4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (898+ words) TheCollector Casablanca: How an Unproduced Play Marched Into Movie History Of all of Hollywood’s beloved classic films, the Warner Bros. studio’s heart-rending wartime hit Casablanca might rank first in the hearts and minds of fans. Even filmgoers who have never…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (298+ words) In the 1950s, a handful of American artists known as the “neo-dada” artists gained critical attention for their insouciant, complex, and medium-defying works of art. Hugo Ball, its founder, stated, “Revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War, we in Zurich…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (694+ words) The modern art movement (1863–1962) transformed Western visual culture. Understand the movement through 10 radical artworks that disrupted academic realism and tradition. Rejected by the official Salon, Luncheon on the Grass found its home in the Salon des Refusés. Its inclusion there…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (426+ words) TheCollector What Made Robert Mapplethorpe Revolutionary? Robert Mapplethorpe: The Emergence of an Artist Shortly after dropping out of college, Robert met Patti Smith. This iconic personality in the punk rock scene first came to New York with dreams of being…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most eclectic celebrity art collectors, whose possessions include not only paintings by famous artists like Basquiat but also fossils. The pop legend Madonna is an avid art collector who admits that most of her…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1083+ words) The Red Poppy was a Soviet ballet intending to showcase China's struggle against British imperialism. Instead, it caused a diplomatic rift in Sino-Soviet relations. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia demanded not just “bread, peace, and land,” but also the…...