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If you’re anxious or unhappy just try art You are certainly familiar with the concept of catharsis invented by Aristotle. This Greek word means «purification». In the philosopher’s works on poetics it refers to purifying of emotions by tragedy. It is also repeatedly mentioned with regard to the other arts. From very early on people […]

Information is king. It is information that turns average into famous, strange into scandalous and once unknown into celebrity. But is it always authentic and reliable? It may be hard to believe, but before the 20th century the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, was hardly known to anyone and definitely wasn’t […]

Today’s reality is digital, so if you’re a modern artist it’s highly probable that your artworks are not hanging on a gallery wall and will never be. The day is not so far when most people will consider «offline» art exposure and visiting galleries as something old-fashioned. However even if you are sentimentally attached to […]

Art and love always went together – in literature, paintings, and for the real-life artistic couples. Today we reminisce about all things love and the forms it takes for human beings, the only specie capable of making it so complicated. It’s hard these days to write a blog article without referring to Van Gogh, but […]

History of art? Yes, but what about the history that is within the art? What is classic visual art? Something to admire, to just look at and marvel, to understand what mastery is. But also, a detailed study of life back in the day – from architecture and fashion to gastronomical taste. It is the […]

Actress and philanthropist Portia de Rossi has recently launched her new project generalpublic.art that uses unique synograph technology to print modern artwork with all of its original texture. Let’s face it, there is nothing more annoying that the “DO NOT TOUCH” signs we see all over. And even if you aren’t some kind of crazy […]

We have agreed that the value of art is ultimately determined by how much time we are ready to spend on it. And when talking about time, we mean money, for we remember that time is money. But where art is concerned, this direct conversion is not quite obvious. The value of art has long […]

At .ART, the world’s most creative online space for artists, we’re all about celebrating art and innovation. We pride ourselves on our online community of creatives and have worked hard to create a recognizable domain that makes a statement about your affiliation with and affinity for the art world. Here’s how we suggest you go […]

Lo and behold, Banksy did not invent the art of destroying art. While this “trend” goes back to Michelangelo, the digital age offers a safe virtual way of destroying art at ease and without consequences. Artists are incredibly emotional beings and it’s hardly surprising that destroying one’s work is practically part of the routine. However, […]

What do Toy Story, Cars, Wall-E, Finding Nemo and The Simpson have in common, apart from being awesome cartoons? They were all made by the California Institute of Arts graduates, who have quite a sense of mystery, as it turns out. Do you use your old postcode as a computer password? Your grandfather’s year of […]

On Thursday, Christie’s became the first auction house to sell an artwork generated by an AI. “Edmond de Belamy, from La Famille de Belamy”, the AI-generated portrait, was sold to an anonymous phone bidder for $432,500, more than 40 times the upper range of its expected sale price. The piece was created by French collective […]

Adam Basanta is a renowned artist whose works often dabble in AI. His recent mixed-media installation, All We’d Ever Need is One Another, has been thrown into the limelight for the wrong reasons after it attracted a lawsuit from another Canadian artist. Amel Chamandy alleges the work infringes copyright and trademark laws that protect her […]

The artwork conceived by contemporary artist James Turrell, explores the forgotten tradition of creating observatories that are integrated into their natural surroundings. The enormous installation has been built into the Roden Crater, which Turrell acquired in the 1970s. After consulting with astronomers, Turrell excavated parts of the Crater so a series of tunnels and apertures […]

Studio Drift’s debut solo exhibition, Coded Nature, opened at The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on April 25 and will run until August 26, 2018. The highlight of the show is ‘Drifter’, a 4 meter x 2 meter floating concrete monolith that defies gravity. Studio Drift collective was founded in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph […]

.ART early adopters teamLab have partnered with Mori Building to open the world’s largest museum with a permanent digital exposition. Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless opened its doors on June 21 and has already acquired multiple positive reviews from both visitors and critics. Forest of Resonating Lamps – One Stroke, Interactive Installation, Murano […]

Our recommendation this week is "Woman in Gold". The 2015 film is based on the real story of the legal battle fought by a Jewish refugee, Maria Altmann, and her lawyer, Randy Schoenberg, to reclaim Gustav Klimt’s portrait of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The movie stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, and Katie […]

The many dimensions of Frida Kahlo and her life are now on display thanks to the Google Art and Culture online exhibition “Faces of Frida”. Google has collaborated with 33 partner museums, as well as a worldwide network of experts and collectors, in order to put the art diva’s most significant works together in the […]

An innovative art storage and display warehouse has recently been unveiled in Harlem, New York. It is claimed to be the first tax free zone within the state, allowing art collectors save substantial sums on tax. The new facility has a security system that seems to belong in an action movie. ARCIS art storage The […]

The painting “Portrait of a Young Gentleman” bought by a Dutch dealer Jan Six in 2016 has been authenticated as Rembrandt’s work by the world’s leading Rembrandt expert Ernst van de Wetering. The portrait of a young man with unruly brown hair, a velvet cape, a French lace collar and a frilled shirt was marketed […]

Artists have been working with the notion of space for centuries, pushing the limits with regard to what is possible in the sphere of spatial manipulation. The three contemporary artists we want to tell about today have been creating at the intersection of genres, mixing architecture and sculpture, interior and landscape design, fine art and […]