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Erotica

Sex, Love, and Death in Ancient Peru: Erotic Gallery—Museo Larco

Hidden underground for hundreds of years, depictions of sex, love, and erotica in Andean pre-Columbian art are now proudly displayed in the Erotic...

Bruno Guerra 24 September 2026

South American Art

The Link Between Shipibo Pottery and Female Identity: Designs from the Peruvian Amazon

Along the Ucayali River of Northeastern Peru, women from the Shipibo-Conibo villages have been composing striking, geometric designs to cover...

Lauren Dorsey 24 September 2026

South American Art

Art and Ritual: Culture of the Enigmatic Moche People

The Moche were an ancient, Indigenous people of Andean Peru. They are considered to be one of the most influential civilizations of the ancient...

Marga Patterson 24 September 2026

South American Art

10 Artworks from Lima Art Museum You Need to See

Welcome to the largest art museum in Peru: the Lima Art Museum (Museo de Arte de Lima), aptly named MALI. Opened in 1961, it presents around 1,200...

Anthony Royer, Szymon Jocek 24 September 2026

Great Princess Mama Occollo, ca 1850-70, oil on canvas mounted on wood, Cuzco, Peru, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Great Princess Mama Occollo

Great Princess Mama Occollo is an amazing masterpiece of South American art from the 19th century in the collection of the Denver Art Museum. It...

James W Singer 24 September 2026

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Alexandra Waliszewska: Irruption of Antiquity. Alexandra Waliszewska, Untitled. Culture.pl. Review

Aleksandra Waliszewska: Irruption of Antiquity at the Benaki Museum

A golden figure and a dance of the dead haunt rooms of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. There, Polish painter Aleksandra Waliszewska stages a...

Errika Gerakiti 23 September 2026

Review

The Story of Vilhelm Hammershøi—The Gentle Painter of Beautiful Interiors

Vilhelm Hammershøi is enjoying a renaissance at present. In 2023, Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30, sold for $9.1 million, a new record for a...

Catriona Miller 23 September 2026

Design

Arts and Crafts Principles in Interior Design: The Original Minimalists

Perhaps you have noticed a trend in recent years: people seem to crave a return to simpler times, to homesteading, homemaking, and minimalism. We...

Ledys Chemin 23 September 2026

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Design

5 Key Women in Contemporary Interior Design

Introducing the pioneers of contemporary interior design: these five remarkable women have revolutionized our perception of living, working, and...

Joanna Kaszubowska 23 September 2026

Painting

Art of Opulence: Paintings of Exquisite Interiors

The notion of painting natural landscapes has been prevalent since ancient times. It is an obvious choice, of course. What can compare with the...

Maya M. Tola 23 September 2026

Architecture

Meet the Architect Who Made Sardinian Homes Blend into Nature

Architect Savin Couëlle’s (1929–2020) organic designs go beyond extensions of the natural landscape. He created a feeling of being one with...

Marga Patterson 23 September 2026

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Painting

Ciphers and Symbols—The Mysterious Art of M.K. Čiurlionis

Unveiling the enigmatic ciphers they harbor, decoding symbols with concealed significance—these are the mysteries that wait to be unraveled. If you...

Guest Author 22 September 2026

Painting

Life Imitates Art—M. K. Čiurlionis’ Paintings and Hubble Telescope Photos

The stars, the moon, the sun—all celestial bodies have inspired art for centuries. However, as we look at Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis’...

Guest Author 22 September 2026

Symbolism

M. K. Čiurlionis in 10 Artworks—The Lithuanian Visionary

Lithuanian artist and composer, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, blurred the boundaries between music and visual art, creating mysterious,...

Guest Author 22 September 2026

Art State of Mind

Dive into the World of Fairy Tales with Čiurlionis

Wouldn’t it be nice to immerse yourself in a fairy tale? Hike among the heroes, fight monsters, visit enchanted lands… It would be a nice break...

Guest Author 22 September 2026

Painting

The Hidden Meanings of Nature in Čiurlionis’ Paintings

What’s nature like outside your window today? Is it calm and relaxing, or maybe there’s a frightening storm swaying the trees? Perhaps you are...

Guest Author 22 September 2026

Women Artists

The Crazy and Colorful World of Florine Stettheimer’s Paintings

For an art-viewing experience unlike any other, enjoy the world of Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944). The daughter of a wealthy German-Jewish family...

Alexandra Kiely 21 September 2026

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The Charming, Witty, Surprisingly Modern Art of Florine Stettheimer

American modernist Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) created a joyful, Rococo-inspired aesthetic that was all her own. She depicted scenes of life...

Alexandra Kiely 21 September 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Florine Stettheimer’s Trailblazing Nude Self-Portrait

Explore an astonishing 1915 nude self portrait by American modernist painter Florine Stettheimer.

Candy Bedworth 21 September 2026

Painting

Florine Stettheimer in 10 Paintings—A Portrait of Jazz Age New York

Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) was an American painter, designer, and poet, as well as a prominent member of New York City’s high society...

Sam Malone 21 September 2026

Painting

New York in 10 Unexpected Paintings

One of the most recognizable works of art about New York City is a song. When the opening vamp begins to play (especially if it’s Frank...

Sam Malone 21 September 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler by Edwin Landseer

Painted when Edwin Landseer was just 18, Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler is a powerful tribute to the selfless devotion of rescue...

Theodore Carter 20 September 2026

Eugène Delacroix, The Barque of Dante, 1822, The Louvre, Paris, France Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Barque of Dante by Eugène Delacroix

Welcome to Hell—tonight, our guide will be Virgil, Dante, and of course Eugène Delacroix. The Barque of Dante, the first major painting by French...

Anastasia Manioudaki 20 September 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent

On December 29th, 1888, John Singer Sargent went to the Lyceum Theatre in London to watch the premiere of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Henry...

Catriona Miller 20 September 2026

Anguish August Friedrich Schenck Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Anguish by August Friedrich Schenck

Surrounded by menacing crows, a mother sheep wails in anguish as her lifeless young lamb rests on a snowy bed. This scene, painted by August...

Montaine Dumont 20 September 2026

Romanticism

Masterpiece Story: The Disasters of War Series by Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) is considered to be the founder of the national genre in Spain. He was talented in many areas: portraits, historical...

Elizaveta Ermakova 20 September 2026

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QUIZ: Famous Art Couples

Zuzanna Stańska 19 September 2026

Quiz

Jewish Artists Quiz: Guess Who Created These Artworks

Kate Wojtczak 19 September 2026

Quiz

QUIZ Hats in Art Part 2—Whose Hat Is That?

Kate Wojtczak 19 September 2026

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