Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 -- July 13, 1954; Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán.
Perhaps best known for her self-portraits, Kahlo's work is remembered for its "pain and passion", and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in

Paul Harflee's Pansy Project in Belfast. An innovative and inspiring response to homophobia. In 2014 during Blackpool Pride Festival will, for the first time, feature a contemporary art and archive exhibition as part of the program. The exhibition, entitled We’re Here, which opens today, includes

Matisse was one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century who, even in his own lifetime, enjoyed a level of popularity envied by other artists. But in 1941, after a near-fatal operation for cancer, he decided to give up painting and sought a new way of drawing in colour. Scissors replaced ...

The exhibition marks an historic moment, when treasures from around the world can be seen together. Tate’s The Snail 1953 is shown alongside its sister work Memory of Oceania 1953 and Large Composition with Masks 1953 at 10 metres long. A photograph of Matisse’s studio reveals that these works were

This is the videoclip to my song "When I do a Session" featuring a painting performance with the model Eldon Pulak. The video documents the process of covering the body from head to toe and is also used at the end of the Neil Curtis Documentry Film by Michael Fequiere.

Morphing short film of photos that blend together, using Morphing Titel: Dwo dwiddle dwevils - Artist: Karpa -

We are delighted that Tate Britain is a finalist for the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2014.
2013 was a very special year for Tate Britain as it saw the transformation of the oldest part of the Grade II* listed building by architects Caruso St John.
In May 2013, following the refurbishment

Timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the artist's first print this show celebrates David Hockney's long and fruitful career as a printmaker. Over 100 carefully chosen works give a highly instructive and entertaining overview of the artist's graphic career and reveal the thought and technic...

Although Escher did not have mathematical training—his understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive—Escher's work had a strong mathematical component, and more than a few of the worlds which he drew are built around impossible objects such as the Necker cube and the Penrose triang

Nikolaj Arndt was born on May 11, 1975 in a little town in Russia named Gavrilov Posad.
He made his studies at a Pedagogic Artist College. During the following 10 years, he lived in the city Iwanovo and had often the chance to pursue his passion: the painting.
In 2006, Nikolaj Arndt moved to Germa...