Museums And Exhibitions
New York City Art Triennial 2021: Do We Dream Together? Are We Fine?
Exhibition review of the Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone...
Chinese art
The Mysterious Zodiac Project: Ai Weiwei Animal Heads Explained
The Zodiac Project is Ai Weiwei’s first major public sculpture. The famous...
Renaissance
Tombs of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsupini in the Florentine Santa Croce: Strikingly Similar or Substantially Different?
June 14, 2021In the 15th century, Florence underwent a cultural and artistic peak without parallel, architecture, painting, and sculpture were at their height. The list of outstanding sculptors who matured and created their artworks in Florence is almost endless, hence...
Chinese art
Contemporary Art. Made in China.
June 14, 2021Chinese art is booming. The country has been experiencing a major economic uplift for more than a decade and you can feel that in the art world too. China has more artists than ever, and they claim that...
Pop art
Rosalyn Drexler: Wrestling Feminist in the Pop Art World
June 13, 2021Rosalyn Drexler is an American artist born in the Bronx, New York, in 1926. She attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City before marrying American painter, Sherman Drexler. She began making sculptures in...
Architecture
The Masterpiece of the Week: Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
June 13, 2021There are many iconic buildings, and it feels like more and more are being called that by the hour. But the list is a lot shorter if we only consider private houses perceived as iconic by the public....
Pop art
10 Masterpieces of 20th Century Pop Art You Should Know
June 12, 2021Dominating the 20th century with iconic imagery, Pop Art’s effects on the art world are still being felt today. Here are 10 of the most significant Pop Art masterpieces that will surely still be talked about for centuries...
Women Artists
10 Great Women Sculptors You Should Know
June 12, 2021Sculpture is a very impressive form of art, dating back to ancient times. Just like traditional painting, art history has acknowledged only male sculptors. However, that doesn’t mean that women haven’t made powerful statements through sculpture. As we...
Art Travels
A Texas Must See for Modern Art Fans: Rothko Chapel
June 11, 2021The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, founded by John and Dominique de Menil. It is definitely among the major works of modern art and is quite interesting architecturally, as it’s an octagon inscribed in...
20th century
The Influence of the Ford River Rouge Complex: Charles Sheeler and Michael Kenna
June 11, 2021How is it possible that a 1000 acre industrial site in Dearborn, Michigan, with ninety three buildings that include blast furnaces, mills, a glass plant, a power plant, an assembly line, one hundred miles of railroad track, and...
Design
The Prismatic Glass Tiles of Frank Lloyd Wright
June 10, 2021Early in his career, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright – the famous pioneer of the Prairie School style at the turn of the 20th century – experimented with a host of organic designs. He was a long way...
Eastern world
True Tips for a Happier Life from the Miniatures of Reza Abbasi
June 10, 2021Everyone wants to be happy and each of us has a different idea of happiness. For some, it is finishing college and getting a new job. For others, it is a whole weekend watching TV shows. But no...
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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