maiamaia

[catsofyore]

It was nice of him to hold the cat’s cigarette. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

[baebeylik]

Ewer. Iranian, 1607-1608.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

[huariqueje]

Sitting in the Park  -    Richard Cartwright, 2022.

British, b. 1951 -

Pastel, 35 x 35 in. 89 x 89 cm

[gacougnol]

David Hockney (British, born 1937)

[japaneseaesthetics]

Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Greengrocery at Nezu (Nezu shojiki yaoya) Date: 1926 Medium: Color woodblock print; oban Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection

[history-of-fashion]

1564 Tobias Stimmer - Portraits of the Zurich Standard-Bearer Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann

(Kunstmuseum Basel)

[joeinct]

RIP - David Hockney, Photo by Paul Popper, 1965

[mysterium-solis]

Tiger at Rest by Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932)

[joeinct]

RIP - David Hockney in a studio with some of his work, Photo by Tony Evans, c. 1967

[joeinct]

David Hockney at Arthur Lambert’s House, 146 Ocean Walk, Fire Island Pines, NY, Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1976

[findlight]

Bust of a young man, made in Venice, early 18th century.

"While the realism of this depiction indicates that it was modelled after a real individual, the identity of the sitter, the artist and the original context of the commission remain unknown. At the time in Venice and in Europe more widely, depictions of people of African descent were often generalised, stereotypical portrayals of clearly enslaved individuals in positions of servitude, or sometimes personifications of the continent of Africa. This bust is unusual as it does not depict any clear markers of enslavement, such as jewellery, shackles, a collar, or a turban. The young man is however wearing a type of tunic was typical for servants at the time, with frogged fastening in the Eastern European or Ottoman style." [V&A]

[newguineatribalart]

Not all Western Desert Art is the same.

From the explosive colour of Balgo to the vast ceremonial landscapes of the Pintupi desert, Western Desert Art is a world of movement, story, symbolism, and Country. These paintings are far more than patterns — they map ancestral journeys, sacred sites, ceremony, survival, and one of the oldest living cultures on earth.

Explore the artists, regions, and Dreaming stories behind one of the most powerful movements in contemporary art.

[pwlanier]

Bird vessel, German, Nuremberg, ca. 1580. Rock crystal, with gilded silver and rubies.

Courtesy Alain Truong

[jareckiworld]

David Hockney — Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio (acrylic on canvas, 1980)

[museiums]

artist: margaret jeane

[newguineatribalart]

This image was painted thousands of years ago, yet the culture behind it is still alive today.

Aboriginal rock art is not simply decoration. These paintings record ancestral stories, spiritual beliefs, ceremonial knowledge, and connections to Country passed down across countless generations.

Every figure painted on stone has a story. Every shelter forms part of a much larger cultural landscape.

Discover the meaning behind Australia's ancient cave paintings and explore some of the world's oldest surviving artistic traditions.

[bruzum]