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Gallerist Katerina Morgan ©Morgan Gallery

Personalities, Art, February 26, 2023

Equestrian Art: Horses, the symbols of strength, beauty and vitality. An interview with US gallery owner Katerina Morgan. Equestrian Art is among one of the most beautiful art movements. Equestrian artwork appeared in cave paintings as early as 17,000 years ago. The British royal family is one of the greatest lovers of equine art. An exclusive interview with gallery owner Katerina Morgan, who is also an artist herself.

Nicola Green's art globe The World in a Water Lily, Amazonica ©Nicola Green

Environment / Art / Interview, 27 September 2022

Nicola Green's interview on her art globe The World in a Water Lily, Amazonica.

In the UK wide art project The World Reimagined, over 100 art globe sculptures were created to show the UK artists' exploration of the consequences of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans. Alethea Magazine received an exclusive interview from internationally renowned artist and social critic Nicola Green. Her globe, depicting the Guyana jungle and golden angels above a lotus-shaped map, references the intersection of climate justice and racial justice.

Sunburst by Nicola Green ©Nicola Green

Nicola Green's Sunburst series explores race, heritage, representation, and the power of the visual image.

The artist reflects on the dominant representations of the divine and how people of color have been marginalized and excluded from artistic representations of angels and heaven. Throughout Western art history, white has been set synonymous with sacredness, associated with white supremacy, colonialism, and nationalism. Read more

©Mohammad Barrangi Fashtami

Art Calendar, September 26, 2022

Mohammad Barrangi Fashtami: Woman, Life, Freedom: Award-winning Iranian artist and Paralympic athlete Mohammad Barrangi releases his women's artwork in the context of the terrible unrest for women's rights and people in Iran. "The women of my country, Iran.... this work is a girl dancing and a crown on her head..This picture is a symbol of freedom for me and maybe for all of them and I am happy that the women of Iran and the women of the world all joined hands and revived this courage and strength in us men and even the world." His message goes not only for our readers, but for the whole world.

Courtesy of Google ] Map Project Office ©Taran Wilkhu

Art / Design 31 July 2022

Little Signals by Google & Map Project Office - Subtle Little Helpers in Calm Technology. Google is experimenting with a series of objects that subtly become little digital household helpers. The perfectly designed objects are based on "Calm Technology", i.e. technology that informs but does not require attention. The interaction between technology and people should be designed to take place in the periphery and not be the centre of attention.

Michael Kagan Communication Immage 2022 ©Michael Kagan

Art Calendar / Art, 21 July 2022

"Michael Kagan: It Lasts Forever", Almine Rech, London. "Iconic moments that change the future in a split second".

Michael Kagan dedicates his work to explorers from mountaineers to astronauts. In his characteristically thick brushstrokes, he depicts people pushing the limits of nature through physical endurance and technology. He has already been invited to SpaceX. Elon Musk now owns a painting of his, as does NASA astronaut Leland Melvin. An exclusive interview.

©Friederike Näscher

Art / Art Calendar - 4 June 2022

Friederike Näscher - Collector of visual events. Transluzent & Heine-Zyklus will be shown at Galerie Lausberg until 26 June 2022. In an interview, the Düsseldorf artist talks about the artistic technique of the photogram and how she discovered her love for Heinrich Heine at an early age.

Collin at sunset - 2020 ©Jess T. Dugan

Art Calendar / Art, 26 July 2022

"Jess T. Dugan: I want you to know my story".Exhibition by Jess T. Dugan at Illinois State University Galleries from 17 August 2022. Dugan's portraits are world-renowned and explore the intersections of individual identities in which they seek intimate connection with others. They draw on their queer experience and understanding of masculinity.

Documenta Five, 1972 ©HA Schult

Art - 10 June 2022

HA Schult - war - Krieg. HA Schult has been on a mission to protect the environment for over 50 years. He is the first signatory of the „Offenen Briefs an Kanzler Olaf Scholz“ of 29 April 2022, opposing arms deliveries to Ukraine out of concern for a Third World War in the context of the Ukraine conflict. Impressions of his works since 1972.

Villa Medicea di Marignolle ©Frama

Art&Design, 15 July 2022

FRAMA, the Danish design company, transforms Villa Medicea di Marignolle into a residence for the famous filmmaker Albert Moya. Galileo Galilei stayed there as letters prove. How to preserve the heritage of a historic place and combine it with contemporary elegance.

Carlo Giordanetti ©Swatch

Business / Art / Fashion, 12 April 2022

The year 2022 for Swatch -

The man behind the design at Swatch is Carlo Giordanetti, member of the Swatch Product and Design Committee. He is also CEO of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel,

an artist residence in Shanghai.

Julia Ries, Head of ERGO Art & Values ©Ergo

Art & Business - 6 April 2022

Art and art insurance in 2022 - art innovation leads to insurance innovation. NFT art insurance, environment social governance & sustainability in a $65.1bn market. The art market is undergoing a lot of change and so the question is how key players, such as art insurance companies, view this. Alethea Magazine received an interview from Julia Ries, Head of ERGO Art & Values.

©Stephan Kaluza

Art Calendar / Art - 14 April 2022

Stephan Kaluza "Fiction / Non-Fiction" - Interview: Naturalness versus Artificiality - 8 to 30 April 2022 - at Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf

Kodo Nishimura ©MasakiSato

Personalities - 28 April 2022

Kodo el Liberador

All about the illustration project by Kodo Nishimura, Buddhist monk/ make-up artist/ LGBTQ+ activist, Next Generation Leader 2021 named by TIME Magazine, sponsored by the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo. Kodo Nishimura would like to introduce the Buddhist message that states, "Everyone can be equally liberated".

When Colonialists Fall

Art - 7 June 2022

Exclusive interview. Marcus Jansen's œuvre has been described as a sharp knife that cuts through politics and society. His paintings are a perfect blend of expressionism, surrealism and graffiti art. Currently with Almine Rech at Art Basel Switzerland - June 16 to 19, 2022.

©Ansgar Van Treeck

Art - 1 Mai 2022

HA Schult Wall of Freedom -

Freedom in the words of Drew Hammond. HA Schult’s Wall of Freedom is on permanent view at AQ 7, a division of the Andreas Quartier at the junction of Neubrückstrasse and Ratingerstrasse. Freiheit in den Worten von Drew Hammond.

"In from the Margins" resident artists at Edinburgh Printmakers

L-R Mousa AlNana, Aqsa Arif, Najma Abukar, Paria Goodarzi © Neil Hanna

Art, 4 April 2022 - interview

"In from the Margins" for refugee artists at Edinburgh Printmakers - Europe's refugee crisis and its impact on artists. An interview with Mónica Laiseca of the Edinburgh Printmakers about the Europe-wide program for refugee artists and the healing power of art.

Zen ©Javiera Estrada

Art - 27 March 2022

Javiera Estrada's flower artworks between the real and ethereal.

In our dark times, the flower artworks of Mexican-born artist Javiera Estrada shine all the more brightly. Javiera lives in California and works in the mediums of photography, sculpture, installation and film with very different inspirations.

©Pantone

Art - 19 March 2022

Pantone x Polygon1993 NFT Giveaways on Tezo's Blockchain

- Pantone's foray into the Metaverse. Digital art and the metaverse are a new challenge for Pantone, and that's why the collaboration with Polygon1993 is so exciting and gives hope for more news to come. Plus - all about PANTONE® 17-3938 Very Peri.

Art - 12. February - by C. Mauer

Restatement of Restitution Rules for Nazi-Confiscated Art - on the current status of the research project at the University of Bonn.

Does Germany need a restitution law? How would such a law affect museums and private owners? An exclusive interview with Antonetta Stephany, research assistant and PhD student of Prof. Dr. Matthias Weller, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Professorship at the University of Bonn.

David Maisel ©Lynn Fontana

30 October 2021

Interview David Maisel. The Expanded Field at Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York from 14 October 2021 - David Maisel is an American artist working in photography and video who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in 2018. Amour Fou & Art had the opportunity to interview him in the run-up to his exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York.

Franco Losi and Eike Schmidt ©Cinello

Art 18. December 2021

Cinello's DAW® Technology - Art, Creativity and Innovation from Italy. An interview with Cinello co-founder Franco Losi. NFT and DAW® art is hotly debated but for prospective buyers, gallery owners and even museums, the question is what exactly are they getting and how safe is a DAW® purchase.

Historic building, Living Hotel De Medici ©Living Hotels

Art - 7 December 2021 By C. Mauer

The Living Hotel De Medici,

An interview with Léa Rogacki,

Director of Reservations Living Hotel De Medici.

A hotel that enters into a symbiosis with its art objects and appears as a work of art itself. A museum and a cabinet of wonders of art from the late Middle Ages to modern times.

Outside Kunstpalast Düsseldorf ©Katja Illner

Art - 16 December 2021

The museum as a place for visual learning. The phenomenon of NFT art is now part of our present and has found its place in culture. For museums, this poses great challenges. Things are changing at an unusual speed and communication is taking place through images. An exclusive interview with the

General Director of the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Dr. Felix Krämer.

©Aga Khan Museum

Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis, the newly appointed Director and CEO of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. In the interview, Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis talks about her mission to showcase the contributions of Muslim cultures and promote pluralism by building bridges between cultures but also about her daily life

as a museum director.

10 November 2021

Digital art - NFT art. Opportunities and risks for the art world. An interview with Prof. Dirk Boll, President Christie's. A panel discussion on this topic was held on 9 November 2021 by the Anna Maria Luisa de

Medici e.V. and the Digital City of Düsseldorf at the NRW-Forum.