Category: Art

American Painter Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a day like today, November 15th

November 15, 2020

Georgia O’Keeffe was an American painter considered “The Mother of American Modernism.” She was born in Wisconsin, on November 15, 1887. Some of her most important work is at the Metropolitan Museum and at private collections. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has one of her pieces. She passed away in 1986. From … More American Painter Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a day like today, November 15th

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Frida Kahlo’s Most Cherished Possessions at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

October 17, 2020

A popular cultural icon and one who lived ahead of her time, Frida Kahlo is known and admired worldwide. The painter, feminist and wife of muralist Diego Rivera left a legacy. She was born and raised in Mexico. The first place outside of her country was San Francisco. now the De Young Museum brings us … More Frida Kahlo’s Most Cherished Possessions at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

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Tienes que ir a la exhibición de Frida Kahlo: Las Apariencias Engañan.

October 17, 2020

Si hay un museo fuera de México que con constancia y acierto le presenta al mundo la cultura mexicana es el de Young Museum de San Francisco. Esta vez el de Young nos trae la vida y obra de Frida Kahlo, la famosa y legendaria pintora convertida en ícono cultural un poco del feminismo, un … More Tienes que ir a la exhibición de Frida Kahlo: Las Apariencias Engañan.

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Paul Cézanne.

December 7, 2018

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. (Wikipedia)

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Born in February: Renoir

February 25, 2018

PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (born February 25, 1841, Limoges, France—died December 3, 1919, Cagnes) Pierre Auguste Renoir (born February 25, 1841, Limoges, France—died December 3, 1919, Cagnes) French painter originally associated with the Impressionist movement. He was one of the central figures of the impressionist movement (a French art movement of the second half of the nineteenth … More Born in February: Renoir

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Abrirán muy pronto en Francia el nuevo centro para ver las pinturas rupestres

November 22, 2016

(Francia) – El Centro Internacional de Arte Parietal de Lascaux-Montignac está a punto de ser inaugurado este 15 de Diciembre. Y ello significa que podrás ver las famosas pinturas rupestres bajo nuevas perspectivas y con más elementos para entender mejor su valor y sitio en la historia. Consideradas uno de los grandes hallazgos del siglo … More Abrirán muy pronto en Francia el nuevo centro para ver las pinturas rupestres

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If you are looking for colour this Winter, go to London’s Tate Modern.

November 10, 2016

(Art) – The Tate Modern is one of the four museums in London named after Henry Tate, an industrialist who in 1889 offered his collection of British art to the United Kingdom. In 1994, a former Bankside Power Station was converted into the Tate Modern by swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron, a house for … More If you are looking for colour this Winter, go to London’s Tate Modern.

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‘Day of the Dead’ Exhibit at Tertulia Coffee & Gallery.

October 17, 2016

  By Lupita Peimbert (Art & Culture) – A few dozen paintings and multimedia work like the one above, adorn the large white walls inside  Sanchez Contemporary, a gallery adjacent to Tertulia Coffee on Telegraph Street. The coffee shop and art gallery opened not long ago in Oakland’s trendy Uptown neighborhood. Tertulia is two business … More ‘Day of the Dead’ Exhibit at Tertulia Coffee & Gallery.

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