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A N T O N  S M I T  The Life and Times of a South African Sculptor. Anton collects sayings about the relationship between art and the individual artist’s experience of reality.  “Art is not to render the visible but to render visible,” he asserts, and his art achieves this in many ways.  An inspiring raconteur, Anton enjoys relating tales of his struggles as a young artist. The secret to his success could be attributed to his courage and determination to forge ahead in the face of great difficulty.   History  |  Exhibitions  | Sculptor A …

Afshin (Ash) Naghouni artworks big in a larger-than-life way. Afshin Naghouni is an Iranian born British artist based in London, UK. Iranian by birth, Afshin Naghouni (Ash) has lived …

Bold and Beautiful Oil Painting by Heinz Schölnhammer. After having finished his studies, the native-born Viennese travelled to the Netherlands and Germany, laying emphasis on creative stimulation, to finally …

Bahram Dabiri. Life and Painting. Bahram Dabiri was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran in the year of the Tiger, 1950, under the sign of Sagittarius, whose symbol, …

The World’s Weirdest Museums. A diver drifts over a submerged vehicle at MUSA, the underwater museum of contemporary art in Cancun, Mexico. PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURICIO COLLADO, XINHUA/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO …

Beautiful Castles of Europe. The sun sets over Neuschwanstein Castle during a foggy autumn evening. PHOTOGRAPH BY RUDY BALASKO, GETTY IMAGES The famed Bran Castle in Transylvania is also …