloman as King of Croatia in 1102, an act which established the Hungarian-Croatian personal union, was one of the formative events of the Middle Ages for the region. Starting from this point, the two countries were ruled by the […]
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Meet 6 Fast-Rising Artists Having Star Turns at This Year’s Art Basel Miami Beach — Portland Museum of Art
Who: An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes in Western North Dakota, Teresa Baker pays tribute to her upbringing while infusing her practice with a modern aesthetic. She transforms synthetic materials into artwork that underscores irregular territorial shapes. Based in: Los Angeles, California Notable Resume Lines: Baker is a 2022 […]
Who Is Veronica Ryan, This Year’s Turner Prize Winner?
The Caribbean-British artist Veronica Ryan, whose sculptural objects and assemblages reflect poetically on the organic world, has won the 2022 Turner Prize, awarded annually by Tate Britain to an artist born in or based in the United Kingdom. She was initially on the shortlist with three others: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid […]
10 Years of the Medieval Hungary blog
Chronicler from the Illuminated Chronicle, c. 1360 I started this blog 10 years ago, in August 2010. Originally, the idea was to try another platform, in order to provide up-to-date information – information that was hard to provide on my rudimentary website Art in Medieval Hungary. I created the first […]
THE SUSTAINABLE ART SHOW Celebrates 10 Years Of Artists In Residence At Materials For The Arts
Materials for the Arts (MFTA) – a program of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs – is happy to announce The Sustainable Artwork Clearly show, an exhibition of artwork on look at in COPE NYC’s room at the historic Pfizer Creating in Brooklyn by artists who have participated in the […]
Who Was Janet Sobel, the Ukrainian-Born Abstract Artist Who Created Drip Paintings Years Before Jackson Pollock?
Decades in advance of Jackson Pollock was immortalized in the webpages of Existence magazine—cigarette dangling from his mouth, flinging paint throughout a canvas on his studio floor—Janet Sobel created her very own exclusive drip paintings. A Ukrainian immigrant and mom of five, Sobel lay down in her Brighton Beach apartment, even […]
Photo essay: Warhammer’s biggest painting competition in three years
In late March, fans from around the world came together in northern Illinois for the 2022 Golden Demon, the world’s biggest Warhammer painting competition. It was the first Golden Demon held in nearly three years, and the first to be held in the United States in more than a decade. […]