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Sculpture shapes a revival | Deborah Halpern
Sculpture shapes a revival, After a long period in the doldrums, Australian sculpture is making an impact in the salerooms.
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Melbourne Sculptures | Deborah Halpern
Deborah Halpern, a renowned mosaic artist from Australia, is one of the country's most well-known sculptors. Learn more about the artist by reading her biography.
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Italian artist sells invisible sculpture for more than $18,000
Though he's received much critique for the sale, Salvatore Garau argues that his work of art isn't "nothing," but is instead a "vacuum."
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Check out Patricia Piccinini's studio, where she makes her grotesque hyperrealistic sculptures
Peek behind the scenes of artist Patricia Piccinini’s Melbourne studio. Piccini works in a variety of mediums including sculpture, photography, video, and drawing. Her work explores the relationshi…
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Race to the bottom: museum curators in battle for #BestMuseumBum
Yorkshire museum calls on collections around the world to display their best behinds as visitor numbers fall during the coronavirus pandemic
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'It went in beautifully as the postman was passing': the story of the Headington Shark
Oxford city council immediately opposed the installation of the shark. At first, they said it was dangerous to the public, but engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe.
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Only Michelangelo made abdomens – and wonky toes – like these
Fitzwilliam Museum reveals research it says proves bronzes are by Renaissance master
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Fantastical Creatures From Illuminated Manuscripts Recreated as Piñatas by Roberto Benavidez
Robert Benavidez looks to famous paintings and literature for source material for his metallic piñatas, such as Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights (previously). The Los Angeles-based artist's most recent series Illuminated Piñata pulls characters from the Luttrell Psalter (c. 1325-1335),
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Ugliness Is Underrated: In Defense of Ugly Paintings
If you, too, want to appreciate ugliness, the first thing you have to do is stop assuming that it is the inverse of beauty. By Katy Kelleher.
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Colorfully Eroded Busts Explore Abstract Perceptions of Interiority by Christina West
Artist Christina West sculpts eroded portraits of anonymous faces which reveal colorful patches existing just below the surface. Segments of the subject's face are worn away or chopped off, focusing the viewer's attention on the layered interior of the busts, rather than their exterior features. The
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A Spitting Image
Painted Spanish sculpture had flesh tones and realistic wounds and tears and glass eyes, and it gave Protestants the creeps. But here’s the thing: Italian sculptors of the Renaissance also colored their works and were seemingly happy to do so. If we tend to forget this, it may be because the evidence we are looking at has been rigged: painted terracottas of the Renaissance have been stripped of their color, just as innumerable wood carvings of the northern schools have been stripped and “antiqued” in a manner acceptable to past taste and the antiques trade. By James Fenton.
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Creative “Skull-ptures” by Hedi Xandt.
The Hamburg based artist of Norwegian descent creates magnificent sculptures inspired from fine arts, mythology and sculptures in the ancient periods which he then casts with a dark, elegant twist resulting in minimal yet striking creations.
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Behind the fig leaf, a story of sin, censorship, and the Catholic Church.
A 1563 rule against “all lasciviousness” in religious art spelled trouble for nude paintings and sculptures. Here’s how this battle against indecency unfolded.
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Lifelike galvanized wire animal sculptures by Kendra Haste.
Working only with layers of painted galvanized wire atop steel armature, UK artist Kendra Haste creates faithful reproductions.
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Useful Only for Scrap Paper: Michelangelo’s Drawings
Charles Hope reviews "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" at Metropolitan Museum, New York, until 12 February 2018.
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The Catholic cardinal who bankrolled Bernini’s sensual sculptures.
In the 1610s, a powerful Catholic cardinal with an insatiable taste for art discovered a sculptor named Gian Lorenzo Bernini. At the time, Bernini was a teenager, and still restoring ancient sculptures alongside his artist-father, Pietro. It wasn’t long after Cardinal Scipione Borghese laid eyes on Bernini’s own early work, however, that the young artist’s prospects began to change. Cardinal Borghese commissioned some of Bernini’s greatest works, amassing sculptures in his villa and helping to launch the career of the Renaissance icon.
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Gigantic Sculptures of Cats Wearing Helmets by Kenji Yanobe
The Japanese sculptor Kenji Yanobe is known for his large-scale robotic and nightmarish toys. But animals too have always played an important role in Yanobe’s work too. And in his latest work titled Ship’s Cat, Yanobe has created a series of large-scale cat sculptures in various positions wearing protective helmets.
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Decadent pastries formed from porcelain and glass.
Shayna Leib is a glass artist with 20 years experience in the field to-date.
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Robot sculpture, coming to a gallery near you
Sculpture might not be the first thing that springs to mind if someone mentions robotics. We hear again and again that robots are set to change the way we drive our cars, grow our food, and perform surgery. But robots are changing art too. In architecture, robots are already used for 3D printing houses, laying bricks, and cutting, shaping and moulding all manner of forms. But why use robots to make sculpture?
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The Renaissance artist who cast live snakes, frogs, and lizards to make his ceramics.
French 16th-century artist Bernard Palissy was known to capture live plant and animals species to create his vibrant ceramic plates, basins and vessels.
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