The Strip Gallery: an interview with Martina Manco

Strip gallery | galleria d'arte online

THE STRIP GALLERY ONLINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTINA MANCO

It has become clear that Covid-19 pandemic is transforming into a powerful accelerator for online art galleries. The Strip Gallery online celebrates its first anniversary in 2021, and in this post I’ll make you discover a project that has been able to grow in a very peculiar moment.

RED ZONE: ART IS NOT CLOSED

An interview with Martina Manco, founder of The Strip Gallery, a year after its opening.

The Strip Gallery online opened in a very peculiar historic period. In March 2021 it celebrates its first anniversary.
We, ART post Blog, have interviewed the founder Martina Manco to know how this project aimed at promoting and selling art online has developed. Continue reading

Life and works of Lavinia Fontana, the first female artist who painted female nudes

Lavinia Fontana | autoritratto

Lavinia Fontana, autoritratto nel suo studio (1579)

LIFE AND WORKS OF LAVINIA FONTANA, THE FIRST FEMALE ARTIST WHO PAINTED FEMALE NUDES

Life and works of Lavinia Fontana was one of the most important Renaissance female artists, who made her way in the art world with the strength of her own talent and hard work.
Daughter of art, Lavinia was a famous and acclaimed portraitist, who dedicated herself also to paint altarpieces and paintings with religious subjects, but what is really important is that she was the first woman in history of art who painted female nudes.

My journey to discover the most important female artists in history, but still little-known, continues.

I started with life and works of female painter Catharina van Hemessen and in this post I’ll talk about the story of Lavinia Fontana.

Life and works of Lavinia Fontana

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