Celebrating the Black History Month I present you contemporary African American portrait artist Kehinde Wiley. Born from a Nigerian father and African American mother, Wiley was raised in Los Angeles. He now resides in New York. Wiley is specialised in natural and realistic portrait of African – American. What is intriguing about his works is … Continue reading
It has been a while since I last wrote about art. Today I want to introduce you to Pointillism. Pointillism is a painting technique where painters put dots (points in French) of colours on a medium (canvas or panel). It is a stream of Neo-Impressionism. Pioneers of Pointillism are french painters Georges Seurat & Paul Signac, … Continue reading
Last week Friday I took a day off work and went for a day trip in Antwerp. I combined a couple of things I love: bringing a friend a visit, going to a museum and tasting food and drinks. After 2,5 hour bus ride I arrived at the monumental Antwerp Central Station, from where I took … Continue reading
Last week after work I visited SONSBEEK ’16: transACTION with two friends of mine. SONSBEEK ’16: transACTION is a public art exhibition mainly located in the similarly called park Sonsbeek, Arnhem. The park shows 45 installations from 22 artists of several countries. Besides this there are workshops and giant murals spread downtown Arnhem. This 11th … Continue reading
This most important church of Palermo was built somewhere in the 6th century under Pope Gregory I. Three centuries later the Arabs came and changed it into a mosque including a madrassa (school), a library and a bathhouse. In the 1185 Anglo – Norman Archbishop converted this to a church again. The periods and rulers that followed … Continue reading
Most of London museums are free entry. Two of them were on my to visit museum list; Tate Britain and Tate Modern. They are part of 4 museum network the Tate Gallery with British and International art collection. The gallery was founded in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was … Continue reading
When I was in Turin last month, I visited La Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino or shortened as GAM Torino. There was a special exhibition of Monet. All Claude Monet’s works from Musée d’Orsay, Paris were displayed there. Preparing that visit I browsed the website before. Photography is forbidden there, that was … Continue reading
