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5 Beautiful Diagrams That Visualize Art History
Art history is a field that explains pictures using words. A few people have tried the opposite. Some sketch the landscape of art by hand, shaped by...
Guest Author 27 August 2026
Mary Blair: The Artist Who Gave Disney Its Modern Magic
Inside the 2022 Wallace Collection’s magical exhibition, Inspiring Walt Disney, was an entire wall of intricate, hand-drawn illustrations from the...
Guest Author 25 August 2026
The First Abstract Expressionists: Carl Jung and Hilma af Klint
Before the art world embraced her as a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, Hilma af Klint hid her revolutionary works behind layers of secrecy, driven...
Guest Author 24 August 2026
Recognizing Dorothea Lange’s Contributions to The Family of Man Exhibition on Its 70th Anniversary
Dorothea Lange ranks among America’s best-known photographers, but her contributions to the world of photography go beyond her own famous...
Guest Author 24 August 2026
Masterpiece Story: The Phoenix Portrait of Elizabeth I
One of the most famous depictions of Elizabeth I is Nicholas Hilliard’s Phoenix Portrait, depicting the Queen with a pendant shaped like a mythical...
Guest Author 23 August 2026
QUIZ: Meet Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen!
Guest Author 22 August 2026
Titian Revisited: Grand Old Man of the Renaissance or Dirty Old Man?
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment came together for the first time in nearly 500 years, at...
Guest Author 21 August 2026
Idol of Extremadura—The Mysterious Stone Face That Still Puzzles Archaeologists
The Idol of Extremadura is one of the most outstanding examples of Iberian Chalcolithic art due to its distinctive appearance and the prominent...
Guest Author 13 August 2026
The Art of Falling in 10 Paintings
The Japanese proverb says Nanakorobi yaoki, meaning “fall seven times, get up eight.” No matter how much you stumble, the essential is to...
Guest Author 13 August 2026
Tracey Emin in 10 Artworks
Tracey Emin is one of the most prolific artists of our generation; perhaps one of the few capable of triggering such profound and disruptive emotions...
Guest Author 12 August 2026
