Painting of the Week
Johannes Vermeer, Woman Reading a Letter
On the Johannes Vermeer‘s painting, we see a quiet, private moment. In...
21st century
Imagined Paradise Lost: Raqib Shaw’s Reinterpretations of Old Masters
Raqib Shaw was born in Calcutta in 1974 to a family of...
19th Century
Everything You Must Know About Pont-Aven School
September 21, 2018The year 1886 was a turning point for Paul Gauguin’s career as a painter. That was the year when the village of Pont-Aven in Brittany, France, became the centre of a vibrant international artists’ colony. In the late...
Food
Don’t Play with Your Food! Unless It’s Art
September 20, 2018I’m sure we’ve all been told not to play with our food as we hide unappetising peas under a sticky lump of mashed potato. And most parents have agonised over a treacherous mountain of sponge and butter icing...
NYC Art Critic
Giacometti’s ‘Final Portrait’
September 19, 2018The movie ‘Final Portrait’ is a faithful rendition of the book by James Lord, ‘A Giacometti Portrait.’ The book was published in 1965, a year after Lord had posed for Alberto Giacometti in the artist’s studio. The portrait...
Renaissance
Pieter Bruegel: Hunters in the Snow. Hidden Stories and Meanings
September 18, 2018In the ‘Bruegel Room’ in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, twelve paintings hang in the space, covering the final ten year period of the life of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. One painting, in particular, takes us on a journey...
Ancient Greece
The Parthenon Mythology and Architecture
September 17, 2018Mythology is a pretty broad topic in Ancient Greek history. And even more so is the use of mythological figures in Ancient Greek art. From pottery to sculptures, we can see that the Ancient Greeks were inspired by...
Painting of the Week
Paul Gauguin, The Vision after the Sermon
September 16, 2018Vision after the Sermon is one of the most important works the artist painted in Brittany. Breton peasants, which Gauguin viewed as exotic, are here plain types treated as flat silhouettes and painted in bright colours and simplified shapes. The painting...
Artists' Stories
A Vibrant Perspective: Ivey Hayes and His Colorful Works of Art
September 15, 2018Ivey Hayes: The Artist A vibrant perspective of Ivey Hayes’ art has always stood out in my mind. Before his death in 2012, the South Eastern North Carolina artist was known for creating vibrant paintings from his unique...
Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (5th Season Update)
September 13, 2018We love it when pop culture is adopting, using, and remixing art history, and especially when that mixture includes a TV show… If you’re BoJack Horseman fan and an art aficionado, you’re going to love this article. (You...
Museums & Exhibitions
Wanderlust Exhibition – Travel Desire Encapsulated in Paintings
September 13, 2018It is the last chance to see Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir – an exhibition on travel desire in the Old National Gallery in Berlin. If you happen to be in the German capital this...
Just Weird
Danger, Danger: Art Can Hurt You
September 12, 2018Every once in a while, an accident involving an artwork happens. Usually, it is the artwork that ends up damaged, but sometimes it is the audience that comes to harm and gets injured. This happened in case of Descent...
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Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (5th Season Update)
September 13, 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...
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...
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...
Mr. Bacchus’ Tours
Through the eyes of Claude Monet
September 7, 2018The eyes of an artist put at the service of art can reveal to us an...
Painting of the Week
The Story of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom And Its Three Versions
February 24, 2018The Bedroom are among the most famous paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Why “are”? There are three...
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...
20th century
Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
August 8, 2017Frida Kahlo who lived during the first half of the 20th century changed the art history...
Nature
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...
Architecture
Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Lost
January 21, 2017Mary Cassatt is a well-known Impressionist who often illustrated motherhood and traditional female activities of the 19th...
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