by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 12, 2023 | Art | Religion | Theory, art classes Italy France, Art History, art retreat, Ideas
NFTs are here to stay! “I think the reason […] I’ve chosen the career that I have is because artists are always the seers or the truth tellers. They show us the way forward”. Nora Burnett Abrams, The Story of NFTs, Artists, Technology, and Democracy....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 11, 2023 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, painting workshops Italy France
Let’s embrace it! Last summer in Florence, during Studio Italia, I was skeptical when I bought my ticket for the exhibition Let’s Get Digital NFTs and Innovation in Digital Art. I had to know if NFT art is and will be a fad or not. In Canada’s national capital...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 13, 2022 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, art retreat, Ideas, Inspiration |Thoughts
Contingency – Essence – Knowledge I am currently in Colombia on a beach, far away from the crowds because of the pandemic. And every year that I am on that beach, Picasso’s painting Les pauvres au bord de la mer (title in French) comes to my mind. From...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 11, 2021 | art classes Italy France, Art History, art retreat, Painting, Painting | plein air
We had to reblog the story of Shirleyann Brough, an artist of Studio Italia. Undoubtedly, Refus Global or Total Refusal is one of the most important texts written in Canada. This anti-establishment and anti-religious manifesto, written by Paul-Émile Borduas and...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 3, 2021 | art classes Italy France, Art History, art retreat, Art workshops, Food | Cooking, Gastronomy, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Mónica Márquez presenting Sevy Euqcoral from her series The Lives of Others Opening/vernissage Thursday September 16, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ottawa Art Gallery d’Art d’Ottawa Mónica Márquez, Colombian-Canadian digital artist, photographer, and...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 1, 2020 | Art History, Ideas, painting workshops Italy France
Radical-polemicist-radical or capitalist-strategist? Why does the negative attract us more than the positive? A timely post in the time of COVID-19 Commenting on Yves’last post, it is my turn now to comment on Mme Sourgins’ book, The Mirages of Contemporary Art, yet...
