Stories, News, Articles and Galleries reflecting our collection
By Francesca Lungarotti “By ‘Suprematism’ I mean the supremacy of pure feeling in creative art. For the Suprematist, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; what matters is feeling. Art no longer concerns itself with serving the State and religion; it no longer seeks to illustrate the history of manners; it […]
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UIG are delighted to announce our partnership with Photobureau, a new collection UIG is representing. Based in Tbilisi, Georgia, Photobureau specializes in fine art, history and other educational subjects, with a specific emphasis on historical Russian art and subjects. The collection features more than 50,000 historical photographs and masterpieces sourced from private collections, libraries and museums. Photobureau […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti “Nothing is art if it does not come from nature” – Antoni Gaudì In 2026, the world celebrates and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of one of the most visionary and eclectic architects and artists of all time: Antoni Gaudí. Gaudi loved nature and organic forms; he did not contemplate sharp […]
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St George’s Day and Shakespeare’s birthday On 23 April each year, England celebrates its patron saint, Saint George, a figure whose story blends legend and history. Believed to have lived in the 3rd century in what is now Turkey, George was a Roman soldier who refused to give up his Christian faith and was executed for it. Over […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti ‘Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary’ Blaise Pascal Magnus, Wilhelm, and Ferdinand von Wright are key figures in the history of science and culture in 19th-century Finland and Sweden, and are deeply rooted in the Finnish national imagination. They are sometimes considered the same person, although […]
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