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A River Runs Through It: Gary Drostle
London-based artist Gary Drostle makes stunning public mosaics that quickly become icons for the areas in which they reside. Beyond being an enormously talented artist, Drostle has an almost uncanny...
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Movimento Immobile: Pascale Beauchamps at The Cripta Rasponi in Ravenna
Pascale Beauchamps "Twin with a Circle" 2009 85 cm Cement, stone Pascale Beauchamps’ lyrical sculptures of stone and cement sing songs of ancient geologies and celebrate the sacred elements of water,...
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Why Mosaic: Ann Gardner
Fuse 9' x 11' x 20" Glass, composite, concrete, steel “I use glass mosaic extensively because it infuses color and light into my sculptural work.” Seattle-based artist Ann Gardner has earned critical...
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Where’s Pablo? The Mid-Century Mosaics of Picasso
Pablo Picasso "Tete Fauve" (Faun Head) Executed by Hjalmar Boyensen, circa 1957-58 Pablo Picasso – the Cote d’Azur in the 1950s – an enchanting younger lover – and mosaics. Historian, educator and...
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Mosaics That Make Us Smile: Lynn Moor
Lynn Moor "Red Dude" 2010 Italian smalti. Original artist unknown. Sometimes, you just need a smile. When we really needed one the other day, we remembered these delightful mosaics by Lynn Moor of Cape...
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Cosmic Powers Earthly Flowers: Yulia Hanansen
Yulia Hanansen "Jupiter: Great Red Spot " 2010 36 x 56 in. Layered stained glass. Winner Best in Show Award, Mosaic Arts International 2011 Exhibiting now at the Cooperstown Art Association in...
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To Work Without Fear: Yakov and Yulia Hanansen
What can one generation pass down to the next? In this reprint from an article first published in the 2010 edition of Mosaic Art NOW the magazine writer Paul Anater interviews father and daughter...
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Video of Ilana Shafir at RavennaMosaico 2011
The voice over for this video may be in Hebrew, but the joy and magic you will see transcends every possible boundary to appreciation. Here is an artist in her prime being feted by luminaries from a...
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Tiny Tragedies: Marcelo De Melo
Tiny Tragedies: Marcelo de Melo For those who would relegate contemporary mosaics to the “decorative arts” section of the library, museum or art appreciation course, we would submit the work of Marcelo...
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To Transform Emotions Into Colour: Giulio Menossi
Giulio Menossi "Notturno" (Nightly) 2010 80 x 120 x 10 cm Smalti, golds, pearls, marble. Selected for Mosaic Art NOW's Exhibition in Print 2010 by Dr. Scott Shields, Curator, Crocker Art Museum. With...
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PBS Documentary: “Treasures of New York: Art Underground”
Faith Ringgold "Flying Home: Harlem Heroes and Heroines (Downtown and Uptown)" 1996 Photo via MTA Arts for Transit We are delighted to present WNET’s marvelous documentary “Treasures of New York: Art...
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Terra Incognita: Dabb, Kettering Dimit, Fisher, Hanansen and Sager Lynch at...
An absolutely splendid exhibit featuring five innovative American mosaic artists is currently on view at the Gallery at Penn College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Terra Incognita showcases multiple...
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The Language of Mosaic: A Word from Our Muses
Attention class! Miss Marble (aka Lillian Sizemore) has spotted a wordy trend in contemporary mosaic and she’s going to use it to give us a grammar lesson. The good news is, there is no pop quiz at...
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A Natural History Museum in Mosaic Rises in Chile: Isidora Paz López
Outside of Santiago, Chile something magical is happening. A concrete jungle of a metro station is becoming a brilliant, shimmering natural history museum. A community wracked by drugs and violence is...
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“The Nature, The Geometry, and the Materials” Why Mosaic? by Professor Iliya...
Iliya Iliev "Sesif" (Sisyphus) 2010 70x120cm diptych. Stones, glass Professor Iliya Iliev, Chief of the Department of Mural Painting, Mosaics and Stained Glass at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia,...
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LATICRETE Presents Luca Barberini
In 2011, LATICRETE, Int. sponsored the Exhibition in Print, our international competition juried by art dealer Bernice Steinbaum, mosaic artist/teacher/author Emma Biggs and painter/art commentator...
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Symbolism and Storytelling in Contemporary Mosaic: Jeroen Meijer
Jeroen Meijer "HIgh Expectations and A Dog Called Lucky" 2007" 127 x 72 cm (inc. frame) Vitreous tile, stone, glass beads, photo transfer on tile, bullets, chain, copper rod, jigsaw pieces. “After...
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Marco De Luca or About the Instability of Color
Marco De Luca "Particolare anatomico" 2007 70 x 50 cm Italian art consultant, author, and specialist in the use of color Daniele Torcellini brings us this extraordinarily rich look into the work of...
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LATICRETE Presents: Lilian Broca
In 2011, LATICRETE sponsored the Exhibition in Print, MAN’s international competition juried by art dealer Bernice Steinbaum, mosaic artist/teacher/author Emma Biggs and painter/art commentator...
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Mosaico Oggi: Interview with Mohamed Banawy
Mohamad Banawy "Abstract 3" 2010 80 x 80 cm Clay, glass. We’d been corresponding with mosaicist Mohamed Banawy for several months when MAN contributor Luca Maggio offered us an interview he had...
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