Category Archives: art

the painter and her times (documentary – Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman – Ali Ray, 2023)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by admin

I have already written on numerous occasions that the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art documentaries initiated by Phil Grabsky (who also conceived and produced many of the episodes) is the most important cinematic event dedicated to the visual arts … Continue reading →

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De la arheologie la arta viitorului

Posted on August 8, 2022 by admin

Două evenimente culturale ale lungii și fierbinții vere israeliene au prilejuit o legătură interesantă între arheologia românească și șantierele și descoperirile arheologice din ultima sută de ani și tendințele cele mai recente din artele plastice, cele care trasează direcțiile artei … Continue reading →

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Acasă la Marcel Iancu

Posted on March 26, 2022 by admin

Marcel Iancu pare să fi trăit mai multe vieți de-a lungul unei singure existențe umane. Colegii săi de la liceul „Gheorghe Lazăr”, de la sfârșitul primului deceniu al secolului XX, l-au cunoscut pe tânărul bucureștean îndrăgostit de artă, prieten al … Continue reading →

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Materie, spirit și fantasme (carte: Victor Ieronim Stoichiță – Despre trup)

Posted on December 28, 2020 by admin

Victor Ieronim Stoichiță s-a născut la București în 1949. A studiat și s-a specializat în istoria artei, fiind asistent la Catedra de Istoria și teoria artei a Academiei de de Arte Frumoase din București până la plecarea din România în … Continue reading →

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a Van Gogh like no other (film: Van Gogh – Maurice Pialat, 1991)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by admin

I had the joy of living another one of those events that give beauty to the life of a cinephile. My first encounter with Jacques Dutronc dates about half a century ago when I was listening to the shows on … Continue reading →

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the painter and the writer (Film: Cézanne et moi – Danièle Thompson, 2016)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by admin

Films about the painters of the artistic revolution in France of the last decades of the 19th century have long become a stand-alone cinematic genre. Impressionists and post-impressionists changed the course of art and reinvented the process of artistic creation. … Continue reading →

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a failed art essay (documentary: Francofonia – Alexandr Sokurov, 2015)

Posted on June 20, 2020 by admin

I confess that I am not a big fan of Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov. Many consider him the greatest Russian director of the 21st century and Tarkovsky‘s successor on Earth. I wasn’t at all excited (euphemism!) About ‘Russian Ark‘, I … Continue reading →

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Portret: Beatrice Bernath – work-in-progres

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

BB sau Betty sau Beatrice Bernath este un fenomen. Cei care o cunosc în persoană nu pot scăpa de farmecul și prezența ei magnetică. Cei care îi cunosc întâi doar cărțile sau doar picturile se află la începutul unei explorări … Continue reading →

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much more than ‘The Scream’ (art documentary: Exhibition on Screen: Munch 150)

Posted on February 14, 2020 by admin

Edvard Munch is one of the most famous names in the history of painting and probably, at the same time, one of the least known artists. The reason is largely due to the celebrity of single painting – ‘The Scream’ … Continue reading →

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Goya’s portraits (documentary: ‘Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood’ – David Bickerstaff, 2015)

Posted on January 17, 2020 by admin

About one third of the works left to posterity by Francisco Goya were portraits. He was one of the most outstanding portraitists in the history of fine arts and many of his works in this genre represent formidable artistic creations … Continue reading →

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