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4 days ago

Naïve art: between art and craft

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache Naïve art is a controversial artistic genre situated at the border between folk art, outsider art, or provincial art. Officially defined as visual creation belonging to individuals lacking formal education in fine arts, naïve art reflects an aesthetics decorative and simple, similar…

Naive Art

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Naïve art: between art and craft
Naïve art: between art and craft
Naive Art

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4 days ago

Aspects of Art Under Totalitarian Regimes

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache Art has served politics, monarchs, and kings since the birth of civilisation. Artistic creations showcased their political power and impressed their subjects for devotion and loyalty purposes. Impressive architectural constructions, majestic wall paintings, gold sculptures, and mosaics depict the leader’s wealth, adoration…

Communism

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Aspects of Art Under Totalitarian Regimes
Aspects of Art Under Totalitarian Regimes
Communism

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4 days ago

Fascination and Hatred — the Roma Community

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache The Roma community is one of the largest minorities living in Europe. Migrating here from the Indian continent 1.000 thousand ago, the Roma did not manage to find understanding and civic tolerance elsewhere. From the Kale community of Finland to the Domari…

Gypsy

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Fascination and Hatred — the Roma Community
Fascination and Hatred — the Roma Community
Gypsy

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Apr 24

Values of Art

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache Art was created by people to serve people. Spanning through millennia, art under its different shapes is the oldest manifestation of human creativity, spirituality, and culture. Through these testimonials of our ancestral past, we try today to find out more about who…

Value Creation

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Values of Art
Values of Art
Value Creation

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Apr 12

Urban art — vandalism or artwork?

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache for LEVEL Street art, mural art, urban art, or graffiti are several definitions describing mainly the same thing: visual creations on walls, windows, columns, pillars, and many other corners belonging to both public and private spheres. Normally, public artistic creations are welcomed…

Graffiti

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Urban art — vandalism or artwork?
Urban art — vandalism or artwork?
Graffiti

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Apr 6

Ars Gratia Artis

written by art historian & curator — Mihaela Manolache Choose any film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and pay attention to its motion logo. While the lion roars, around his head a motto is scrolling: Ars Gratia Artis. We’ve seen it thousands of times by now but I wonder how many of…

Art

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Ars Gratia Artis
Ars Gratia Artis
Art

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Mar 20

How Digital Art Challenges Traditional Art

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache Go back in time and enter any of the famous Palaeolithic caves full of animal representations, finger prints, and hunting scenes. We are amazed by how prehistoric pigments and drawings survived until today so that we can witness their greatness. Imagine you…

Nft

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How Digital Art Challenges Traditional Art
How Digital Art Challenges Traditional Art
Nft

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Mar 13

The good old fake realities around us

written by art historian & curator Mihaela Manolache Philosophers and scientists have been debating since Antiquity how truthful is the life we live and if there is anything forged in it. The question arose because history as we know it might not be the right one but embellished due to…

Fake News

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The good old fake realities around us
The good old fake realities around us
Fake News

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Feb 21

The Silk Road — a route of learning and cultural interplay

by Mihaela Manolache One of the oldest trading routes in the world, the Silk Road is a symbol of an unstopped revolve of ideas, cultures, stories, and goods. The route spanning from Europe to China sparked the imagination of traders who were eager both to discover the world and obtain…

Silk Road

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The Silk Road — a route of learning and cultural interplay
The Silk Road — a route of learning and cultural interplay
Silk Road

8 min read


Feb 12

Memory within Photography

The invention of photography has forever changed the visual side of human existence by recording in its medium images of people, cultures, habits, foods, landscapes, and life aspects in all its colours and shapes. The beginnings of the photographic technique were troubling due to its magical power to depict people…

Memories

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Memory within Photography
Memory within Photography
Memories

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