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• Pipilotti Rist: The Video Art Pioneer Who Made the Genre Mainstream artist

  Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist (born 1962) has been a pioneering force in video art and experimental installation since the 1980s, with a focus on the female body and pleasure. Her…

• Remo Buti, radical architect and designer, dies at 89 artist

  Remo Buti, a prominent member of the Radical Architecture movement and one of the founders of the Global Tools laboratory, passed away in Florence at the age of 89. He was born in…

• Guglielmo Janni: The Painter Who Captivated Ungaretti artist

  Guglielmo Janni (Rome, 1892–1958) was an Italian artist whose prominence was most notable in the 1930s, receiving accolades from poet Giuseppe Ungaretti during a solo exhibition…

• Digital Artist Juhani Jokinen's Professional Background and Creative Work artist

  Juhani Jokinen is a concept designer, art director, and illustrator who serves as Associate Lead Concept Artist at Ubisoft. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he creates conceptual ideas…

• Second Edition of al BAR.co Artist Residency at Barco Ducale in Urbania artist

  The second edition of al BAR.co took place at Barco Ducale in Urbania (Pesaro Urbino), showcasing ten emerging illustrators from the Scuola del Libro di Urbino, chosen for their…

• Marina Caneve: Photography as Interdisciplinary Research Tool artist

  Marina Caneve, born in Belluno in 1988, employs photography to conduct interdisciplinary research with a focus on aesthetics. She received her education from Guido Guidi at IUAV…

• Designer Ted Bradley Integrates Sustainability into Porcelain Light Sculptures artist

  In October 2019, lighting designer Ted Bradley shifted his career focus to create custom porcelain and LED light sculptures, emphasizing environmental responsibility. Based in…

• Felicia Atkinson on Whispering, Silence, and Her Upcoming Album 'Image Language' artist

  Felicia Atkinson, a Paris-born artist and musician (b. 1981), discusses her multidisciplinary practice spanning minimalist music, environmental installations, and publications. In…

• Diego Cibelli: Ceramics as a Bridge Between Art, Design, and History artist

  Diego Cibelli (born 1987, Naples) is an Italian artist and designer whose work centers on ceramics and porcelain, exploring the relationship between objects, dwelling, and…

• French New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88 artist

  Jean-Paul Belmondo, the iconic French actor synonymous with the Nouvelle Vague, died on September 6, 2021 at age 88. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1933 to sculptor Paul Belmondo,…

• Mexican Illustrator Eduardo León Releases Modern Street Demons Series artist

  On September 5, 2021, graphic designer and illustrator Eduardo León from Mexico unveiled a new collection of illustrations titled 'Modern Street Demons.' The series features…

• Ben Quilty Raises Millions for Afghan Refugees Through UNHCR artist

  Ben Quilty, an Australian artist, has successfully generated over AUD 4.6 million (USD 3.4 million) for UNHCR to aid the Afghan population. In 2011, Quilty served as Australia's…

• Chiara Passa on AR Filters, Virtual Spaces, and the Widget Art Gallery artist

  In an interview with Valentina Tanni, artist Chiara Passa discusses her Instagram filter "Object Oriented Filter," created for the Art Layers project. The filter uses augmented…

• LARTRES Artist Residency Launches in Licenza with Futurum Amoenus Cycle artist

  In Licenza, Italy, a new international artist residency named LARTRES has been launched within Monti Lucretili Regional Park, spearheaded by Lucina Giacopini and L'Aquila reale.…

• Mark Reeder: From Factory Records to MFS, a Life in Music artist

  Mark Reeder, born in Manchester in 1958, is a pivotal figure in post-punk and electronic music. In 1978 he moved to Berlin, becoming the German representative for Factory Records…

• AudioPrint: Illustrazioni personalizzate con dedica musicale artist

  AudioPrint è un progetto di illustrazione sonorizzata nato dalla collaborazione tra Alessio Lalli, tatuatore romano classe '83, e Noemi Patriarca, Visual e Graphic designer.…

• Anuar Khalifi: Painting Identity, Tradition, and Modernity artist

  In a recent chat with Canvas, Anuar Khalifi, an artist who learned his craft independently while living between Morocco and Spain, opened up about his artistic path, sense of…

• Tomashi Jackson's Mixed Media Work The Three Sisters Featured in 2021 artist

  Tomashi Jackson created a mixed media piece titled The Three Sisters in 2021. The artwork measures 95 by 66.5 by 12.5 inches. Tilton Gallery represents the artist and provided…

• Romina De Novellis Uses Food to Subvert Patriarchal Rituals artist

  Romina De Novellis (Naples, 1982) is a performer who deconstructs Mediterranean cultural rituals she sees as patriarchal. Food is central to her work because meals and their rules…

• Brenda Zlamany's 366-Day Watercolor Portrait Series Featured on Artcritical artist

  Brenda Zlamany's watercolor portrait series "A Watercolor Portrait a Day" was highlighted on August 23, 2021. The series includes portraits of notable art world figures such as…

• Afghan artist Malina Suliman's plea: 'Help women and artists escape' artist

  Malina Suliman, a prominent Afghan artist born in 1990, known for her 'skeletons in burqas' that appeared on Kabul streets in the 2000s, now lives in the Netherlands as an asylum…

• Arianna Desideri on Curating as Proximity, Re-margining, and Activation artist

  Arianna Desideri, born in 1996 in Rome, is an art historian and curator who completed her studies at Sapienza University of Rome. She co-established D.A.P.A. and wrote "Roma 70.…

• Fiorenzo Giannetti, the Turin sculptor obsessed with primates artist

  Fiorenzo Giannetti (1877-1939), a talented student of Leonardo Bistolfi at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, was forced by family poverty to abandon his studies and work as a…

• Critic Alan Jones, chronicler of Pop Art and Leo Castelli, dies at 78 artist

  Alan Jones, the American critic, poet, and curator who chronicled the postwar art scene and wrote a definitive biography of dealer Leo Castelli, has died in Venice. He was 78.…

• Neapolitan artist Marisa Albanese dies at 74 artist

  Marisa Albanese, a Neapolitan artist known for exploring dynamism, energy, and sociopolitical themes through sculpture, video, and installation, died at 74 after a long illness.…

• Modigliani and Akhmatova: A Lost Love Story artist

  The brief but intense romance between Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani and Russian poet Anna Akhmatova is largely known through her memoirs. They met in Paris in 1906 at the Café…

• Hiro, Japanese-American Photographer of Elegant Surrealism, Dies at 90 artist

  Hiro, the Japanese-American photographer born Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, died on August 15, 2021, at his country home in Erwinna, Pennsylvania, at age 90. His family announced his…

• Kenojuak Ashevak: il documentario del 1963 sulla pioniera Inuit artist

  Un documentario del 1963 diretto dal neozelandese John Feeney e prodotto dalla National Film Board of Canada consacra Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013), pioniera delle arti grafiche…

• Banksy's 'A Great British Spraycation' Hits English Coastal Towns artist

  Banksy has claimed a new series of works across the English coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk, titled 'A Great British Spraycation'. The artist confirmed authorship via Instagram,…

• Louise Fishman, Abstract Painter Known for Gestural Works, Dies at 82 artist

  Louise Fishman, who passed away at the age of 82 on July 26, 2021, was accompanied by her partner Ingrid Nyeboe. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, she cultivated a unique abstract…

• Greg Jager's hypnotic geometries color Genoa's Sopraelevata artist

  Roman artist Greg Jager has completed 'Il tunnel del colore', a vibrant abstract mural on a pillar of Genoa's Sopraelevata highway, as part of the Repicta project. The work,…

• Inês Neto dos Santos: Fermentation as Artistic Medium and Social Critique artist

  Inês Neto dos Santos, a Lisbon-born artist born in 1992, incorporates fermentation into her artistic practice, crafting 'culinary spaces' through workshops, edible installations,…

• Eliana Albertini on Adolescence, Province, and the Art of Comics artist

  Eliana Albertini (Adria, 1992) is a rising Italian comic artist featured in Canicola's latest collection A.M.A.R.E. Her work explores adolescence, provincial life, and 'middle…

• Rita Ravà: The Forgotten Promise of Venetian Painting artist

  Rita Ravà (1886-1973) was a promising Italian painter whose career was cut short by family obligations. Born in Venice to a wealthy family, she studied privately with Vincenzo De…

• Emily Jacir's permanent sculpture 'Pietrapertosa' installed in Basilicata artist

  Emily Jacir's circular stone sculpture 'Pietrapertosa' has been permanently installed in the community garden of the Gardentopia project in Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, since August…

• Benedikt Hipp: Body as Constant Transformation artist

  Benedikt Hipp, born in 1977 in Munich, lives and works in Finning. He studied visual arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Munich, and Bologna between 2000 and 2007. His…

• Giovanni Fredi's Instagram Filter 'Look at the Stone and Meditate' Merges AR with Spiritual Ritual artist

  Italian artist Giovanni Fredi (born 1984, Brescia) discusses his Instagram augmented reality filter 'Look at the Stone and Meditate,' which features a floating stone on a table…

• Amir RA's 'Origines 7053' video honors Rosa Parks with dance and nature artist

  Egyptian-born filmmaker and director of photography Amir RA (Cairo, 1987) has released a new video titled 'Origines 7053', the second installment of a project dedicated to…

• Carlo Stanga: architect turned illustrator on cities, digital art, and the daimon artist

  Carlo Stanga, an Italian architect turned illustrator, discusses his career shift and creative process in an interview. Known for his city portraits in books like 'I am Milan', 'I…

• Vipin Das Creates Illustrations Depicting Rain and Daily Life Amid Climate Events artist

  Vipin Das, an illustrator and artist residing in Bangalore, India, has produced a series of illustrations focusing on rain and everyday life. This work has gained attention in…