How artists brought love into their work

Описание: (14 Feb 2026)
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ARCHIVE: Madrid, Spain - 29 January 2024

1. Close of exhibition room with two artworks: “Smoked Glass” (1962) by James Rosenquist and “Love Me Fast” by Noemi Iglesias
2. Pan right of exhibition room dedicated to pop art
3. Close of “Everlasting”, cars made on porcelain by Iglesias
4. Close of “Off Love”, laser engraving on acrylic and LED lights by Iglesias
5. Mid of woman looking at Iglesias´ porcelain installation “Quarantine”
6. Close of porcelain gas masks with flowers
7. Wide of exhibit room with Claude Monet´s “The House among the roses” (1925), James Ensor's 'Jardin d'amour' (1925) and two pieces by Iglesias: Love Profusion” and “Bulk Love”
8. Close of “Bulk Love” reading (English), 'I love you, but just at my 50%, you deserve more'
9. Tilt down of “We both swiped right”
10. Various of flowers made of porcelain

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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Estelle Lovatt, art critic:
"Love and romance in the art world, well, that's a really great thing to think about because don't forget a lot of artists took it from the canvas to the bedroom as well with their muses. But how they dealt with it is the colour palette, for example red. Red is a very passionate colour, the symbolism, what they would have included in their images. So roses, roses are the choice a flower to depict love."

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12. Various of Rodin's marble "The Kiss"

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13. Various of Gustav Klimt's '"The Kiss"

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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Estelle Lovatt, art critic:
"There's an outburst and showing of love where you think, right, I'm going to throw everything I can at the canvas. Some of the greatest artists, if you think of Rodin's The Kiss, out of marble. If you think about Klimt's The Kiss, where the figures are embodied making one. So love and art. Art comes from the heart."

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15. Close of Gustav Klimt's '"The Kiss"
16. Zoom in of couple holding hands in front of "The Kiss"

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17. Various of self-portrait with bandaged ear, by Vincent Van Gogh, January 1889

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18. SOUNDBITE (English) Tabish Khan, art critic:
"I think the nature of being an artist is it is very much about wearing your emotions on your sleeve. So what they feel is imparted into their work. So a lot of artists do make work about love and often the tragedy of lost love or infatuations that aren't realised. So you see it in works like there are some obvious ones. So think of Rodin's The Kiss or Gustav Klimt's Kiss as well, which are very romantic. But there's also things like Van Gogh with his bandaged ear that he cut off and he gave to a woman."

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19. Various of ‘Weeping Woman’, 1937, by Pablo Picasso, modelled by the photographer and painter Dora Maar
20. Various of Picasso's ‘Dora Maar Seated’, 1938

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21. SOUNDBITE (English) Tabish Khan, art critic:

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22. Mid of 'Diego y yo (Diego and I)' by Frida Kahlo, 1949, which will be auctioned by Sotheby's and is expected to fetch in excess of $30 million
23. Tilt up of painting
24. Close of Kahlo's eyes
25. Close of picture of Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera

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