Museums And Exhibitions
Exclusive: Staff’s Favorite Artworks from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
One of the largest and most interesting American museums, the Virginia Museum...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Does My Bum Look Big in This? The Female Body in Art
From Kylie to the Kardashians, bums seem to be big news. But...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Celebrating the Male Body in Renaissance Florence
April 21, 2021The adoration of the male body was an inspiration for many artists and there is no medium better suited to presenting the full beauty and complexity of it than sculpture. Today we will take a look at works...
Contemporary Art
Body in the Art of David Hammons and Laura Aguilar
April 21, 2021David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968-1979, at The Drawing Center (closes May 23) and Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (closes June 27) are currently on view at institutions just steps away from each...
Art Forms
The Charm of Colorful and Shiny Italian Maiolica Ceramic Wares
April 20, 2021Maiolica ceramic wares are exquisitely decorated and vibrantly colored handmade artworks made popular during the Italian Renaissance. Their timeless beauty has inspired artists and fascinated art collectors throughout the ages. The Maiolica technique illuminated ceramics that reflected the...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Body Positivity in Art: Paintings That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Body
April 20, 2021If you happen to feel negative about your body size, your weight, or your shape from time to time (or at all times, like me), then have a look at these paintings. They will hopefully show you that...
Art History 101
10 Things You Should Know About Titian
April 19, 2021Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, 1490–1576) was an Italian painter active in Venice in the 16th century. He is considered the greatest painter in the Venetian art school. During his long career, he painted a variety of subjects, shaping Renaissance...
Museums And Exhibitions
London Mall Galleries: An Interview on Covid-19 and Reopening
April 19, 2021The evening of the 4th January united the residents of the UK once again. Everyone’s attention was focused on the third national lockdown announcement that came from the prime minister. With the order of stay-at-home, art galleries once...
Artists' Stories
Arenig School. Wild Bohemians and Welsh Mountains
April 18, 2021Welcome to a rollicking adventure with the Arenig School of automatic painting starring Augustus John, James Dickson Innes, and Derwent Lees. Arenig Fawr is a majestic mountain in Snowdonia in Wales. Between 1911 and 1913 three unconventional artists...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church
April 18, 2021Heart of the Andes is one truly impressive landscape painting. Frederic Edwin Church‘s crowning achievement depicts scenery he saw during his two visits to South America. However, one of the painting’s most important features doesn’t appear on the...
History
The Prime Minister’s Art: Landscapes of Winston Churchill
April 17, 2021The English statesman Winston Churchill is one of the most respected and admired men in the world. His role as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, especially during World War II, has made him a well-known figure. It...
Just Weird
What I Found in the Museum Of Bad Art
April 16, 2021MOBA, or the Museum Of Bad Art, is replete with almost anything that could be wished for in terms of the good, the bad, the very bad, the hilarious, and of course the ugly. The category of ‘good’...
Just Weird
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (6th Season Update)
May 5, 2020We love it when pop culture adopts, uses, and remixes art history, especially when that mixture...
Art History 101
10 Most Scandalous Nudes in Art (NSFW)
September 21, 2017We’re here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: it...
Sculpture
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
November 21, 2020Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect on art throughout the ages. Many of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
October 2, 2020Ukiyo-e pictures, pictures of the “floating world” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered from Mental Illness (and How It Affected Their Art)
October 6, 2020The painter Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his artwork and for a particular aspect of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
Greek Mythological Creatures that Combine Female Beauty and Beastly Ugliness
September 12, 2020Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters, and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
Artists' Stories
The Mystery of Vincent Van Gogh’s Death
March 30, 2017Vincent van Gogh’s death occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room...
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...
20th century
Jeff Koons and His Balloon Dogs
July 3, 2020What do Jeff Koons, Jay Z, Christie’s, and clowns have in common? Balloon dogs! Read how...
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