By Kathy O’Flinnkathy@swspotlight.com Claire Sayers creates big wide landscapes. Currently she is working on a painting of a very large weeping willow on the water’s edge. “It’s 1.8 meters high and 2.4 meters long. It’s huge. You feel like you can walk straight into it and sit under that willow tree,” she said recently in […]
We Neapolitans love our town and are proud that it continues to be recognized as the happiest city in America. Naples is growing and becoming more beautiful and sophisticated every year. It is the perfect time for a biographer to come along, who depicts Naples’s life in the same joyful manner and happy perspective as […]
Social media has played a pivotal role in reviving people’s love for art. This was demonstrated when Richard Hutchins, a homeless man, became an overnight sensation after his artwork was promoted on the internet. Since then, he has sold paintings for thousands of dollars and has donated a portion of his earnings to those who are suffering […]
Mauro Bonaventura dialogues with glass souls as he does with a friend, a traveling companion, talking about his own emotions and the sensations that come to him. When he touches the glass, an almost visceral relationship forms, he tells stories from the present and the past that narrate the beauty and charm of the Venetian […]
British artist Debra Franses Bean creates purse sculptures in which trendy consumable items appear to float, suspended. Forever encapsulated in clear resin, the ArtBags excite and tease us with the impossibility of ever using these objects. Each ArtBag is inspired by women that Debra has met, or pop-culture themes. They define the modern woman, symbolizing […]
The idea for the “As Equals” concert for pets came to us after the isolating long days and nights of lock down during the current pandemic. Our social circles suddenly contracted: family, friends, and colleagues all seemed so far away. When we were feeling lonely and overwhelmed, our pets came to our rescue. We did […]
Fresh, changeable, and direct, Annalù’s art knows how to touch the viewer, provoking the deepest sensations and recalling ancestral emotions. Annalù was born in Venice, Italy in 1976. Despite of her young age, her artistic experience is vast and deep. Annalù exhibits her sculptures in international museums, public squares, and cathedrals, as well as over […]
Miami Art week was finally back and brought so much fun! Art Basel Miami Beach was grander than ever with 260 world’s best contemporary art galleries participating. Satellite fairs with over 300 art galleries from all over the world were true rivals to the major event. November 29 – December 5, 2021 formal and informal […]
From social commentary, to allegory, to the re-telling of Biblical tales – Stanislav Plutenko touches upon the most universal, timeless themes. Born in Moscow, Russia in 1961 Plutenko is currently one of the top 10 surrealists in the world, working primarily on orders from global royalty and international Museums of Fine Art. Plutenko merges space, time, […]
So many reasons: volumes are written on this subject: why people buy fine art. Without diving too deep I will restrain myself from quoting Foreign Policy magazine, stating seven main reasons why people SHOULD buy art. For many people art brings beauty and brings aesthetical pleasure; for some, art inspires creativity and stimulates them. Art […]