Fracture: Create Cubism Paintings on Your iPhone
Sep 01
There is a new iPhone app which enables you to ‘paint’ pictures in the style of the Cubist works like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. You can use any pre-existing image (or from a photo taken on the spot) to transform them into your own Cubist masterpiece. You can do this by dabbling your finger across the screen, much like a paintbrush across the canvas. Just shake the screen if...
Picasso’s Largest Artwork Goes On Display
Aug 09
Pablo Picasso’s largest work measures 34 by 38 feet. The painting, consisting of gouache on canvas, was created as a theatrical backdrop for the Russian ballet director Serge Diaghilev. It’s been in storage since 1939 and has only now gone on public display at the Victoria and Albert Museum: It took a tower of scaffolding, five riggers pulling it up and ten museum staff unrolling it down...
