Jane Birkin was a worldly famous singer and actress who had a prolific career as an actress specially in French cinema. Most of her work as an actress was in France, there she became a major star, however she occasionally appeared in English-language films such as Death on the Nile and Evil under the sun, both adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels, as well as James Ivory’s A soldier daughter never cries. Jane Birkin at the Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville, 1985. But she is also remembered by her singer career alongside Serge Gainsbourg, who was also her romantic partner. After ..read more

In 1857, American sculptor Harriet Hosmer presented this beautiful work in marble in which she represented Beatrice Cenci, a Roman noblewoman accused to murder her father, the Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial that had place in Rome, and that gave rise to an enduring legend about her. Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe Log in ..read more

For the second time, Louis Vuitton has invited the prestigious Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama to a creative encounter. This time to reawaken, evolve and expend the first one in 2012. The launch of this new collection is celebrated with a campaign starred by renowned models such as Gisele Bündchen and Bella Hadid. Kusama’s installation at Champs Élysées, Paris “I am determined to create a Kusama world, which none has ever done and trodden into.” Yayoi Kusama According to Louis Vuitton’s web, this new collection reinterprets the iconic pieces of the Maison infused with the artist’s signature moti ..read more

In 1957 surrealist painter Remedios Varo created this painting, that represents a witch on her way to a sabbath, which is a purported gathering of those who practice the witchcraft and other rituals. The name became popular in the 20th century. Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe Log in ..read more

Tomorrow, October 15th, is the opening of the exhibition Tu m’ouvres tes bras et on fait un pays : Brésil, corps et démocratie at the Galerie Ilian Rebei in Paris. The exhibition coincides with this electoral period in Brazil and bring together Brazilian artists from different generations that research the theme of the body and politics. The works of these artists reflected on their own relationship to the politic situation in Brazil. Ouçam as mulheres by AnittaBoa Vida, 2016 Understanding the exhibition The research derives from the possibilities and impossibilities implicit in three specific ..read more

Daniella Batsheva is a contemporary illustrator, the aesthetics of her art mixes details of the Victorian era, dark gothic imagery, and inspiration on horror films. Her art is in the line between underground and mainstream, with softly stylised figures and deep colours. Style and Influences Melancholia Batsheva’s art have its root in the 19th century, but its focus is on modernity. Her work is influenced by French Art Nouveau, such as the posters by Louis Theophile Hingre, or the Irish stained glass artist Harry Clark, Aubrey Beardsley, Gustave Klimt, and the French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée ..read more

Gerda Taro was a German/Jewish photographer. She is famous for her activity as photojournalist especially for her work during the Spanish Civil War, also she is remembered as the first woman to have died while covering the frontline in a war. Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe Log in ..read more

Adriana Varejão is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Her works include very different medias such as painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and photography that she uses to draw up tensions surrounding questions of gender and ethnicity in her country. Adriana Varejão Life and Career Throughout a variety of medias such as oil painting, installations, and drawings, Varejão talks about the perception of race in Brazil in the 21th century. Usually she starts with a canvas, and then she adds other materials, sometimes porcelain or ceramics. Many of her ..read more

The death of Miss Gardiner (1789) is painting by Italian-English artist Maria Cosway. The painting is one of her few works signed and dated known to survive, and it is among her finest paintings. Nowadays, the painting is part of the collection of the Musée de la Révolution Française, a departmental museum within the Château de Vizille. Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Subscribe Log in ..read more