Woman in a Purple Coat exemplifies Matisse’s mature style, characterized by its decorative, fluid, colorful aesthetic. It depicts his assistant Lydia Delectorskaya, who helped him in the last years of his life and was essential to the creation of his last masterpieces. In this article, Singulart takes a closer look at their relationship and at Matisse’s signature style in Woman…
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Given the recent turmoil of the Australian bushfires, all of us at Singulart want to show our support by highlighting the work of five contemporary Australian artists to watch in 2020. These artists all share a motivation to create from within, expressing their inner worlds and outside observations. From abstract landscapes to coastal scenes, these talented painters bring the treasures…
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2018 British Portrait Award (Young Artist) recipient Ania Hobson has wasted no time in establishing herself as a standout emerging artist on an international scale. We took some time with the talented Brit to talk through her creative process and daily routine. From foggy morning runs to winding down with a documentary, feel a little closer to this young Singulart star. Hi,…
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Keen to keep your finger on the art market pulse this year? Here are 5 top shows to mark in your calendars: 1. Artemisia Artemisia Gentileschi achieved something that was sadly rare for women of her time: a successful, long career as a professional painter. The Italian baroque painter depicted women of myth, power, struggle and religion, and today she’s…
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Hugo & Alejandro Viana form an exciting artistic duo from Colombia whose work has been featured in prizes, publications and exhibitions across the country. Spanning mediums and techniques, they focus on fusing each work with intimate, symbolic and anthropological components, ultimately seeking to form a debate between primitive human actions and cultural decipherment in contemporary art. Each of their pieces…
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Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain is one of his most iconic readymades and a masterpiece of twentieth century art. In this article, Singulart explores the concept of the readymade and the history of Fountain in the context of Duchamp’s life. Who was Marcel Duchamp? Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was born in Blainville, Normandy in a family where all his siblings also became artists.…
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Horn Players exemplifies many of the qualities now characteristic of Basquiat’s oeuvre, from his interest in contemporary African American culture, to his unique style of painting, scattered with words, figures and an array of mark making techniques. In this article, Singulart takes a closer look at the artist’s life and work and discusses the meaning of his masterpiece Horn Players. …
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French photographer Grégory Herpe places mankind and our modern society at the heart of his work. He has photographed in numerous countries and exhibits his work worldwide. From Europe to Asia to Africa, the artist takes a closer look at people from around the world as well as organizations in our cities, our societies, and our relationship with customs and…
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Where is Salvator Mundi? And why was everyone talking about a banana? Here’s our recap of what the art world was buzzing about this past year. Leonardo at the Louvre This year marked the 500-year anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci‘s death. It comes as no surprise, then, that the world honored history’s most famous painter with high-profile exhibitions and plenty…
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Woman in Front of the Sun represents Miro’s quest for freedom and simplicity in his paintings, created using his Surrealist-inspired subconscious painting style. Consequently Woman in Front of the Sun treads a line between abstraction and figuration and is a wildly ambiguous composition that exemplifies Miro’s mature style. In this article, Singulart discusses the artist’s life and his style in…
