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    The Rise of Street Art in the Contemporary City

    Urban spaces and art have been linked since the dawn of time, beginning with the creation of cave drawings that conveyed narratives of life and froze stories in time, forever. Our way of living is growing more urban-based, with an unstoppable surge for professional glory and public transport accessibility concluding in an inevitable decision made by many young adults: to…

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    5 Women Who Changed the History of Art

    Since the beginning of time, the history of art has been dominated by men. Often women artists are overshadowed by their male counterparts, due to the patriarchal system that puts trust in the authority of the “male genius” and gives women the role of “the muse.” The statistics of women in the art world are shocking: not only are they…

  • Spatial Concept 'Waiting' 1960 by Lucio Fontana 1899-1968
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    Spatialism and The Slashed Canvases of Lucio Fontana

    Lucio Fontana’s minimalist modern art has delighted and confused critics since he started producing his infamous slashed canvases in the 1940s. One of his most celebrated works Spatial Concept: Waiting consists of a single cut on a warm, brown-hued canvas. As the father of the spatialism concept, Fontana was at the helm of important developments in the modern art movement.…

  • Groovin' High, 1996 by Faith Ringgold
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    Textile Art: From Ancient Tapestries to Modern Politics

    This week, Frieze art fair in London is featuring a series called Woven: a special exhibition that explores “textiles, weaving, and the legacies of colonialism” through the work of eight international textile-based artists. Textiles often are categorized somewhere between art and craft, and this has led to debates on its aesthetic value for centuries. To give you a brief history…

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    Realism Art and Style: Everything You Need to Know

    Realism art is traditionally used to describe the 19th century movement that used everyday scenes and people as subject matter, depicting them in a naturalistic style. Today the term is also used to describe works of art that are painted so realistically that they resemble a photograph. Realism Art: Origins in 19th Century France Realism as an artistic movement first…

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    5 Contemporary Swedish Artists on Singulart

    With the Affordable Art Fair coming up in Stockholm, Singulart presents you with five contemporary Swedish artists creating vibrant, complex, and one of a kind pieces. Each of these artworks represents a world in and of itself, enticing the viewer in with its own story and universe. From figurative painting to sculpture, get swept up in the Swedish fever as…

  • Hilly Kristal (far left) in front of his club, CBGB, 1987 © Ebet Roberts
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    5 Female Photographers that Documented the New York City Punk Scene

    New York City in the 1970s was rough- high crime rates, dirty streets, and rampant drug use- but it was in this hotbed that a vibrant art scene flourished, giving birth to a new musical style: punk rock. Often called the birthplace of punk rock, CBGB was a music venue that opened on December 10th, 1973, in an old biker…

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    Fashion and Art: 5 Iconic Fashion Photographers who Bridged the Gap

    Fashion has largely existed on the periphery of the ‘fine art’ world–or else has been entirely omitted from it–for centuries. Previously assigned to the realms of ‘design’ or ‘craft’, it is only in the past decade that fashion has entered the halls of museums in blockbuster exhibitions as veritable artworks in and of themselves. Instrumental in the development of this…

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    Aviation in Art: Then and Now

    While we may mostly associate aviation with airport queues, preserved warplanes in museums and model collectibles, the theme has found its way into art in many ways throughout various periods. Art, of course, has long explored human struggles and triumphs, including significant technological developments such as the emergence of air travel. So how has art responded to aviation? In this article,…

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    5 Contemporary Artists Defining Americana Today

    The term Americana refers, quite simply, to cultural artifacts related to the history of the United States. However, as American historian Hampton Sides wrote in Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier, “the United States is such a glorious mess of contradiction, such a crazy quilt of competing themes, such a fecund mishmash of people and ideas, that defining us is…