Art: any people anywhere in the world have created their own artistic expression.
The African continent is not homogeneous, but brings together several peoples very different from each other in terms of history and culture.
The upper part of Africa has seen ancient Egypt and today countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt again.
Further south from Nigeria down to South Africa there is a mosaic of different ethnic groups and civilizations.
There have been many painters who, in addition to painting, also gave themselves to the written word.
De Pisis, De Chirico, Mirò, Courbet and further back the usual Leonardo da Vinci were also good at handling words.
The opportunity to talk about paintings and numbers is offered by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam which has announced the "definitive exhibition" dedicated to Johannes van der Meer, in short Jan Vermeer, in which he will exhibit all his works.
The opening of the exhibition is scheduled for February 2022 and, if the promise is kept, 34 works will be exhibited.
To find "new air" Monet thinks of taking a trip, with his longtime friend August Renoir to Italy, to the coasts of Liguria.
Monet is struck by the light and the beauty of the places, but the two friends realize their style and interest in certain subjects are different.
The idea of comparing two characters who are distant in time is the theme of an exhibition organized in Catania that will last until June 2022.
In just 40 years and more, some values have been overturned, including that of visibility. A desire to "be there" in Wharol's time and the desire not to "be there" and detach from the omnipresence of social media for Banksy's contemporaries.
In just under two centuries the technique has revolutionized the existence of human beings.
Transportation, technical and scientific possibilities and communications allow actions that no one could even imagine.
Progress is fine and appreciated in every field, but not in art.
For some, art must be done as it was centuries ago.
Painting on the walls is not new.
The first material on which man began to draw was the wall of a cave. Later, when artists became professionals, the walls were those of rich aristocratic residences and churches.
