The Mission of Arts Illustrated

Interview with artist Elmo Hood — 1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Elmo Hood, I am an artist based in London, England.  I create my pieces using collage, oil and acrylic paint techniques, i guess I would describe my genre as figurative/abstract Contemporary…  Fabstract for […]

“So many poets have the courage to look into the abyss,” Kenneth Koch wrote in an appreciation of the French poet and diplomat Saint-John Perse, “but Perse had the courage to look into happiness.” The painter David Salle, in his new book “How to See: Looking, Talking and Thinking About […]

The Ideal Library by Luiz Valério de Paula Trindade —   Some years ago I used to have a private library at home holding slightly over 1,500 titles and for me, that was an amazing achievement. Not only due to the number of titles per se that I considered quite […]

Interview with actor and director Ty Granderson Jones — 1. Who are you and what do you do? I am Ty Granderson Jones, a Creole-Cuban OG with New Orleans’ French Quarter roots, who was raised in Tampa, Florida, a professional actor for the past 30 years or so who also […]

  On Friday evening in Warsaw, a small crowd swelled in an unlit courtyard outside the city’s temporarily closed Museum of Modern Art. Young Polish hipsters and foreign arts professionals rubbed elbows as they edged their way towards a door, with the determination of eager club-goers keen to kick off an […]

  Julie Kent, the new director of the Washington Ballet, watches intently as one of her dancers soars. The dancer’s shoes squeak on the floor as he spins, and sweat flies off his face. Music booms from a sound system in the corner. Victor Barbee, the company’s associate artistic director […]

On an ordinary night — one lacking the first presidential debate of the year and the opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s season — it would have dominated the attention of the city’s classical music fanciers. As it was, the New York debut of the rapidly rising young conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, […]

Interview with artist Martina Hoffmann —   1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Martina Hoffmann and I’m a painter and scuptress, a ‘Visionary Realist’, as I enjoy calling myself.     2. Why art? It couldn’t have been any other way. I started creating at a […]

  Interview with actor/director Maria Riboli — 1. Who are you and what do you do? Uhmmm who am I…I feel this answer could take a while, so I’m going to give you the short version: my name is Maria Riboli and I’m an actress, a director, an acting coach […]

  Exposición “Ángeles” — El próximo 15 de octubre se inaugurará la exposición “Ángeles”, organizada por Lewinson Art en conjunto con Gau Galería, en Estudio 18, ubicado en Pabellón del Ángel en Puebla.     Lewinson Art tiene como objetivo difundir el arte, por lo que promueve a artistas de […]

Interview with Actor / Dancer Dawn Noel —   1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Dawn Noel and I am a professional dancer, actor, model, producer and personal trainer.     2. Why acting / dance? I’ve been acting, dancing and performing my whole […]

  BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Second-grader Yadeliz Santiago is joyously mashing black magic marker into a mound of white putty. She’s shaping the gray mass to depict a stage in the life cycle of a ladybug.

  Interview with artist Lu Jun — 专访艺术家菊俊 – 1. Who are you and what do you do? 1.你是谁以及你该怎么办？ 我的姓名是陆军, 是来自中国的艺术家, 现居住在广东珠海, 从事数字水墨和雕塑的创作     2. Why art? 2.为什么艺术？ 是爱好引领我从事艺术行业，艺术是我的事业也是我的生活。     3. What is your earliest memory of wanting to be an artist? 3.什么是最早想成为一个艺术家的记忆？ 我大学是学理工, 在大学期间最大的业余爱好的就是摄影，在大学宿舍的楼梯间学校为我设了一暗房，常在暗房里梦想着将来成为摄影家。     4. […]

Entretien avec l’artiste Aimé Césaire Ilboudo –     J’essaie de faire une ouverture entre tradition et modernité par l’utilisation d’objets divers provenant de décharges ou autre. Ma perspective de création est la transformation ; l’œuvre se fait au fur et à mesure de mes découvertes des matériaux. Tout m’inspire, […]

    Interview with artist Quentin Walter —       1.  Who are you and what do you do? My name is Quentin Walter.  I am a visual artist and Artistic Director of the 501(c)(3)nonprofit STOUTHOUSE, an artist’s community in northern Indian River County, Florida.  Currently I am obsessed […]

Exposición “Arte Movil 50” —   Lewinson Art en conjunto con Gau Galería, unen sus fuerzas para organizar la magna exposición “Arte Movil 50”, para celebrar el Cincuenta Aniversario de Grupo Automundo.       Se convocó a más de 50 artistas de gran talento a intervenir varias piezas de […]

  Interview with artist James Mylne –   1. Who are you and what do you do? My name is James Mylne but my friends call me Milny. I’m an artist based in London. I think my genre is Alternative Contemporary Art; I specialise in photorealism through the use of […]

Interview with artist David Grossmann —     1. Who are you and what do you do? I am David Grossmann, and I paint poetic landscapes. They are simplified images that capture the essence of places and convey emotion in subtle, quiet ways. Every painting is a self portrait of […]

  Interview with artist Andrew Salgado — 1. Who are you and what do you do? I’m Andrew Salgado, and I paint people. I suppose thats the nuts and bolts of it. I’m Canadian. I like food. I live in East London…which is just like regular London but much more […]

Thodoris Kagias Interview with artist Theodoros Kagias  —                     Who are you and what do you do? I am Theodoros Kagias. I was born in 1980, in Thessaloniki, Greece. I paint since my childhood. In the age of 8, I had […]