We’re thrilled to be presenting an interview conducted with Singulart artist Annco Miura at the recent ‘Japan in Paris’ exhibition she was featured in. It was held at Galerie Métanoïa by The Far East Arts Association from June 28th-July 3rd. We stopped by to hear about the Japanese artist’s creative beginnings, her move to Paris and how she uses art…
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Ivana Olbricht is an established artist who showcases her work internationally. Her works are part of many private collections in her homeland of Slovakia as well as abroad. In her work, Olbricht seeks to share positivity and is inspired by everything from sweet candies to quiet seashores. We recently caught up with Ivana to learn more about her hometown and…
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The term Americana refers, quite simply, to cultural artifacts related to the history of the United States. However, as American historian Hampton Sides wrote in Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier, “the United States is such a glorious mess of contradiction, such a crazy quilt of competing themes, such a fecund mishmash of people and ideas, that defining us is…
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Although the term ‘art history’ hardly evokes the image of masked bandits breaking into a museum, art theft has always played an important role in the art world. Art is stolen for many reasons. Sometimes for wealth, sometimes for power, sometimes for love and nostalgia. Whatever the reason, when a piece of art is stolen, the act of theft often…
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Indo-French artist Patricia Petapermal and German-Korean artist Tatjana Lee work together in a shared studio in Munich, where they each start work on a canvas before later exchanging them for the other to finish. As a result, and through constant collaboration during the creative process, particularly powerful images emerge. In their works, Petapermal and Lee focus on problem areas of…
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Today we’re traveling all the way to sunny Sydney to chat with Jing Li, Senior Urban Designer at Conybeare Morrison International. If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you might have read our wrap-up of this year’s Vivid Sydney festival, which included a stunning, snowy installation created by none other than Li. From bringing some snow to Sydney…
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Carlos Martin is a dedicated Spanish artist whose prizewinning works have been featured in exhibitions, publications and permanent collections throughout Spain. Depicting beaches, cities and objects, his paintings play with perspective, color and movement. We recently caught-up with the artist to learn more about his inspiration, creative process, and how he spends a typical day in and out of the…
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Pieter Ceizer is a Dutch typographer and multi-media artist currently living and working in Paris. His work is particularly engaged with the theme of escapism and a desire to passively resist life’s daily hassles by creating an invigorating, playful visual experience. Ceizer is including positive phrases or words in his art to realize this vision. We recently had the chance…
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In Mexico’s National Sound Library, researchers may have discovered the world’s first voice recording of celebrated artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). If the recording is indeed authentic, it will be a major historical discovery. “We have been waiting for this for a long time,” said Pável Granados, Director of the Fonoteca Nacional de Mexico last Wednesday. And so, of course, has…
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Vania Bouwmeester Pentcheva is a Bulgarian painter currently living and working in the Netherlands. She is moved and inspired by her many travels, both in natural and urban landscapes, as well as her emotions, memories and philosophical thoughts. While textures and colors spontaneously arrive on her canvases, she nonetheless carefully thinks about structured layering. We spent some time with this…
