Category Archives: art

art

$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction

October 8, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/464419/1-3m-banksy-artwork-self-destructs-at-auction/

art

YUNCHUL KIM, making technology the ultimate form of art

October 6, 2018 historyscoper

http://www.clotmag.com/yunchul-kim

art

Treasures of art depicting history

September 23, 2018 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art

David Hockney painting expected to break auction records

September 16, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.wral.com/david-hockney-painting-expected-to-break-auction-records/17839567/

art

DRAWING IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN, EVEN IF YOU’RE NO LEONARDO DA VINCI

September 15, 2018 historyscoper

https://qz.com/quartzy/1381916/drawing-is-the-best-way-to-learn-even-if-youre-no-leonardo-da-vinci/

art

The Stunning Visual Art of Author Annie Weatherwax

September 1, 2018 historyscoper

https://donaldfriedman.com/2018/08/23/stunning-visual-art-author-annie-weatherwax/

Times Square drowns in a climate art exhibit

August 30, 2018 historyscoper

https://grist.org/article/times-square-drowns-in-a-climate-art-exhibit/

art

Someone fell into artist Anish Kapoor’s bottomless pit sculpture

August 25, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.fastcompany.com/90222287/someone-fell-into-artist-anish-kapoors-black-hole-installation

art

Sotheby’s Missed Out on Billionaire’s $157 Million Windfall from Modigliani Sale

August 11, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/magnier-s-157-million-windfall-from-modigliani-evades-sotheby-s

art

Ten Picassos Discovered Amid Tehran Museum’s Hidden Collection of Western Art

August 9, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ten-picassos-discovered-amid-tehran-museums-hidden-collection-western-art-180969899/

ancienthistory, art

Kailasa Temple Was Carved Out of One Rock from the Top Down!

July 23, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/kailasa-temple-0010379

art, eurohistory

Second Spanish church falls prey to well-intentioned restorer St George effigy painted in restoration compared to Ecce Homo Monkey Christ

July 2, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/second-spanish-church-falls-prey-to-well-intentioned-restorer-st-george-ecce-homo-monkey-christ

art

Required Reading

June 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/447618/required-reading-377/

art, historians

Treasures of art depicting history

June 1, 2018 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art, historians

Art Historians Discuss Strategies for Dealing with Work by Abusive Artists

May 29, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/444614/casanova-legion-of-honor-reckoning-with-the-past/

art

Wearable Art Show celebrates “art that moves”

May 21, 2018 historyscoper

https://news.temple.edu/news/2018-05-17/wearable-art-show-celebrates-art-moves

Why ‘Heavenly Bodies’ MET Exhibit Should Be Denounced, Opposed

May 19, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/john-horvat-ii/why-heavenly-bodies-met-exhibit-should-be-denounced-opposed

art, historians

Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” (video)

May 6, 2018 historyscoper

https://greenjihad.com/2018/05/05/kenneth-clarks-civilisation/

art

TED-style art history platform aims to promote arts education online

April 26, 2018 historyscoper

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-online-platform-aims-to-promote-art-history-education

art, israel

This Gazan Artist Tells the Story of Palestine Through Beautiful Henna Paintings

April 26, 2018 historyscoper

http://mvslim.com/this-gazan-artist-tells-the-story-of-palestine-through-beautiful-henna-paintings/

art

MoMa Given ‘Dung on Virgin Mary’ Art

April 25, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/moma-given-dung-virgin-mary-art

art, race, UShistory

New Public Sculpture Will Honor Court Case That Expanded Rights for Asian Americans

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/437277/public-sculpture-honors-court-case-asian-americans/

art, eurohistory

The Portrait That Forged a “Divine Marriage” Between Two 19th-Century Women Painters

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/437985/the-portrait-that-forged-a-divine-marriage-between-two-19th-century-women-painters/

art

Fine art or daring design? 13 must-see new galleries and museums in Europe

April 18, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/apr/10/fine-art-or-daring-design-13-new-must-visit-galleries-and-museums-in-europe

art, Obama

Who Is Kehinde Wiley, the Artist Behind Barack Obama’s Presidential Portrait?

February 14, 2018 historyscoper

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/13/who-is-kehinde-wiley-artist-barack-obama-presidential-portrait/

art

Seeing Beyond Basquiat’s Market Value With Basquiat’s work transformed into an overhyped commodity, it can seem difficult to assess it for ourselves.

January 29, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/423612/jean-michel-basquiat-boom-for-real-barbican-centre/

art

These Gorgeous Drawings Are 100% Ballpoint Pen. Nuria Riaza makes the ballpoint pen a tool for creating surreal pieces.

January 15, 2018 historyscoper

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/433wab/ballpoint-pen-drawings-nuria-riaza

art

From Dada to Bauhaus, How 14 Art Movements Got Their Names

January 15, 2018 historyscoper

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dada-bauhaus-14-art-movements-names

art

Canadian Museum of History: An Incredible Walk Through Our Culture

January 14, 2018 historyscoper

http://www.torontonicity.com/2017/09/29/canadian-museum-of-history/

art, eurohistory

History of the Louvre in 60 Seconds (video)

January 10, 2018 historyscoper

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/history-of-the-louvre-in-60-seconds/

art

Bauhaus: How the Avant-Garde Movement Transformed Modern Art

January 9, 2018 historyscoper

https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-bauhaus-art-movement/

art

Zoom Through European Art History in An Endless Vortex of Paintings

January 4, 2018 historyscoper

https://hyperallergic.com/417831/zoom-through-european-art-history-in-an-endless-vortex-of-paintings/

http://historyscoper.com/euroartists.html

A Woman Now Leads the Vatican Museums. And She’s Shaking Things Up.

December 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/arts/design/vatican-museums-jatta.html

art, eurohistory

Beauty and Nausea in Venice by Daniel Pipes

December 28, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.danielpipes.org/18112/beauty-and-nausea-in-venice

art

Exhibition space: Active seeing – a feast for the eyes

December 27, 2017 historyscoper

https://reporter.anu.edu.au/exhibition-space-active-seeing-%E2%80%93-feast-eyes

art

Five Unusual Museums to Visit in Germany

December 27, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.young-germany.de/topic/live/travel-location/five-unusual-museums-to-visit-in-germany

art

New Renaissance: how Florence is freeing its great female artists

December 25, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/22/new-renaissance-how-florence-is-freeing-its-great-female-artists-plautilla-nelli

art

The Stunning Architecture of Bavaria, Germany ~ SamH Travels

December 16, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.samhtravels.com/europe/bavarian_architecture/

art, historians

Treasures of art depicting history

December 11, 2017 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art

No Pics? No Problem: Space Artists Draw Alien Worlds

December 8, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2017/11/22/no-pics-no-problem-space-artists-draw-alien-worlds/

art

No Pics? No Problem: Space Artists Draw Alien Worlds

November 28, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/billretherford/2017/11/22/no-pics-no-problem-space-artists-draw-alien-worlds/

art

Monet’s glasses sold for more than US$50,000 in Hong Kong

November 27, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/monet-s-glasses-sold-for-more-than-us-50-000-in-hong-kong-9444290

art

Grasshopper found in Vincent van Gogh painting at Kansas City museum

November 10, 2017 historyscoper

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-van-gogh-grasshopper-20171108-story.html

art, wwi

First world war painting expected to reach up to £1m at Sotheby’s

October 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/30/first-world-war-painting-expected-to-reach-up-to-1m-at-sothebys

art

SCENE PAINTING STUDENTS CREATE ART FOR A PURPOSE

October 24, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.northcarolina.edu/news/2017/10/Scene-Painting-students-create-art-purpose

art

Treasures of art depicting history

October 17, 2017 historyscoper

http://uviart.blogspot.com/2017/05/treasures-of-art-depicting-history.html

art, britishhistory

Women artists at the RBSA: how they shaped British art history

September 29, 2017 historyscoper

https://rbsagallery.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/women-artists-at-the-rbsa-how-they-shaped-british-art-history/

art, eurohistory

Piccolpasso: Premodern Art Pottery & Alchemy

August 31, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/piccolpasso-premodern-art-pottery-alchemy-christopher-w-helton

CR readers pick their favourite film posters

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/top-film-movie-posters-all-time/

art, india

Salar Jung to be world’s 3rd museum with Islamic art gallery

August 30, 2017 historyscoper

https://telanganatoday.com/salar-jung-3rd-museum-islamic-art-gallery

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