Articles and Features

Maria Lai's peculiar artistic research unified tradition and innovation, history and the present, and rediscovered the power of communities.

This article covers the relationship between art and advertising and the line of influence between them.

What is Outsider Art? We look at the history of this whimsical and peculiar genre, with some of the most illustrious examples.

From Ancient Greece to the present, discover how architects have developed utopian visions.

Jean Dubuffet, who put Art Brut on the map, developed from drawing and painting to sculpture, creating images to enter into and to live.

A glance at the pair of revolutionary artists' life who have changed our perception of urban and natural surroundings.

Filmmaker Sergei Parajanov brought us some of the most inventive visual language in cinema. Less well known are his stunning collage works.

Appropriation art has been around for centuries, though the rise of consumerism led to a newfound significance and prevalence.

Street artists around the world have paid tribute to George Floyd with powerful murals, strengthening a narrative of empathy and respect.

When Surrealism encounters Gastronomy: discover the hidden chef behind the artist Salvador Dalì.

Visit Rondo, the Twin Cities' once flourishing cultural center of its African-American community and stark example of peaceful integration.

Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair pioneered abstract art in the Middle East and received widespread international acclaim later in life.

Art Fairs are a crucial infrastructure of the art market - today, their expansion seems limitless. But how and when did they emerge?

A short history of the use of plastics in Contemporary Art.

Wherever the motivation may derive, artists across time and geography have experimented with self portraits.

Take a glance at the life and work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, the 'Princess of Polka Dots', who is famous for her magnificent Infinity Rooms.

Besides being a legendary jazz trumpeter, Miles Davis also had a talent for art, and created vibrant paintings in the last part of his life.

Throughout the centuries lost art works have been exposed to a series of misfortunes that have seen their final end as mere anecdotes.

An overview of the most powerful and eye-catching Coronavirus-inspired street art examples across the globe.

Historical exhibitions that challenged aesthetic ideology and marked the beginnings of art movements in the rich history of the modern period.