Stories By Magda Michalska
Bodies And Erotic Art
Body Positivity in Art: Paintings That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Body
April 20, 2021If you happen to feel negative about your body size, your weight, or your shape from time to time (or at all times, like me), then have a look at these paintings. They will hopefully show...
21st century
Paula Rego and Other Strong Women
April 8, 2021A couple of years ago, I wrote a very short article about Paula Rego’s fairy tale-like works. Yet, only recently I found out that we were born in the same month just a few days apart,...
Animals
Why Was Matisse Obsessed With Goldfish?
April 6, 2021Goldfish here, goldfish there, in a bowl, in a tank, on a table, by the window, goldfish everywhere. Having been looking at Henri Matisse’s work recently, I realized there was a period in which Matisse was...
Art Nouveau
Aubrey Beardsley: Sharp Blacks and Whites of the Victorian Era
April 2, 2021Aubrey Beardsley was an extremely talented draughtsman of the Victorian era. As a young boy he suffered from tuberculosis yet decided to live his life to the fullest instead of staying in bed. Oscar Wilde himself...
Artists' Stories
Charlotte Salomon: Theater of Life and Death
March 25, 2021This is not a story with a happy ending. Or a happy beginning for that matter. It’s a story of suicides, sexual abuse, a mystery to solve and art as means to deal with trauma. Read...
Food
Picnic Time! Best Picnic Inspirations From Art
March 20, 2021The days are getting warmer and longer and all I can think about are picnics and barbecues; when the sun is shining, the grass is green and birds are singing; when the basket is full of...
Seasons
Birdies, Flowers and Virgins: the Real Meanings of Spring in Art
March 19, 2021Spring is my favorite season and it seems to have been a favorite season of many artists throughout art history. Is it for its blossoming flowers, singing birds, and longer days? Or is it rather for...
21st century
Lace on the Wall – NeSpoon’s Street Art
March 13, 2021NeSpoon is a street artist who combines ceramics, lace, and graffiti in her work. She travels the world and decorates old buildings or run-down street corners with her characteristic crochet-patterned murals and pottery panels. But what...
19th Century
Paris Through the Lens of Early Photographers
February 22, 2021Paris 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! Inspired by this discovery, I’ll take you on a journey back...
Art State of Mind
Just Married: Wedding Paintings which Will Secure a Happy Future Together
February 13, 2021Is it only me, or do you also find yourself seeing all those happy photos of your friends/acquaintances getting married while scrolling your Facebook feed? Feels like I’m becoming a second Bridget Jones, “all by myself”… ...
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Vermeer’s Desperate Housewives
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10 Most Beautiful Artistic Flower Arrangements for Spring
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Erna Rosenstein. Surrealist in the Country Where Surrealism Didn’t Exist
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What I Found in the Museum Of Bad Art
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The Sacred Cats of Ancient Egypt
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Henry Ossawa Tanner – African-American Artistic Pioneer
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Explore the Unknown World of Klimt’s Landscapes
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The Prime Minister’s Art: Landscapes of Winston Churchill
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Brief Story of Claude Monet’s Garden in Giverny
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Arenig School. Wild Bohemians and Welsh Mountains
Female Artists
