Ben Samuel
Egon Schiele's death bed sketches of his wife Edith & Gustav Klimt
Egon Schiele's (1890 – 1918) death bed sketch of his wife Edith, who was six months pregnant at the time. He himself was dying even as...
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Ben Samuel
- Sep 21, 2022
- 4 min
When Weegee met Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer Weegee describes his haunting meeting with an 81 year old Alfred Stieglitz. From his book Naked City.
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Ben Samuel
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Rembrandt's "dirty little secrets"
Etchings made by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) dubbed by some as his "Dirty Little Secrets"
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Ben Samuel
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Albert Pinkham Ryder - art and decay
The art of decay. Albert Pinkham Ryder's paintings decay over time due to his use of unstable materials.
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Ben Samuel
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
William Blake's Visionary heads
Throughout his life William Blake claimed to have seen visions of people from the remote past, as well as deceased friends.
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 28, 2022
- 10 min
Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"
The life and imagination of Bruno Schulz including drawings, a film of the mural discovery and a newly discovered short story by Schulz
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)
The films of pioneering filmmaker Lotte Reiniger
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Wax anatomical models by Clemente Susini
Clemente Susini's (1754–1814) vividly accurate but macabre wax models, both beautiful and disturbing.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
"Advertisements" by J.G Ballard
"I created a series of advertisements which I placed in various publications..Of course I was advertising my own conceptual ideas,
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Experimental text collages by JG Ballard
Four Text Collages (Project for a New Novel), by J. G. Ballard. Experimental text collages by Ballard intended as a condensed novel.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
The lifework of James Hampton a janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
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