Meet the Ukrainian Railroad Ladies
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...
Joanna Kaszubowska 24 February 2025
Art Forms
Anatoliy Kryvolap’s Evolution of Color: Emotional Paintings of the Ukrainian Artist
Anatoliy Kryvolap is a contemporary Ukrainian artist whose paintings are sold at the world’s most prestigious auctions for thousands of dollars. He...
Nataliia Pecherska 24 February 2025
Janet Sobel: Forgotten Female Artist Who Influenced Jackson Pollock
Although almost entirely erased from the canon of Abstract Expressionist art, Janet Sobel (born Jennie Olechovsky) is now slowly gaining recognition...
Isabella Hill 24 February 2025
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 24 February 2025
Masterpiece Story: Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash by Giacomo Balla
Giacomo Balla’s Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash is a masterpiece of pet images, Futurism, and early 20th-century Italian...
James W Singer, 23 February 2025
A Fire in His Soul: How Paris Changed Vincent van Gogh
In his book A Fire in His Soul, Miles J. Unger gives us Vincent van Gogh as we’ve never seen him before—abrasive, intransigent, egotistical,...
Ledys Chemin 21 February 2025
Where Is the Queen? Black Women in Western Art
For centuries, Black women appeared in Western art as slaves, servants, or exotic novelties. But as regal queens and leaders? Shamefully not. We will...
Candy Bedworth 17 February 2025
Masterpiece Story: The African King Caspar by Hendrik Heerschop
White subjects have dominated the Western art tradition for millennia, while people of color have been vastly underrepresented and misrepresented.
James W Singer 16 February 2025
The Irascibles: The Birth of American Abstract Expressionism
This photograph of New York-based Abstract Expressionist painters was published in Life magazine in January of 1951. The photograph, dubbed “The...
Tom Anderson 13 February 2025
The First-Ever Femme Fatale: Lilith in Paintings
The apparent sweetness of this work by John Collier (1850–1934), a Pre-Raphaelite painter, is a wonderful testimony of the two sides of Lilith’s...
Guest Author 13 February 2025
Paula Rego and Other Strong Women
Paula Rego (1935-2022) was a Portuguese-British visual artist considered one of the pre-eminent woman artists of the late 20th and early 21st...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2025
Hanuman: The Revered Monkey God in Hindu Mythology
The revered monkey god Hanuman is one of the most iconic in Hindu mythology. He embodies unparalleled strength, unwavering devotion, and boundless...
Maya M. Tola 12 February 2025
