Uncover the latest in design, architecture & the written word. Here, we showcase emerging local artists, the latest gallery exhibits in Dubai Art, design trends & more.
Andres Amador, a landscape artist, has an unusual way of expressing his life experiences. Amador carves sophisticated patterns on the beach sands to portray human experiences. The sand is his canvas, and rakes are his brushes; he needs no other tool to paint! The beauty of his art is photographed s…
Chris Trueman wanted to revisit an early childhood memory of when he was 5. That was the first time, he says, he “intentionally tried to harm intelligent life”. He bought the ants from an ant farm, killing them with cotton and nail polish remover, and then placing them with tweezers in the arrangeme…
Vinicius Quesada, a street artist from Brazil, paints with his own blood. He says “there’s nothing satanic or spiritual about it.” He likes to add shock value to his artwork, and has a series called Blood Piss Blues where he uses blood and urine to make his paintings. As absurd as this may sound, t…
Millie Brown, an artist who started with performance in Berlin, is now well-known for her vomit artworks. The artist, who has collaborated with Lady Gaga for a stage performance, drinks dyed milk and vomits on the canvas to create paintings that sell for about $2000 each [Puke art – of course,…
Marco Evaristti, Danish-Chilean artist, is best known for his controversial art pieces, one of which you can see above. The entire display consists of blenders with water and live goldfish swimming inside. The blender is plugged in, leaving the viewer of the artwork with the choice of whether to pre…
Titian’s Venus of Urbino, 1583, Uffizi Gallery, Florence The use of erotic imagery in art is not a new concept, and dates back to the Greek and Roman eras. During the Italian Renaissance, wealthy dukes would commission works of art with explicit erotic content in mythical contexts to adorn the walls…
Roman art, recently unearthed, seems filled with explicit erotic imagery. Artefacts, as seen in the picture above, like knives with handles showing couples having sex were common in Roman households. It is supposed that they were made so people would laugh to ward off an evil eye. Want to know more?…
You have company amongst the greats, my friend. Michelangelo, the famous creator of the Sistine Chapel, was always interested in sculpture and it is well known that he despised painting. Regardless, he was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by the Medicis [a powerful family back…
Imagine being able to see your favorite music! Wassily Kandinsky, an artist of the late 1800s, is most popular for his abstract works of art and is believed to have had synesthesia – a harmless condition where one can enjoy a sense perception through multiple senses [Hearing color, and seeing sound]…
