Art Treasures from the African Kingdom of Benin
Today we’ll go back in time to the 1500s when the wealth of the Benin Empire (in contemporary Nigeria) was at its peak: when Europeans traded with...
Magda Michalska 25 May 2023
Art Forms
How Did Paris Fall in Love with Ballets Russes?
Ballets Russes was a ballet company founded by the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev. No doubt, Ballets Russes made Russian ballet famous all...
Guest Profile 24 May 2023
Art of Another Kind: Italian Abstract Art from 1930 to 1970
In Italy, the abstract art period between 1930 and 1970 is characterized by five innovative movements: geometric abstract art, Arte Informale, The...
Guest Profile 23 May 2023
Valentine Schlegel: Sculptor of Organic Abstraction
Sculptor, ceramist, artist, and teacher. Valentine Schlegel (1925–2021) was a headstrong individual with fervent, creative independence who carved...
Marga Patterson 23 May 2023
Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Missing
Mary Cassatt was a well-known Impressionist who often illustrated motherhood and traditional female activities in the 19th century. When she was 50,...
Magda Michalska 22 May 2023
Cute Babies in Art: From Rubens to Cassatt
Who doesn’t like a cute baby? Lucky for us, history is full of cute babies in art. And while we could dedicate one whole article to babies in Mary...
Rachel Witte 22 May 2023
Masterpiece Story: The Football Players by Henri Rousseau
Welcome to the bizarre world of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), the quintessential naïve artist, and meet his masterpiece depicting oneiric, striped...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 May 2023
Zoya Lerman, Ukrainian Non-Conformist Artist
Artist Zoya Lerman is a unique representative of Ukrainian non-conformism in painting. Despite the dominance of Socialist Realism, she was able to...
Nataliia Pecherska 20 May 2023
Visit the Bargello National Museum in Florence
Museo Nazionale del Bargello or the Bargello National Museum is among Florence’s most important museums along with the Uffizi Gallery and the...
Maya M. Tola 18 May 2023
Dior’s Revisit of Greece: Cruise 2022 Collection
The fashion industry’s deep interest in Ancient Greek aesthetics is not some recent fad. Many of the leading fashion houses have been integrating...
Erol Degirmenci 15 May 2023
Mela Muter – Accomplished Portraitist and Devoted Mother
Although in her day she was most famous for portraying the members of the Parisian Boheme, Mela Muter was deeply fascinated with capturing the...
Magda Michalska 14 May 2023
Titian’s The Rape of Europa (Metamorphoses V)
In a series of articles, we are meeting each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered to Philip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s. Each...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 May 2023
