QUIZ: Women Who Painted the Wild
Joanna Kaszubowska 15 March 2026
Gluck—No Prefix, No Suffix Queer Artist
DailyArt Magazine wants to join in the promotion of tolerance and raise awareness of the prejudices faced by LGBTQ+ people. Therefore, we feature a...
Magda Michalska 13 March 2026
Marlow Moss: The Queer Abstract Artist Who Influenced Mondrian
Largely forgotten until recent years, Marlow Moss transcended the rigid boundaries of traditional art and binary gender expression. The 20th-century...
Emily Snow 13 March 2026
Claude Cahun—A Surrealist Queer Prophet
Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...
Candy Bedworth 13 March 2026
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The Dreamlike, Queer, and Femme Paintings of Marie Laurencin
Most art fans know the names of the male avant-garde artists in the early 1900s, but fewer people know of the women who mastered the craft. Marie...
Guest Author 13 March 2026
The Love of Ida Rubinstein and Romaine Brooks
Being a bisexual woman at the beginning of the 20th century was difficult. They were looked down on, they were scorned and discussed behind their...
Magda Michalska 13 March 2026
Sylvia Sleigh—A Woman Who Slayed Male Nudes
Sylvia Sleigh was beautiful inside out—brave and independent, she pursued her figurative style which was regarded as outmoded in the years of Pop...
Magda Michalska 12 March 2026
Mary Magdalene in Candlelight by Georges de La Tour
In the 17th century, Mary Magdalene was a popular subject in art, symbolizing sin, repentance, and redemption. Georges de La Tour, the French Baroque...
Kinga Dobosz 7 November 2025
Capturing Light: The Pioneers of Photography in France
It all officially began in 1839 in two countries at the same time: in the UK, the Royal Academy announced the discovery of a method of capturing...
Magda Michalska 22 March 2024
Nakedness or Nudity? To Be a Woman Is to Perform
Throughout the centuries, women’s bodies have consistently been staged for display rather than simply allowed to exist. John Berger’s...
Guest Author 12 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour
The Fortune Teller is one of Georges de La Tour’s early masterpieces. The Baroque oil painting, once questioned by the Louvre Museum for its...
Anna Ingram 11 January 2026
Paris Through the Lens of Early Photographers
Paris is a centuries-old city which witnessed many ground-breaking moments. One of them was the first photograph of a living human being ever taken!...
Magda Michalska 19 August 2025
10 Paintings by Helene Schjerfbeck That You’ll Never Forget
Helene Schjerfbeck, famous in her native Finland, is not nearly as well known in the rest of the world. A genuine one-off, she studied in Paris and...
Catriona Miller 11 March 2026
Felines in Visual Culture: Review of Cat by Phaidon
A sumptuous new book takes us on a fascinating tour of domestic house cats in art. Taking in over 200 paintings, sculptures, and popular culture images, Cat is a must-read for feline fans!
Candy Bedworth 12 March 2026
Sisterhood in Art: Portraying Sisters
It’s not surprising that many artists with sisters painted their portraits, especially early in their careers. They were probably easily available...
Europeana 5 August 2024
5 Caravaggisti You Need to Know
Caravaggio left an indelible mark on many artists who came after him, as well as his own contemporaries. With its unique use of light and the focus...
Edoardo Cesarino 20 January 2025
10 Mythological Female Warriors from Around the World
Men have been waging war for the longest time. But when we look closely, we find women fighting gallantly in bloody battles, who also commanded...
Jimena Escoto 6 March 2026
13 Groundbreaking Female Photographers
Quickly, how many female photographers can you name? Unfortunately probably not as many as their male counterparts. We are here to change that! Women...
Ruxi Rusu, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 20 March 2025
10 Japanese Shunga That Will Shock You
Erotic, playful, and unexpectedly sophisticated, shunga holds a unique place in Japanese visual culture. But there is often far more than mere...
Katerina Papouliou 5 March 2026
