Painting of the Week
Claude Monet, Autumn Effects at Argenteuil
Claude Monet painted Autumn Effects at Argenteuil in late 1873, which was...
Art Travels
Florence’s Secret Spot: Colosso Dell’Appennino
A 30-minute drive from central Florence lies a true Tuscan secret: The...
NYC Art Critic
Chagall’s Artistic Battle with Malevich and the Forces of Suprematism
October 19, 2018Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich have much in common. Both were artists. Both were deeply affected by the Russian Revolution. Almost everything is over almost before it begins. We long for consistency, a foundation of belief, and a...
Artists' Stories
The Angels’ Forge: Marrying Glass with Modern Art
October 18, 2018This is a story of an Italian man who was a radiotelegraph operator, a bank cashier and a manual labourer extracting oils from wood. But then one day he became fascinated with a physical phenomenon of vitrifying and...
Romanticism
Aesthetics and Romanticism: Scottish Art of the 18th Century
October 17, 2018As someone who holds many interests, it is often difficult to decide on just one topic a week to write about. That being said, the topic of my current interest is Scottish art of the 18th century. Mainly...
Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Berlin’s Icon: The Bust of Queen Nefertiti
October 16, 2018The bust of Queen Nefertiti housed in Berlin’s Neues Museum is one of Ancient Egypt’s most famous works of art. A prime example of ancient artistry, this icon has been called “the most beautiful woman in the world”....
Contemporary Art
5 Best Contemporary Art Podcasts
October 15, 2018Contemporary art podcasts usually discuss recently opened exhibitions, burning topics in the art world and document what is currently going on in the arts. Surprisingly there aren’t that many good art podcasts out there. This is a carefully selected list...
Painting of the Week
Edward Hopper, Soir Bleu
October 14, 2018Loneliness in the crowd. We’re at a café somewhere in France. Seven people sat at the tables: a powdered prostitute, a clown with white make-up, a military man in epaulettes, a bearded bohemian and a pair of slumming aristocrats...
Animals
‘I’m sick of Portraits’ – Gainsborough and his dogs’ portraits
October 13, 2018Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was a portrait and landscape painter. During his career, he often painted dogs accompanying his sitters. Always making sure that the dogs are not only a prop, but they also ooze personality. It is a...
Food
Time For Tea in Paintings
October 12, 2018One of the highlights of autumn is that drinking hot drinks is no longer looked down on and ordering a big cup of steaming hot cocoa instead of an ice cold frappe is totally legit. While I was...
NYC Art Critic
The Charles White Retrospective — Only the Beginning
October 11, 2018Charles White was a prolific artist. The retrospective exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which opened on October 7 and will be on display until January 2019, not only demonstrates this; it also...
20th century
Wayne Thiebaud’s Sweet Paintings and Sharon Core’s Take on Them
October 10, 2018For centuries we have seen artists copying others’ work in order to learn how to draw correctly or to find out what style they want to follow. But what if in the 21st-century copying was used for another...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythological Creatures That Combine Female Beauty And Beastly Ugliness
December 8, 2017Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
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...
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