Joanna Kaszubowska

Art historian by education, data geek by trade, art and book lover by passion, based in London in love with Europe and travelling around it. You can visit my book blog here: https://bookskeptic.com/

Stories By Joanna Kaszubowska

dailyart

Exploring Extremes: Art and Industry by David Stacey. Book Review
By Joanna KaszubowskaApril 5, 2021
Art and industry may sound like an unlikely combination, usually we see them almost at the extremes of the spectrum of life. That is to say, Art embodies creativity while industry channels efficiency and standardization. David...
featured

Painting of the Week: Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors
By Joanna KaszubowskaApril 4, 2021
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is one of those paintings that we know so well we tend to forget to look closer. It’s like the Mona Lisa or The Sunflowers, a part of our...
21st century

Meet the Ukrainian Railroad Ladies
By Joanna KaszubowskaMarch 9, 2021
Every once in a while there appears a piece of news describing a quirky, unknown, or forgotten occupation. Sometimes it’s the lightkeepers in a historical lighthouse, while other times it is whale watchers or remote house...
dailyart

Luxury and Mystery – The Row About Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs
By Joanna KaszubowskaFebruary 17, 2021
The exhibition Fabergé, Jeweller to the Imperial Court opened in Hermitage in November of 2020. And only a few weeks ago its contents caused a major controversy. Andre Ruzhnikov in an open letter to the Hermitage...
21st century

Attention, Dangerous Art! How Art Can Hurt You
By Joanna KaszubowskaFebruary 7, 2021
Every once in a while, an accident involving an artwork happens. Usually it is the artwork that ends up damaged, but sometimes it is the audience that comes to harm and gets injured. This happened in...
Animals

Craving a Pandemic Puppy? See Dogs in Modern Art!
By Joanna KaszubowskaJanuary 26, 2021
One of the phenomena that developed in the last 12 months is that of ‘pandemic puppy’. If you took one we hope you are happy together! But if you have no way of taking a dog,...
dailyart

Best Photography Books – A Subjective List
By Joanna KaszubowskaJanuary 10, 2021
Like many of us, towards the end of 2020, I found myself mostly home-bound again and running out of ideas of what to do with myself. Being a bookworm I decided to explore the bookshelves of...
dailyart

Five Takes on Carnival in Art
By Joanna KaszubowskaJanuary 3, 2021
Carnival is the festive season that comes before the Lean in Western Christian tradition. People come together during the carnival to celebrate before the season of austerity. It is also a reversal ritual, in which social...
Art State of Mind

Not Only Queen’s Gambit – Chess in Art
By Joanna KaszubowskaDecember 19, 2020
Since October, the world, with many places in lockdown again, has found a new way to entertain itself. The Queen’s Gambit series, produced by Netflix, has taken the world by storm and inspired many people to...
Art State of Mind

The Summer Feels So Far Away! – Ten Beaches in Art
By Joanna KaszubowskaDecember 8, 2020
In the Northern Hemisphere, we have now the gloomy dark time of the year, where our only consolation is waiting for Christmas. The summer feels so far away! But do you still remember the joy of...