Art History

September 20, 2024

Kintsugi: The Centuries-Old Art of Repairing Broken Pottery with Gold

Poetically translated to โ€œgolden joinery,โ€ kintsugi, or Kintsukuroi, is the centuries-old Japanese art of fixing broken pottery. Rather than rejoin ceramic pieces with a camouflaged adhesive, the kintsugi technique employs a special urushi lacquer, made from tree sap, dusted with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Once completed, beautiful seams of gold glint in the conspicuous cracks of ceramic wares, giving a one-of-a-kind appearance to each โ€œrepairedโ€ piece.

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September 15, 2024

The History of the Selfie Starts 185 Years Ago

Selfies are now embedded into our digital lives, from animal selfies to Snapchat to the memories that appear on your phone shows. Since the 2010s, selfies have only become increasingly popular after the invention of the selfie stick and the rise of social media.

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September 1, 2024

28 Iconic Artists Who Immortalized Themselves Through Famous Self-Portraits

Throughout the course of art history, self-portraiture has remained a tried and true practice among leading artists. Transcending technique and style, self-portrayals are prevalent in every major movement, from the inspired Italian Renaissance to the Post-Modern and Contemporary periods. To illustrate the prevalence of these depictions, we have compiled a collection of the most famous self-portraits by the world's most well-known artists.

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August 22, 2024

Tamara de Lempickaโ€™s Revolutionary Art To Be Exhibited in First U.S. Retrospective

Nothing represents the opulence of the 1920s quite like Tamara de Lempickaโ€˜s art. Her Art Deco-style portraits of women exemplify newfound female independence during the โ€œRoaring Twenties,โ€ and now, for the first time, a major retrospective of her art is coming to the United States. Opening this October at the de Young, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Tamara de Lempicka brings together over 120 works.

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