Ruxi reads Law at the University of Cambridge and enjoys writing about art history in her free time. She is interested in Dutch Golden Age painting and the work of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Shakespeare’s Plays in Art
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” And indeed wicked it is! From Macbeth to Romeo and Juliet, William...
Ruxi Rusu 24 August 2026
How a Sculpture Ended Up in Court: The Strange Case of Bird in Space by Brâncuși
In 1926, Bird in Space crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Paris to New York City for an exhibition at the Brummer Gallery, curated by one of...
Ruxi Rusu 19 August 2026
The Night Sky: 10 Nocturnal Paintings You Will Love
Few things in life are more moving than the night sky on a cloudless evening. Artists have been fascinated by it for so long! The night has inspired...
Ruxi Rusu 19 August 2026
The Great Rijksmuseum QUIZ!
Ruxi Rusu 25 July 2026
After 30 Years We Still Don’t Know Where the $500 Million Artworks Are Hidden
Two men, police uniforms and some duct tape; this is how Rick Abath and Randy Hestand, security men at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,...
Ruxi Rusu 15 June 2026
QUIZ: So You Think You Know British Art?
Ruxi Rusu 11 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney
David Hockney is an English artist born in 1937. He was a leading force in the 1960s Pop Art movement and a great innovator, considered, to this...
Ruxi Rusu 8 June 2026
Mary Cassatt: Motherhood in 5 Paintings
Mary Cassatt was the only American painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Although she never married or had children of her own, she is best...
Ruxi Rusu 25 May 2026
