https://arisano.com/ An art magazine about artists, techniques, exhibitions, collecting and living with art. en https://arisano.com/history/greatest-artists-history/https://arisano.com/history/greatest-artists-history/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryFrom a Florentine workshop to a silver studio in New York, twelve artists and the movements that link them, with an honest look at how fame in art is made. https://arisano.com/history/leonardo-da-vinci/https://arisano.com/history/leonardo-da-vinci/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryPainter, engineer, anatomist and serial non-finisher: how a notary’s son from Vinci left only a handful of paintings and still became one of the most famous artists in history. https://arisano.com/history/michelangelo/https://arisano.com/history/michelangelo/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistorySculptor first, painter by obligation, architect in old age: Michelangelo worked for more than seventy years and left works in Florence and Rome that millions still queue to see. https://arisano.com/history/rembrandt/https://arisano.com/history/rembrandt/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryA miller’s son from Leiden who conquered Amsterdam, lost nearly everything and kept painting his own face with unflinching honesty, from confident youth to old age. https://arisano.com/history/johannes-vermeer/https://arisano.com/history/johannes-vermeer/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryBarely three dozen paintings, most of them small, almost all set in a few quiet rooms. How Vermeer turned window light, ultramarine and patience into some of the most loved pictures in art. https://arisano.com/history/katsushika-hokusai/https://arisano.com/history/katsushika-hokusai/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryHe changed his name dozens of times and designed one of the most reproduced images in the world in his seventies. A portrait of Hokusai and the woodblock prints that crossed the globe. https://arisano.com/history/claude-monet/https://arisano.com/history/claude-monet/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryFrom caricatures in Le Havre to the great Water Lilies in Paris: how Claude Monet spent more than sixty years chasing light, and gave a whole movement its name almost by accident. https://arisano.com/history/vincent-van-gogh/https://arisano.com/history/vincent-van-gogh/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryIn barely ten years Vincent van Gogh went from late beginner to one of the most loved painters in history. His letters, and his sister-in-law, explain how. https://arisano.com/history/gustav-klimt/https://arisano.com/history/gustav-klimt/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryGold leaf, flat ornament and frank portraits made Gustav Klimt the defining painter of Vienna around 1900. Here is how he got there and where to see the work. https://arisano.com/history/pablo-picasso/https://arisano.com/history/pablo-picasso/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryBlue, rose, Cubist, classical, political, playful: Pablo Picasso reinvented himself again and again over a working life of more than seventy years. https://arisano.com/history/frida-kahlo/https://arisano.com/history/frida-kahlo/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryFrida Kahlo turned her own life, her body and her Mexican heritage into some of the most recognisable paintings of the twentieth century. https://arisano.com/history/salvador-dali/https://arisano.com/history/salvador-dali/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryBehind the upturned moustache and the publicity stunts stood a meticulous craftsman. Salvador Dalí’s art begins and ends on the rocky coast of Catalonia. https://arisano.com/history/andy-warhol/https://arisano.com/history/andy-warhol/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt HistoryAndy Warhol took soup cans, film stars and newspaper photographs and made them into art. His questions about fame, repetition and brands have never gone away. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-studios-visit/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-studios-visit/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosEight homes and workrooms, from Monet’s garden to Georgia O’Keeffe’s desert house, where you can stand in the light the artist worked in. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/open-studio-days/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/open-studio-days/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosOnce a year, many artists open the rooms where their work is made. Here is how to plan a route, behave as a guest and start a good conversation. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/inside-artist-studio/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/inside-artist-studio/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosWhy painters love north light, why sculptors need strong floors and why every studio is short of wall space. A look at the rooms where art is made. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-residencies/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-residencies/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosA studio, a room and time to think, often in another country. How artist residencies work, who chooses the artists and how you can see what they make. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/art-academies-training/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/art-academies-training/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosPlaster casts and life drawing, master classes and degree shows: how artists learn their craft, from the old academies to self-taught paths. https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-statement-portfolio/https://arisano.com/artists-studios/artist-statement-portfolio/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtists & StudiosA clear statement, an honest CV and photographs that show the work as it really is. A practical guide for artists preparing applications and profiles. https://arisano.com/art-design/how-to-look-at-art/https://arisano.com/art-design/how-to-look-at-art/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignMost of us give a painting less than half a minute. Here is a simple method that turns ten unhurried minutes into the best part of a museum visit. https://arisano.com/art-design/painting-media-explained/https://arisano.com/art-design/painting-media-explained/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignEvery paint is coloured powder held in a binder. Learn how egg, oil, gum and polymer shape the look of a picture, and how to tell them apart. https://arisano.com/art-design/sculpture-materials-lost-wax/https://arisano.com/art-design/sculpture-materials-lost-wax/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignCarved stone, modelled clay, cast bronze and welded steel: how sculptors choose their materials, and how a bronze is made, step by step. https://arisano.com/art-design/printmaking-techniques/https://arisano.com/art-design/printmaking-techniques/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignAn original print is not a copy of a painting. Here is how the four families of printmaking work, and how to tell them apart with a simple loupe. https://arisano.com/art-design/fine-art-photography/https://arisano.com/art-design/fine-art-photography/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignHow photographs found their way into museums, what separates a silver print from a pigment print, and why the date of a print matters as much as the date of the picture. https://arisano.com/art-design/digital-art-explained/https://arisano.com/art-design/digital-art-explained/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignFrom plotter drawings in the 1960s to video, net art, immersive projections and AI, a calm guide to art made with machines and to how museums keep it alive. https://arisano.com/art-design/colour-pigments-art/https://arisano.com/art-design/colour-pigments-art/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignFrom earth colours to Prussian blue and the paint tube, how artists got their colours, why ultramarine was so precious and how colour contrasts work on the eye. https://arisano.com/art-design/art-movements-guide/https://arisano.com/art-design/art-movements-guide/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt & DesignSeventeen movements in one compact guide: when they happened, what they wanted, how to recognise them on a museum wall and which artists to look for first. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/art-fairs-calendar/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/art-fairs-calendar/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsFrom Maastricht in March to Miami Beach in December, how art fairs work, when the big ones happen and how to enjoy them without sore feet. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/biennials-documenta/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/biennials-documenta/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsPavilions in a Venetian garden, a hundred days in Kassel: how the art world’s great survey exhibitions began, how they are run and how to plan a visit. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/vernissage-guide/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/vernissage-guide/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsA glass in one hand, a crowd in front of the paintings and not a familiar face in sight. Here is how to relax, look properly and even talk to the artist. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/galleries-explained/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/galleries-explained/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsGallery, Kunstverein, Kunsthalle, museum: the doors look alike, but what happens behind them differs. A clear guide to who does what, for visitors and buyers. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/museum-visit-guide/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/museum-visit-guide/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsHeavy legs, glazed eyes, a hundred paintings and none remembered. Museum fatigue is real, and a few simple habits keep it at bay in the Louvre or the Met. https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/museum-architecture/https://arisano.com/galleries-exhibitions/museum-architecture/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTGalleries & ExhibitionsA spiral in New York, a glass pyramid in Paris, titanium in Bilbao: a tour of museum buildings that people travel to see for their own sake. https://arisano.com/collecting/buying-first-artwork/https://arisano.com/collecting/buying-first-artwork/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtLook a lot, set a budget, ask good questions and keep the papers. A practical walk through your first purchase, from the first gallery visit to the day the work is on your wall. https://arisano.com/collecting/editions-prints-decoded/https://arisano.com/collecting/editions-prints-decoded/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtWhat 12/50, AP, HC and BAT really mean, why a low number rarely matters, and how to tell an original print from a signed reproduction. https://arisano.com/collecting/provenance-certificates/https://arisano.com/collecting/provenance-certificates/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtBehind every artwork that changes hands sits a paper trail. What provenance proves, what certificates and condition reports can and cannot tell you, and how to keep your own file. https://arisano.com/collecting/buying-at-auction/https://arisano.com/collecting/buying-at-auction/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtCatalogues, reserves, hammer prices and the charges that come after. How an art auction works, what you really pay and how to bid without losing your head. https://arisano.com/collecting/caring-for-art/https://arisano.com/collecting/caring-for-art/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtMost damage to art at home happens slowly and is easy to prevent. What museums know about light, humidity, framing and handling, translated into a few everyday habits. https://arisano.com/collecting/commissioning-artwork/https://arisano.com/collecting/commissioning-artwork/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollecting ArtA commission gives you a work no one else owns. How to find the right artist, write a brief, agree the terms in writing and leave room for the artist’s own ideas. https://arisano.com/art-living/hanging-art-guide/https://arisano.com/art-living/hanging-art-guide/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingA practical guide to hanging pictures at the right height, spacing groups calmly and choosing hardware that keeps every frame safe on the wall. https://arisano.com/art-living/lighting-art-home/https://arisano.com/art-living/lighting-art-home/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingHow to choose colour temperature, beam angles and fittings so that paintings, prints and sculpture look their best at home, without fading or glare. https://arisano.com/art-living/art-small-spaces/https://arisano.com/art-living/art-small-spaces/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingSmall rooms can hold big art. How to choose scale, use ledges, hallways and shelves, rotate a collection and keep works safe when space is tight. https://arisano.com/art-living/art-hotels/https://arisano.com/art-living/art-hotels/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingSome hotels collect, commission and exhibit art as seriously as a gallery. How to recognise them, what to ask and how to enjoy the art as a guest. https://arisano.com/art-living/art-and-architecture/https://arisano.com/art-living/art-and-architecture/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingFor most of history, art was made for buildings. From frescoes and stained glass to Kunst am Bau and land art, how artists and architects shape spaces together. https://arisano.com/art-living/framing-guide/https://arisano.com/art-living/framing-guide/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArt LivingWhen to frame and when not to, how mats and glazing protect a work, and how to choose a frame that suits both the art and your walls.