Born in 1971, Derek Gores recycles magazines, labels, data, and found analog and digital materials to create his works.
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
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Ever wondered how expensive a photograph can be? Well, now it’s your chance to find out. Continue reading The Five Most Expensive Photographs Ever
Pablo Picasso requires no introduction. Arguably the most famous painter in existence, his level of genius comparable to those of Salvador Dali or Jackson Pollock, the Spaniard created some fifty thousand artworks during his life.
“It took me four years to paint like Rafael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
Picador (1889)
Pigeons (1890)
Corrida et Pigeons (1890)
Not bad for an eight year old, right? Continue reading Showcase: Pablo Picasso as a Child
Netflix and chill, right? Or maybe it’s either HBO Now or HBO Go or maybe AMC?
As more and more people are watching TV shows on streaming services or cable TV, as the phenomenon of Game of Thrones urges show runners to ask for bigger budgets than ever before, this begs a question: how expensive are TV Shows nowadays?
Is $15 million dollars per episode for the eight season of GoT a lot?
Let’s find out. Here are the top most expensive TV shows of all time. Continue reading The Most Expensive TV-Shows of All Time
“I do as I can.” – inscription on the frame of Man in the Red Turban
As one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art, Jan van Eyck was already a master painter with assistants by the age of 32.
Continue reading Showcase: Jan van Eyck
Ever wondered how your favorite artists from a hundred years ago would look in color? Continue reading Showcase: From Black&White to Color
Paul Delaroche was a French painter who achieved his greater successes painting history, becoming famous in Europe for his melodramatic scenes that often portrayed subjects from English and French history. Continue reading Showcase: Paul Delaroche
