American Correspondent
George Washington’s Triumphant Return To America – See His Modello At The Frick
George Washington, the father of the United States, died on December 14,...
Painting of the Week
Christ In The Storm On The Sea Of Galilee, By Rembrandt
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Artists' Stories
Mariano Fortuny – A Genius From Venice
July 14, 2018Well, I lied. Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo was not originally from Venice, as he was born in Granada in 1871, a son of the painter also Mariano Fortuny. However, he is considered a naturalized Venetian as he spent...
Special occasion & News
Nazi-looted Cézanne Painting To Be Shown In Switzerland
July 13, 2018Kunstmuseum Bern in Switzerland has put a new painting on view on Tuesday – a Cézanne from the notorious Nazi-looted art trove of Cornelius Gurlitt. The painting, La Montagne Sainte-Victoire (1897) went on view for the first time since...
19th Century
Observation As An Act Of Creation: The Art of Looking
July 12, 2018Observation as an act of creation — whenever you look, you’re painting a perception: Realizing that we are painters of our impressions is as empowering as liberating — and, like in every art form, there’s a way to...
Museums & Exhibitions
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One
July 11, 2018When you walk into the first room of any exhibition, there is an involuntary holding of the breath as it can often be a make or break moment. Walk into the first room of Tate Britain’s Aftermath: Art...
Eastern world
The Miniatures of Reza Abbasi: True Tips For A Happier Life
July 10, 2018Everyone wants to be happy and each of us has a different idea of happiness. For some, it’s finishing college and getting a new job. For others, it’s the whole weekend watching TV shows. But no matter what...
Bodies & Erotic Art
Does My Bum Look Big In This? The Female Body In Art
July 9, 2018From Kylie to the Kardashians, bums seem to be big news. But that’s not modern selfie culture – the female buttocks have been a symbol of fertility and beauty since early human history. As Meghan Trainor sings “it’s...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week – The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin
July 8, 2018Today’s painting of the week is the Merode Altarpiece by the workshop of Robert Campin, c. 1427-32. This work is a triptych (three-panel painting) depicting the Annunciation, Saint Joseph, and two donors. The Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel...
20th century
American Synthesizers: Gerald Murphy, Louis Lovowick, and George Ault
July 7, 2018In the catalogue for a 1959 exhibition on Precisionist art at the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis, Director Martin Friedman said of the precisionist artists that they were not so much innovators or theorists as they were synthesizers....
Victorian Era
Five MORE Things Everyone Should Know About The Victorians
July 6, 2018The last time that we talked about the Victorians we looked at steam travel, Alice in Wonderland, Romanticism, the Pre-Raphaelites and Sherlock Holmes, so what shall we look at next? How about The Gothic, Jack the Ripper, Photography,...
Nature
The Fantasy World of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Portraits
July 5, 2018Mannerism was a style in European art that was full of weirdness and exaggeration. Sophistication and artificiality were its second name. It favoured compositional tension and instability. It favoured everything that was as far from Renaissance balance and clarity...
Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place
February 19, 2018We love it when pop culture is adopting, using, and remixing art history, and especially when...
20th century
Pablo Picasso And His Women
November 28, 2017Pablo Picasso perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known...
Ancient Greece
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
October 25, 2016Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect for art throughout the ages. Many of...
20th century
Explore the Unknown World of Klimt’s Landscapes
March 23, 2018When you think of Gustav Klimt, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re...
20th century
Why is Klimt Famous?
March 28, 2018Gustav Klimt, born in Austria in 1862, is celebrated as one of the most valued artists...
Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
April 4, 2018The painter Vincent Van Gogh is well-known for his artworks and for a particular aspect of...
Bodies & Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
February 16, 2017“Ukiyo-e” pictures, pictures of the “floating world.” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
Just Weird
These 5 Weird Portraits from Kunsthistorisches Museum Will Make You Wonder
July 24, 2016Every month in our mobile app DailyArt (download it for free for iOS/Android) we specially feature...
Painting of the Week
Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night (Painting Of The Week)
December 3, 2016The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is one of those iconic painting everyone recognizes. But...
20th century
The Pornographic World of Egon Schiele’s Nudes (18+)
August 12, 2016Egon Schiele’s nudes can challenge us and our preconceptions of the artistic tradition of the “nude”....
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