21st century

The world of anime and manga is colorful and multifaceted

Anime and Manga Art – All about the Japanese art form

2 years ago

Have you heard of anime? Perhaps manga rings a bell? This art style has become increasingly popular in recent decades…

Are we experiencing a Body Art Renaissance in the 21st century?

Body Art: More than just skin deep. The human body as an exhibition space

2 years ago

The visual arts increasingly focus on the corpses. Even in the 21st century, people used their entire bodies to tackle these themes…

Shop window display in the Diamond District, New York City

Diamond District in NY: Where tradition and craftsmanship are in harmony

3 years ago

The Diamond District in New York City, also known as 47th Street in Manhattan, is a paradise for jewelry lovers…

Roy Lichtenstein in front of one of his paintings at an exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum (1967)

From soup cans to graffiti: The fascinating evolution of Pop Art from Andy Warhol to Banksy

3 years ago

Pop Art is one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century and has lost none of its fascination to this day. It began…

Andy Warhol's iconic Pop Art of Marilyn Monroe on the Palazzo Ducale (Genoa)

Street art meets pop art: symbiosis or competition?

3 years ago

The art forms of street art and pop art differ fundamentally in their origins, techniques, and goals, but there is a closer connection between them…

Nikita Golubev: Dirty art at its finest

3 years ago

Nikita Golubev lives in Moscow, digs in the dirt every day, and is followed by a large number of people who are more or less…

Exhibition “Neon, who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue” from February 17 to May 20, 2012 at Maison Rouge, Paris, France

Neon Art – Art objects with euphoric luminosity

3 years ago

Neon immediately conjures up images of seedy bars, nightclubs, and advertising slogans in our mind's eye. Neon signs have been ubiquitous in recent years…

Rosemarie Trockel: Portrait of a singular artist

3 years ago

Rosemarie Trockel is considered Germany's most famous artist. Nevertheless, her name is unfamiliar to many people. There's a reason for that: Trockel…

Marina Abramović during a performance in Stockholm 2017

The artist as a public figure in the media: the example of Marina Abramovic

4 years ago

Marina Abramović is one of the artists whose work attracts considerable media interest. This is partly because she…

Ilya Kabakov at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 2017

Emilia and Ilya Kabakov or “The Russian Soul of New York” – Part 2

5 years ago

[Continued from Part 1] The collaboration between the Kabakovs seems to have worked well from the start, as it quickly yielded considerable…

Emilia and Ilya Kabakov in Moscow (2013)

Emilia and Ilya Kabakov or “The Russian Soul of New York” – Part 1

5 years ago

Emilia and Ilya Kabakov are among the most important painters and conceptual artists in the world because they have been influencing this world for a good three years…

Marcel Odenbach: A look at art in the service of democracy

5 years ago

Marcel Odenbach is a German video artist. One of THE German video artists, along with media artist Klaus vom Bruch and the sculptor, video-…

Georges Adé Terms & Conditions - A brief portrait of an installation artist from Benin (Africa)

Georges Adé Terms & Conditions o: A look at non-sad storytelling

5 years ago

Georges Adé Terms & Conditions was born in 1942 in the coastal town of Ouidah in Dahomey. Ouidah is located near Cotonou, and Dahomey…

The painter Peter Herrmann during an exhibition opening in Altlangsow (Brandenburg). 2012.

Peter Herrmann – Greetings from Berlin and Art in the GDR

5 years ago

“Painter’s Greetings from Berlin” – that’s what the artist Peter Herrmann, originally from East Germany, called his last exhibition, which featured works by…