goya and the altamira family

                                                        francisco goya "boy in red"


a very interresting exhibition beginning today april 22th at the metropolitan museum of art about portraits of the altamira family made by goya.
read more here

meret oppenheim

meret oppenheim was a surrealist artist. she was a member of the surrealist movement of the 1920s along with andré breton, luis bunuel, marcel duchamp, max ernst and other writers and visual artists. 

© man ray

for oppenheim's hundreth brithday, the vienna kunstforum is presenting the first posthumous in austria

retrospective ever devoted to this fascinating artistic personality.

 don't miss it from  21.03 to 14.07.2013

roy lichtenstein

© Oscar White 

"pop art is an involvement with what i think to be the most brazen and threatening characteristics of

our culture, things we hate, but wich are also powerful in their impingement on us." roy lichtenstein

happy birthday!! on october 27 1923 roy lichtenstein was born in new york.

he was a founder and formost practitioner of pop art, a movement that countered the techniques and concepts of abstract expressionism with images and techniques taken from popular culture.

le surréallisme, c'est moi

© Philippe Halsman und/and Salvador Dalí, Dalí’s Mustache, 1953, Privatsammlung Wien/Private Collection, Vienna. © Magnum Photos / Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2011. Image Rights of Salvador Dalí reserved.

Glenn Brown, Song to the Siren, 2009, Sammlung des Künstlers/Collection the artist, London © Glenn Brown, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery 

Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria, 2004, Courtesy Cheim & Read and Hauser & Wirth © Louise Bourgeois Trust, VBK, Wien, 2011

Francesco Vezzoli, Surrealiz (Who’s afraid of Salvador Dalí?), 2008 © Francesco Vezzoli, VBK, Wien, 2011

Salvador Dalí, The Eye, 1945, Privatsammlung/Private Collection, Courtesy Hauser & Wirth © Salvador Dalí. Foundation Gala-Salvador Dalí / VBK, Wien, 2011 

you can see until october 23th "le surréallisme c'est moi" at the kunsthalle wien.
about seventy works by salvador dali are confronted with the internationally established positions of louise bourgeois, gleen brown, markus schinwald and francesco vezzoli.

lucien freud

"i paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like,but how they happen to be"

lucien freud  (*8 dezember 1922 ; + 20 juli 2011)

tribute to roberto burle marx

 in the first day of spring i was thinking of this amazing brazilian landscape architect, painter,  designer, artist ....roberto burle marx

there is also an exhibition taking place from march 23th in paris.

 see here for more info.

fefe talavera

fefe talavera’s monster paintings are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. the colourful fantastic beasts which she connects with the “dark side” of her inner self stand for the artist’s cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world. follow her blog here.

noumeda carbone

noumeda carbone is a extremely talented illustrator and painter based in florence italy.
" i work with ink, pigment liner, felt-tip pen and usually i mixes hand drawing with digital instruments. i like the error, the small surprise between lines, the light."

for more information have a look here, or join her facebook official page.

carola daireaux

Carola Daireaux was born in Seville (Spain) from an Argentinean family

She graduated in Fine Arts from the University UFRJ of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 97.

With her acrylics on canvas paintings she represents in a colorful & lively way her feelings about everyday experiences.

Her art works can be found in private collections in the United States, England, Italy, France, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil & Argentina.
you can also join on facebook the group Carola Daireaux circle of Art

arthur bispo do rosário

here some more works from arthur bispo do rosário

where is the border between genius and madness?

where is the border between genius and madness?

arthur bispo do rosário was a brasilian artist who lived most of his life in a psychiatric hospital. to learn more about him have a look here