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If Blue Monday was an artwork | From Hayez to Pixar's Inside Out

From Hippocrates' Theory of Humors to the era of Blue Monday: over the centuries, blue has become the color of melancholy.

Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory | An Allegory of the Deadly Sins

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka is the leader of an allegorical world that depicts a modern iconography of deadly sins.

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If Blue Monday was an artwork | From Hayez to Pixar's Inside Out

If Blue Monday was an artwork | From Hayez to Pixar's Inside Out

From Hippocrates' Theory of Humors to the era of Blue Monday: over the centuries, blue has become the color of melancholy.

Red as an endless ocean | A history of the red color in the arts

Red as an endless ocean | A history of the red color in the arts

From the dawn of humankind, red has carried countless symbolic meanings. Here is the History of this color through the arts.

The Sims series | What can you create in seven days?

The Sims series | What can you create in seven days?

What makes The Sims one of the most known and sold franchises of all time is in fact simply freedom; to do and be anything the mind can think of.  

Ridley Scott 85 | The Last Film Craftsman

Ridley Scott 85 | The Last Film Craftsman

On his 85th birthday, we celebrate Ridley Scott, one of the last film craftsmen, and his career.

Proust 100 | A Symphony of memory

Proust 100 | A Symphony of memory

One hundred years ago, in 1922, the 18th November was a Saturday. The First World War had ended, and then followed the Spanish flu epidemic that had decimated Europe: photographic…

Euphoria, a snapshot on the life and aesthetics of Gen Z

Euphoria, a snapshot on the life and aesthetics of Gen Z

Euphoria is an illuminating kaleidoscope of cultural touchpoints between fashion, beauty and the social tensions of nowadays' teenagers

The Defeat of Darkness

The Defeat of Darkness

The symbolic meanings of light and dark throughout classical art. The first Hypercritic Exhibition.

If Blue Monday was an artwork | From Hayez to Pixar's Inside Out

15 January, 2024

If Blue Monday was an artwork | From Hayez to Pixar's Inside Out

From Hippocrates' Theory of Humors to the era of Blue Monday: over the centuries, blue has become the color of melancholy.

Red as an endless ocean | A history of the red color in the arts

14 February, 2023

Red as an endless ocean | A history of the red color in the arts

From the dawn of humankind, red has carried countless symbolic meanings. Here is the History of this color through the arts.

The Sims series | What can you create in seven days?

04 February, 2023

The Sims series | What can you create in seven days?

What makes The Sims one of the most known and sold franchises of all time is in fact simply freedom; to do and be anything the mind can think of.  

Ridley Scott 85 | The Last Film Craftsman

14 December, 2022

Ridley Scott 85 | The Last Film Craftsman

On his 85th birthday, we celebrate Ridley Scott, one of the last film craftsmen, and his career.

Proust 100 | A Symphony of memory

18 November, 2022

Proust 100 | A Symphony of memory

One hundred years ago, in 1922, the 18th November was a Saturday. The First World War had ended, and then followed the Spanish flu epidemic that had decimated Europe: photographic…

Euphoria, a snapshot on the life and aesthetics of Gen Z

22 September, 2022

Euphoria, a snapshot on the life and aesthetics of Gen Z

Euphoria is an illuminating kaleidoscope of cultural touchpoints between fashion, beauty and the social tensions of nowadays' teenagers

The Defeat of Darkness

01 September, 2022

The Defeat of Darkness

The symbolic meanings of light and dark throughout classical art. The first Hypercritic Exhibition.