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Antonino La Vela Art
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🍉🍉🍉Art Painter - Love Art - Thinkism My art pursuits in the exploration of sociopolitical themes through conceptually driven painting. http://www.antoninolavela.it - http://www.antoninolavela.com
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🎭 Am I in a Truman Show?
A painting. A question. A breakdown of illusions.
When reality becomes performance, and performance becomes survival, what’s left of truth?

🔍 My latest piece👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/am-i...

#ContemporaryArt #TrumanShow #ConceptualArt #AntoninoLaVela #ArtAsResistance
Am I in a Truman Show?
Am I in a Truman Show?
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✨ Rob Gonsalves turned reality into wonder.
Ships become sunsets, puzzles become landscapes, cities dissolve into forests.

This is Magical Neorealism. 🌌🧩🌅

👉 Full article: www.antoninolavela.it/2025/09/rob-...

#RobGonsalves #Art #MagicalNeorealism
Rob Gonsalves and his Magical Neorealism
Rob Gonsalves and the Architecture of Wonder
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✨ New feature on Juliette Aristides ✨
A master of classical technique bringing timeless beauty into today’s art world.
Read my article 👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/08/juli...
her exclusive interview on Artribune 👉 www.artribune.com/arti-visive/...
#Art #Painting #JulietteAristides #ContemporaryArt
The Inner Life of the Artist
The Inner Life of the Artist
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✨ “Frida didn’t paint dreams… she painted her life.” ✨

🎨 A journey through pain, passion & identity — discover why Frida Kahlo’s art still speaks louder than words.

👉 Read more:

#FridaKahlo #ArtHistory #Resilience #Mexico
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Frida Kahlo and the One Credible Miracle
Frida Kahlo and the One Credible Miracle
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A portrait without a face. Just bronzer-orange, a red tie, and slogans like:
“I am the chosen one.”
“My IQ is one of the highest.”
When emptiness wears makeup, it becomes power. (Second only to the Pope).
#PoliticalArt #Satire #OrangeIsThePower
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Orange is the Power: A Monument to Absurdity
Orange is the Power: A Monument to Absurdity
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🎨 From CoBrA’s wild colors to Nordic myths — Bengt Lindström’s art screams off the canvas.
Visceral energy, ancestral faces, rebellion in every stroke.
Dive into his untamed universe 🌈🏔
🔗 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/08/Beng...
#BengtLindstrom #CoBrA #Art
Bengt Lindström: The Untamed Vision of a Swedish Master
Bengt Lindström: The Untamed Vision of a Swedish Master
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Sometimes words fail,but a single stroke can speak the world.

Artist Christian Dotremont didn’t just write poetry he painted it. ‘Logogrammes’ fused language and image,from CoBrA’s fire and Lapland’s silence

Read more 👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/08/Chri...
#ChristianDotremont #Logogrammes #COBRA
Christian Dotremont: The Man Who Wrote the Wind
The Poet Who Painted with Words (and Fought with Fire)
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Pierre Alechinsky didn’t just paint — he let the margins speak.
From COBRA to calligraphy, his ink drawings became visual poetry, restless and raw.
New deep-dive article now live:
👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/08/Pier...
#COBRA #Alechinsky #ArtHistory #VisualArt
Pierre Alechinsky: Margins in Flames, Ink in Revolt
Pierre Alechinsky: Margins in Flames, Ink in Revolt
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hWhy did the art world forget Guillaume Corneille?
He co-founded COBRA, painted like a child, dreamed like a poet, and turned rebellion into joy.
It’s time to remember him.

🎨 Read the full article:
#GuillaumeCorneille #COBRA #ArtHistory #LostMasters #ArtBlog
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“Guillaume Corneille: The Painter Who Dreamed in Symbols
“Guillaume Corneille: The Painter Who Dreamed in Symbols
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Karel Appel wasn’t just a painter. He was a storm of color, fear, and freedom.

From COBRA chaos to censored murals and primal soundtracks—his work hits harder than ever.

Read the full article here:
🔗 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/07/Kare...
#KarelAppel #COBRA #ArtHistory
Karel Appel and the Violence of Innocence
Karel Appel and the Violence of Innocence
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🎨 Why Art Is Losing Its Cultural Power

Mega-galleries = gatekeepers
Shock > Substance
Virality > Vision

Art isn't dead. It's trapped in a system that erases honesty.

🖤 Read more 👉
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#ArtAsResistance #MakeArtMatter #Thinkism
🖤 THIS ISN’T JUST ART. IT’S A WARNING.
Aviva Rahmani draws what we inherit:
polluted landscapes, silenced histories, ecological wounds.
This is not decoration: it’s a scream.
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🧠 Can we still inherit a livable world?
💥 Let’s not just look. Let’s respond.
Aviva Rahmani Draws What We Inherit
Aviva Rahmani Draws What We Inherit
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No gallery wanted to exhibit it. Too honest. Too raw. Too “sensitive.” So I’m showing it here. Because 50,000 children deserve more than silence.
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#50KFromHeaven
#GazaArt
#ChildrenAreNotCollateral
#UnapprovedGrief
#FreePalestine
50.000 Hughs from Heaven
50.000 Hughs from Heaven
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📸 The Day a Selfie Shattered a Prince 👑
He survived 330 years.Empires fell. Floods came.
But one selfie brought him down. At the Uffizi Gallery,a tourist stumbled while taking a photo of portrait of Ferdinando de’ Medici. #MuseumCulture #Uffizi
🖼Read at www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/the-...
The Day a Selfie Shattered a Prince
The Day a Selfie Shattered a Prince
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🎭 Am I in a Truman Show?
A painting. A question. A breakdown of illusions.
When reality becomes performance, and performance becomes survival, what’s left of truth?

🔍 My latest piece👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/am-i...

#ContemporaryArt #TrumanShow #ConceptualArt #AntoninoLaVela #ArtAsResistance
Am I in a Truman Show?
Am I in a Truman Show?
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Speriamo che i francesi si rubino anche questo!!!
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🎨💥 When art meets human carelessness.
Two tourists just turned Verona’s Van Gogh Chair into an unintended performance piece.
The chair is now restored but the message is louder than ever:
👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/how-...
#ArtFail #VanGoghChair #ContemporaryArt #NicolaBolla #PalazzoMaffei
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🌈 Queer Eyes, Bold Voices: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Identity 🏳️‍🌈
🔗 Read the full story here:
👉 www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/quee...
💬 What does queer visibility mean to you? Tag someone who inspires you to live boldly.💖
#Pride2025 #LGBTQVoices #QueerArt #BoldAndProud #AntoninoLaVela #Inclusivity
Queer Eyes, Bold Voices: LGBTQ+
Queer Eyes, Bold Voices: LGBTQ+
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🎭 SCULPTURAL VIOLENCE OF TRANS
👉https://www.antoninolavela.it/2025/06/cassils-sculptural-violence-of-trans.html

#Cassils #TransArt #BodyPolitics #PerformanceArt #Sculpture #VisibilityAndViolence #ArtThatSpeaks #TransLivesMatter