PinkMonkeyBirdPhotoshop Artist Transforms Herself Into Mind-Bending Optical Illusions Without Any Photoshop verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sara BarnesLike many artists, Dain Yoon enjoys working with paint. But it’s not a canvas that she puts pigment to—it's her own body. Using an extensive palette of paints and brushes, she applies the pigment to her...
PinkMonkeyBirdDocumentaries New M. C. Escher Documentary Traces the Colorful Life of a Mathematician at Heart artnews.com - Claire Selvin “I fear that there is only one person in the world who could make a really good movie about my prints: myself,” Maurits Cornelis Escher wrote to an …
PinkMonkeyBirdHow Japanese Art, Style and Design Has Influenced the WorldBy MONTECRISTO MagazineSome of our favourite stories of Japanese-influenced craftsmanship, here in Canada and around the world.
PinkMonkeyBird The Rijksmuseum Has Digitized 709,000 Artworks and Made Them Available for Free Online verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisThe Rijksmuseum is a popular stop for tourists visiting the city of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. At the museums, visitors can view countless works by old Dutch Masters as well as more modern artists Van...
PinkMonkeyBirdRealist Art for Dummies: A Beginner’s GuideBy TheCollectorIn 1855, after having a painting refused from the French Universal Exposition, the painter Gustave Courbet decided to open his own exhibition to showcase his works; he called it the Pavilion of Realism. In nineteenth-century Paris, aspiring artists would submit their paintings to the jury of the Salon and they would judge whether the painting was worthy to be showcased for the public eye; for patrons to view and buy; for fame and recognition of skill. However, the jury of the Salon adhered...
