Art Archives - Nikki Martinez

Filipino Artist Ramos Wins International Caravaggio Art Award in Milan

Posted on 19/12/2018by Nyx

Palazzo Litta, Milan, the city’s oldest theater that is still functioning today. Art has a way of bringing people together…

Posted on 07/11/2018by Nyx

It was an unusually hot Wednesday evening in mid-October when I set out to find wine and art in Milan….

Posted on 10/09/2018by Nyx

Stillness is a good place to start. I’m flat on my back, eyes closed, head tilted upward. Hints of coconut…

Posted on 16/08/2018by Nyx

At 4 am, sunlight was already starting to filter through my open window at Hostinec U Hubálků. We zombied out…

Posted on 11/08/2018by Nyx

The first time I stepped into the chilly Czech Republic, John and I weren’t yet married. It was our first…

Posted on 14/07/2018by Nyx

Want to hear the true heartbeat of a city? Head to its local farmer’s markets. In Kampala, it was Owino,…

Posted on 25/05/2017by Nyx

Ferrara took me and my sketchbook by surprise. On a whim, I went with Ellie, my four-year-old, to this city I’d…

Posted on 07/12/2016by Nyx

I lie. It was pretty devastating. But let me backtrack a bit… In November 2015, I’d heard that a Fortune…

Posted on 26/07/2015by Nyx

On the shores of Lake Como, under the shimmering light of summer, I spy them. Returning from a kayak…

Posted on 23/06/2015by Nyx

“Creation is forever individual and it always involves an accumulation of small acts as well as decisive strokes and sweeping…