Painting
[Art] Jan Vermeer: A World of Tranquillity and Silence — Byron’s muse
Dear readers, you’re about to enter a world of tranquillity, silence and mystery, the world of Jan Vermeer; the master of light and the master of colour blue, the artist loved by Marcel Proust, the artist forgotten for three long centuries and then rediscovered in the mid 19th century, and above all – a painter […]
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[Art] Man Lying with Branch — Anselm Kiefer — Biblioklept
[Art] Allegory of Christianity (detail) — Jan Provoost — Biblioklept
via Allegory of Christianity (detail) — Jan Provoost — Biblioklept
Biblioklept should be mandatory reading for fans of art.
[Art] Self Portrait with Nude — Laura Knight — Biblioklept
[Art] ‘Autumn Cannibalism’ by Salvador Dalí (1936)
[Art] Zurich celebrates a century since the birth of Dadaism and is still at the cutting edge of contemporary art
The Cabaret Voltaire, where Dada was launched 100 years ago to an unsuspecting public. Zürich, Switzerland, celebrates the centenary anniversary of Dada’s birth, and The Independent covers the event here.
[Art] Adolf Wolfli (Galliki filologia)
I first came across the name of Swiss painter Adolf Wölfli thanks to a tribute album recorded by SPK leader Graeme Revell. It would be my first introduction into the world of Art Brut, or Outsider Art.
The video is a quick synopsis of his work in Greek.
[Music] Crisalida – Violeta Gris
Chilean progressive rock band Crisalida perform a song in honor of folk singer and visual artist Violeta Parra.
[Art] Christopher Rådlund – To Trær (Two Trees) [2012]
A stark, beautiful lithograph from Norwegian artist Christopher Rådlund.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 