by admin | Sep 15, 2022 | Art History
In these difficult and politically complex post-war times, it seems absurd to present an art history review of a random painting in some museum in a distant city, even though that city is London. The museum I am talking about is Wallace Collection, Lord...
by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | Art History
Stage art cannot survive alone. Whether it’s a soloist or an orchestra, drama theatre, ballet or opera, a stage and an audience are necessary. These two, the one on the stage and the one looking at it, have lived together for thousands of years. A writer can create in...
by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | Art History
One wonderful summer day in 2017, I visited the ‘Masterpiece’ exhibition. Since 2010, the ‘Masterpiece’ has been held in the gardens of the Royal Hospital in London, where many of the world’s best art masterpieces are brought and displayed in a huge tent, which...
by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | Art History
Arshile Gorky ‘I see my life as an artist, as having gone through three main experiences. The first is simplicity, the time of purity. The next is a time of confusion caused from the ordeal of the search for truth. The last is mastering extreme complexity. The last is...
by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | Art History
Ida Kar wrote to her husband, Victor Musgrave “I am becoming a legend”. This self-acknowledgement had originated from the attentive and respectful attention her exhibition had received from the Armenian government in 1959. In London, in March 2011 –...
by admin | Jun 25, 2022 | Art History
Intuition and Art Hamalbashian was born in Gumri. His early paintings are peaceful and quiet. They are monochromatic with no striking contrasts at all. And each work possesses its own beautiful narrative. One example of his idyllic creations depicts a woman carrying a...