VATICAN CITY, VATICAN—Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Egypt prays together with Pope Francis at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel on May 10, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Joint Declaration that was signed then by those two Popes represented “a milestone on the ecumenical journey” and helped institute a joint commission of theological dialogue […]
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Heroic Man Attacks BBC’s Pedo Sculpture, Created by Artist Who Raped His Daughters and the Family Dog
In case you did not know, there is a giant sculpture of a man with a naked boy at the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London. It’s right above what looks to be a main entrance, facing the street for all the world to see. This really should not be too surprising, considering how the […]
Man Arrested After Attacking BBC Statue By Pedophile Artist
A man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of criminal damage after he took a hammer to an Eric Gill statue that adorns the facade of the BBC headquarters in central London. The Metropolitan Police were called at around 4.15pm to Broadcasting House in Portland Street, Westminster, where a man had used a ladder to reach […]
German Artist Christian Wilberg Painted the Architecture and Landscape of Italy
Christian Wilberg was a German painter. Wilberg was born in 1839 in Havelberg in the Margraviate of Brandenburg where he lived until 1861. He was originally a house painter before moving to Berlin where he studied painting at Eduard Pape’s atelier. After 18 months, Pape suggested to Wilberg that he should study further with Paul […]
Rap Down Under: Going All Out with NZ Hip-Hop Artist, Stanley Pedigree
To ‘make people smile’ … this Christmas season… a new video release by hip-hop artist Stanley Pedigree. Says Pedigree … “I like to think of myself as a conscientious rapper…I want my lyrics to mean something, to speak about real life.” From thedrillmag.com By Derrick Sims “Stanley Pedigree has been part of the New Zealand […]
Artist Josephine Baker honoured at France’s Pantheon
The voice of Josephine Baker resonated on Tuesday through streets of Paris’ famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career kicked off an elaborate ceremony at the domed Pantheon monument, where she was symbolically inducted – becoming the first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor. French President Emmanuel Macron made the decision in […]
‘I am Libya’: 24-year-old artist Shefa Salem re-imagines Libyan history
What does it mean to be Libyan? How to reconstruct a sense of belonging for the country and its people, starting from the deepest roots of Libyan culture, while preserving diversity? These are the questions that artist, Shefa Salem, is grappling with for her first solo show I am Libya, which took place a few […]
Artist Recreates Tattoos of Ötzi the Iceman in Her Own Blood
In an unusual performance, even by today’s standards of contemporary, process-driven art, artist Nicole Wilson has been replicating on her own body and in her own blood the tattoos discovered on the famous Copper Age mummy Ötzi the Iceman. Ötzi was found in the Ötztal Alps on the Italian-Austrian border. He had died aged 45 […]
The Artist in Contemporary India: Reflections
[embedded content] I watched Vir Das’ performance with a sense of awe. His words were pure poetry, poignant and powerful. He had chosen each word carefully, with precision and perfection in every word, the essence of those words deeply disturbing yet patriotic. The video was equally communicative, and the loud applause followed by an eery […]
Katy Perry’s Creative Artist Agency Plagued With Sexual Harrassment Claims As Is Lukasz Gottwald Producer/Songwriter
by Admin · November 12, 2021 CAA agent accused of offering sex in exchange for …https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi…Dec 09, 2017 · As more talent agencies find themselves drawn into the wave of Hollywood sex scandals, a prominent agent at Creative Artists Agency is facing … Is Accessible For Free: False Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins Chris D’Elia Dropped by CAA Amid Sexual Misconduct …https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news…Jun 23, 2020 · Chris D’Elia […]
VIDEO: Glassblowing Artist Turns Molten Glass Into Lotus Flowers, Hummingbirds, and Beyond
The fine art of glassblowing is every bit as intimidating as it seems. From impossibly detailed crystalware to the idea of shaping molten glass from a furnace burning at thousand-degree temperatures—imagining anyone making/working with that is just mind blowing. But artists do. And watching them do it is just as amazing as you’d imagine. The craft […]
DC Comics Artist Quits; Says Woke Superman Dropping ‘The American Way’ From Motto “Really Pissed Me Off”
A 200-Year-Old Thomas Jefferson statue is to be removed from the chambers of the New York City council after a unanimous vote by the nine members of the Mayoral appointed Public Design Commission. Several lawmakers testified that the statue is ‘offensive’, with Democratic Assemblyman Charles Barron of Brooklyn even declaring that Jefferson was a “slaveholding pedophile.” […]
Court Artist Tried to Warn Henry VIII Not to Marry Anne of Cleves
The German aristocrat Anne of Cleves was the fourth of Henry VIII’s six wives , marrying the king on January 6, 1540. Before Anne ever set foot on English soil, Henry dispatched his court artist, the German-born Hans Holbein, to the latter’s home country to paint a portrait of his future bride, who was the […]
‘Art Can Affect People’: Greek Artist’s Miniature Worlds Inspire Beauty and Kindness
With the harmonious combination of tiny pieces and materials, a Greek artist has been creating aesthetically pleasing miniature worlds enclosed in small boxes, frames, and watch cases. From an early age, Gregory Grozos had a natural inclination for the arts, as his father was a graphic designer who also liked to paint in his free […]
The Most Hated Artist You Probably Recognize
Why do so many art critics hate an artist who produced nostalgic pieces that are beloved by so many regular people? Note: When the narrator says he was born in 1985, he meant 1958. [embedded content] Share now! Source Views: 0
ARTIST SHAMSIA HASSANI; AFGHANISTAN
Mural in Los Angeles by Shamsia Hassani. Shamsia holds a BA degree in Painting and a master’s degree in Visual Arts from Kabul University in Afghanistan. By Shamsia John Pilger: ‘Saira Noorani, a female surgeon recalled: “it all started to go wrong when the mujahedin started winning … these were the people the West supported.” […]
Iranian artist says teahouse paintings appeal to foreign tourists
Iranian artist says teahouse paintings appeal to foreign tourists – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian artist Narges Eshqi has said that foreign tourists find Iranian teahouse paintings more appealing than do her compatriots. As one of the few Iranian artists who have adopted this style, she showcased her latest paintings at Tehran’s Phi Café in […]
Paintings by Austrian Artist Eduard Büchler
Eduard Büchler was an Austrian painter who was born in 1861. I really do not know much more about him than that. He apparently liked painting reclining nudes, landscapes, and reclining nudes in landscapes. Oh, and there is a nice one of Rome burning too. There are some more images of his paintings that you […]
France’s Arc de Triomphe to be covered in fabric for Bulgarian artist tribute
France’s Arc de Triomphe will be temporarily wrapped in 25,000 square metres of recyclable bluish-silver fabric and 3,000 metres of red rope in tribute to Bulgarian artist Christo. The artist had been working on the project for decades, dreaming to create ‘The Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’. The Bulgarian artist’s family say it’s a fitting tribute […]
Landscapes by Lost German Artist Karl Plock
Karl Plock is a lost German artist, with very few of his paintings being available online and scant information about him available. Karl Plock, about whom only very little information exists, was the son of the Sinsheim-born cashier Karl Ludwig Plock. From 1880-1888 he studied at the Grand Ducal Baden Academy of Fine Arts with […]