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Marc Chagall’s ‘Apocalypse in Lilac’: Holocaust Memorial Day

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Posted by administrator on January 12, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on January 27th to remember the millions of victims of the Holocaust and other genocides around the world. This blog features pictures by three artists, working in very different styles, who were part of the… Read more

Out of Chaos – art that makes you think

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Posted by administrator on October 24, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

One of the important things in our lives is our idea of who we are and where we belong. But our settled sense of identity can be uncomfortably challenged by new situations and places. Güler Ates’ photograph dramatically conveys the feeling of… Read more

Chaïm Soutine, misfit artistic genius in 1930s Paris

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Posted by administrator on September 28, 2016     Permalink     Comments (2)

Could anyone have better fitted the 20th-century archetype of an artist than Chaïm Soutine (1893–1943)? He was a temperamental social misfit who painted in a frenzy when inspiration struck him, at the same time creating an important new expressive style. Plus,… Read more