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Nov 11, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Marta Wiktoria Bryll |Nikolina Konjevod |Natalia Iacobelli |Nicole Ganbold
Design With the unveiling of a new space-themed mural in New York, NASA steps into a new age of its art program. The goal of this relaunch? To inspire a new generation of dreamers to one day settle on the Moon. Thanks to our talk with the NASA Art Program Director Lauren Katz, we learned what’s next for space-inspired art. Read on to explore the vision behind NASA’s new mural.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Catriona Miller |Anastasia Manioudaki |JAMES SINGER |Nicole Ganbold
Painting Artist Stories European Art Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how she balanced the competing demands of being a businesswoman, wife and mother, and creative artistic innovator. Who Was Mary Beale? Mary Beale was born into a rural community in England in 1633. Her father, a rector, was an amateur artist who probably encouraged his daughter’s talent.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Nicole Ganbold |Catriona Miller |Proofreader Karla Pumpido
Contemporary Art Self-Portrait by Faith Ringgold is a masterpiece of 1960s portraiture, feminist art, and Black identity. Historical BackgroundFaith Ringgold (1930–2024) was a pioneering Black female artist who gained artistic exposure in the early 1960s. She was born in Harlem, a neighborhood of New York City, which was the famous epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Nicole Ganbold |JAMES SINGER |Catriona Miller |Proofreader Marva Becker
The PaintingThis work by an unknown artist depicts a double portrait of two imaginary women—one black and one white, depicted as each other’s mirror reflections. They both have lavish dresses and elegant hairstyles in the latest fashion, and their necks are adorned with prominent pearl necklaces. However, the most eye-catching elements in their depictions are the so-called “beauty patches” of various shapes, such as crescent moons, hearts, or stars.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Catriona Miller |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
Academic Art Ancient Rome Artist Stories As a Black and Indigenous woman, Edmonia Lewis overcame prejudice and defied societal expectations to become a successful sculptor. Her Death of Cleopatra exemplifies how she navigated her own path through subject matter and artistic tradition.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Seoyoung C. Kim |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth. Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko (with the assistance of Barnett Newman)Letter to Edward Alden Jewell, June 7, 1943, “The New York Times”.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold |Proofreader Yifan Xia
European Art European Art The Harvesters is a masterpiece of the Northern Renaissance. It is a visual contemplation Pieter Bruegel the Elder presented on human’s place in the world. Historical BackgroundPieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569) is one of the most famous artists of the Northern Renaissance. His paintings explore the intertwined destiny of peasants and landscapes.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Zuzanna Stanska |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
Claude Monet painted Autumn Effects at Argenteuil in late 1873, which was the moment when the Impressionist movement started to roar on the Paris art scene. The subject is a view of Argenteuil, an expanding industrial center in the suburbs of Paris. Argenteuil was a frequent subject for many Impressionists because this little town, just a few miles from the French capital, was a popular weekend resort for yachting, boating, and relaxation.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Joanna Kaszubowska |JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold
It seems to be one of those pictures you may accidentally take on holiday when the weather is bad. Rhine II by Andreas Gursky is not a photo we instantly feel an affinity to. It feels bland, boring, and even depressing when you first see it. And you may ask yourself what the fuss is about. Why did someone decide to pay $4 million for it in 2011, making it the most expensive photograph sold at the time? Take another look at it with us and see if your perception changes.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | JAMES SINGER |Ledys Chemin |Nicole Ganbold |Proofreader Yifan Xia
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the most influential artists of French Romanticism. In Monomaniac of Envy, the artist tries to paint the sitter’s madness as he contemplates its source. Historical BackgroundThéodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the cornerstone artists of early 19th-century France. His brief but intense life of 33 years influenced the more famous Eugène Delacroix.
