The st-Art Journal: Stories, Events & More
βI Am the Placeβ - Solo Exhibition
The unforgettable evening of the opening of Caliβs exhibition. This solo exhibition remains open until 30 November. Private visits can be arranged with one of our curators or Carlo for a more personal experience.
I Am the Place: Intimacy as Resistance
st-Art Amsterdam proudly presents I Am the Place, the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by Italian artist CalΓ¬ La Rebelle. In this series, CalΓ¬ transforms color into a language of vulnerability and strength, creating paintings that are not mere representations but living spaces of memory, intimacy, and identity. Her bold brushstrokes and layered glazes invite visitors to pause, connect, and feel β turning color into emotion and emotion into presence.
Natalie Bellβs Journey with the st-Art Mentorship Program
Amsterdam-based artist Natalie Bell found more than support in the st-Art Mentorship Programβshe discovered creative freedom, emotional depth, and transformative growth.
βZONA FRANCA β Free Zoneβ Pierfranco Argentieroβs Beaches on Display at st-Art, Amsterdam
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY
Throughout the month of July the photographic works of Pierfranco Argentiero will be on display at the art space st-Art. A collaboration born in partnership with the Italian gallery NUMM CONTEMPORARY ART.
st-Art Cultural Corner: Anselm Kiefer Exhibition in Amsterdam
Visiting Anselm Kiefer, German artist, exhibition titled "Sag mir wo die Blumen sind" ("Tell Me Where the Flowers Are") in Amsterdam. This retrospective, commemorating Kiefer's 80th birthday, is collaboratively presented by the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum.
Alberto Ballocca
Alberto Ballocca is a self-taught artist living in Turin, who has forged a creative journey that intertwines his roots, personal experiences, and an insatiable curiosity about the world. At the age of 19, Balloccaβ¦
Frans Hals: the Everlasting Avant-Gardist
Frans Hals, a painter who met a humble end in the late 17th century, only to be rediscovered in the 19th century, now draws almost half a million tickets in advance sales at Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam. With hisβ¦
Thatβs Life β Annet van Belkom
In her newest series, Thatβs Life, Annet draws inspiration from the song βThatβs Lifeβ by βScorzβ to express the idea of life happening in cycles. The introduction of the electronic music track is accompanied by a beautiful story about life andβ¦
Eliza De Geus: The Quest of Being Through Art and Philosophy
Eliza De Geus was born in Jarocin in Poland in 1989. Raised in the Netherlands and still based in Amsterdam, Eliza has an enduring passion that internally moves her to look for concepts and inspirationsβ¦
St-Art Project building for Artists: From Concept to Sale
In the art scene, so many talents still need to be exploited, who still need to receive a fair chance to show their ability without giving up on mediocrity and hopelessness. From this topic comes the idea of introducing a program to work..
The Influence of Pop Art on American Culture
Pop Art originated in England with the βIndependent Groupβ in the 1950s, based on industrial iconography, science fiction, light posters and some works by Francis Bacon. At the same time, it was accepted in the United Statesβ¦
African Art
It would not be an exaggeration to label as βpretentiousβ the attempt to write all that is African art in a single article, especially if we understand that Africa is an immense continent, whose extension is three times that of Europeβ¦
A year in review: Art in the Time of Covid-19
In a way, it is impossible to deny that for some time, art had always been a somewhat underrated medium: science, politics, and other matters seemed to be more relevant. Fortunately, times have changed a lot since then. Also, there is aβ¦
Digital Art: From Concept to Reality
Is digital art really a threat to the supremacy of the traditional Institution of Art? This is a question that emerges in front of the vertiginous growth of the universe of Digital Art in the last fifty years. Some βnuances of fearβ may arise in front of theβ¦
Minimalist Art
When we think of Minimalism, a concept emerges attached to the term itself: simplicity. We are talking about a philosophy of life, style and artistic movement transversal to several disciplines. Despite their differences, these have inβ¦
Photography as an artistic form
There have been two visions of photography: on the one hand, technical skill and on the other, the ability to create an image that gives..
Industrial Revolution: The Influence on art
With the industrial revolution, important inventions were born, and with them important changes that profoundly marked the history ofβ¦
Color Psychology
Color can induce moods and dictate powerful sensations. Since some centuries back, as early as the 15th century, the artists in the quest of expressing their emotions while looking to provoke their audienceβs, used different pigments in theirβ¦
Van Gogh and Japan
Japonisme is a concept used to describe the study of Japanese art and its influence on European artists. It was present in several currents, including art nouveau and post-impressionism. But this phenomenon is more closely related toβ¦
Contemporary Art
βModern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age that weβre living in.β Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) Here is a..