Caravaggio has always been basically a provocator. He was so in his turbulent private life, which often carried him in the midst of brawls, street games and cheaters that led him to dozens of lawsuits… The meaning of Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath
Robert Gonsalves is a Canadian artist who loved to play with optical illusions. His paintings are surreal works that, thanks to a masterly use of perspective, catapults the spectator into two different dimensions. His fantastic… The magic realism of Rob Gonsalves
Edward Hopper argued that “Great art is the outward expression of an inner life of the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.” Hopper, the man, loves nature… Edward Hopper: a sun in an empty room
One of the most fascinating aspects of René Magritte is the fact that he liked to talk a lot about his art and what he wanted to express. Something that for a pure surrealist is… René Magritte explained by René Magritte
Ophelia, the famous painting by Sir John Everett Millais exhibited at London’s Tate Britain, is well known to many of us. Who had the possibility to see it in front of his face, has been… Behind Millais’ Ophelia: the tragic story of Lizzie Siddal
Akira Kurosawa, one of the greatest directors of the last century, in 1990 was 80. There were already thirty movies in his career and a list of international awards that can make anyone jealous. He… Van Gogh, Chopin and Kurosawa: when Romantic art swallowed us