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, 20224 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
Jean Genet (1910 - 1986) interview
Jean Genet asks a BBC film crew why they don't rebel.
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Ben Samuel
Jun 13, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 202210 min read
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 5, 20222 min read
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
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Ben Samuel
Mar 21, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
"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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Artwork by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was a self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who created thousands of paintings...
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20223 min read
Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Le Carceri d'Invenzione)
An influential series of prints started in 1745. 16 imaginary subterranean prisons with winding stairs strange architecture.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Walking cities - collages by Ron Herron
In the 1960s architect Ron Herron (1930 - 1994) designed collages of his concept of Walking Cities.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Eadweard Muybridge photography
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) photography. Most famous for his studies in locomotion and it's influence on the invention of cinema
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz
Portraits of Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz photographed O'Keeffe obsessively
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Harry Clarke's stained glass windows
Incredibly beautiful stained glass windows by Harry Clarke (1889 – 1931)
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Infernal Dictionary (1818) Jacques Collin de Plancy
Infernal Dictionary (1818) by Jacques Collin de Plancy is a book of demonology it describes demons and organises them into hierarchies.
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