Art

April 23, 2024

This Online Class Lets You Dive Into the Creative Possibilities of Mixed-Media Art

For a fun, freeing creative experience, why not try working with mixed media? Combining different mediums can open up new creative possibilities. Whether you want to use ink, paper, acrylics, wood, or found objects, mixed-media art gives you permission to break all of the rules. If the idea sounds intriguing but you aren't sure where to start, My Modern Met Academy is here to help.

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April 15, 2024

Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Was the Top-Selling Contemporary Artist of 2023

The style of Yayoi Kusama's art is nothing short of iconic. Brightly colored, imaginative, and covered in polka dots, the Japanese artist's larger-than-life aesthetics, both in her art and her self expression, are arguably some of the most striking works to come out of the 21st-century art world. Art collectors certainly seem to think so. The latest Hiscox Artist Top 100 report found that Kusama was the top-selling contemporary artist of 2023.

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April 15, 2024

Painter Transforms Vintage Oil Artworks Into Playfully Pixelated Paintings

Dresden-based artist André Schulze specializes in modifying vintage paintings and turning them into something new. He selects old German paintings from the early to mid-20th century and reworks them with “precision and subtle irony to give them a new life.” His latest body of work transforms these art pieces of yesteryear into partially pixelated paintings. Schulze's contemporary intervention is selective.

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April 11, 2024

Dark and Mysterious Paintings Designed To Look like Melting Masterpieces

Milan-based artist Dolaana Davaá combines her love for contemporary and classical art by creating Old Master-influenced paintings that look like they are melting. She also handcrafts all of the frames, which appear to drip along with the finished artwork. Davaá's handcrafted frames are her specialty. After sculpting them from clay, she uses silicon, acrylic resin, and fiberglass to cast a mold.

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