Stories By Joanna Kaszubowska
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Baroque
Painting of the Week: Diego Velázquez, The Rokeby Venus
August 18, 2019Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 – 1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age and European Baroque. And...
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dailyart
Meet the Four Powerful Women of Bronzino
August 12, 2019Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-1572), known as Bronzino was an Italian Mannerist painter. He lived and worked in Florence and became the court painter of Cosimo I de’ Medici. Bronzino trained with Pontormo, who influenced his style,...
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featured
Painting of the Week: Giovanni Battista Moroni, The Tailor
July 28, 2019The Tailor is one of Giovanni Battista Moroni’s most famous portraits. Not only is it an astonishing work of art, but the sitter himself is quite handsome (he somewhat reminds me of Hugh Jackman, I’m not...
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19th Century
It’s too Hot to Move – Paintings for the Heatwave
July 2, 2019As the heatwave rolls across Europe, it is certainly becoming too hot to move. And when we’re not moving, nothing is more pleasant than to lie down. So, limit all your activity, lie down comfortably and...
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19th Century
Painting of the Week: Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton
June 23, 2019It’s official: The summer has started in the northern hemisphere, even if the weather tries to convince us otherwise in some places. To celebrate the summer solstice, our painting of the week today is Flaming June...
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dailyart
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the Van Gogh Museum
June 21, 2019In January 2019, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam announced that the painting Sunflowers will not be leaving Amsterdam anymore due to its fragile condition. This conclusion followed the extensive research conducted since 2016, concluding in...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Celebrating the Male Body in Renaissance Florence
June 17, 2019The adoration of a male body was an inspiration for many artists and there’s no medium better suited to presenting the full beauty and complexity of it than sculpture. Today we’ll take a look at the...
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19th Century
How British was Van Gogh?
June 1, 2019The exhibition Van Gogh and Britain at the Tate Britain brings together over 50 works by Vincent van Gogh to reveal how he was inspired by Britain and how he in turn inspired British artists. The...
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Expressionism
Edvard Munch: Love and Angst in British Museum
May 23, 2019“We do not want pretty pictures to be hung on drawing-room walls. We want… an art that arrests and engages. An art of one’s innermost heart.” – Edvard Munch British Museum in cooperation with Munch Museum...
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Artist
Nine Reasons to Smile with Frans Hals
April 4, 2019Frans Hals (c. 1582 – 1666) was one of the Dutch Golden Age painters. Born in Antwerp, he spent his entire adult life in Haarlem. Hals is most famous for his portraits, which also form the...
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