How Italian Futurism Influenced Fashion
During the 20th century Italian Futurist artists, thinkers, and like-minded creators such as Balla, Depero, or Thayaht paid attention to fashion.
Caroline Galambosova 10 March 2021
Art Forms
The Best Street Art in Athens, Greece
Athens is a strange city. On the one hand, you can see the monuments and relics of Ancient Greece that stand haughtily and imposingly. On the other...
Errika Gerakiti 10 March 2021
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 9 March 2021
The Wonder and Glory of Medieval Portable Shrines
For devoted Christians, a portable shrine provided an immediate and intimate way to connect to a higher power within a monastic space or the privacy...
Marga Patterson 9 March 2021
The Scenes You Might Know From Anime: Outstanding Prints of Hasui Kawase
Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) was one of Japan’s most important and prolific printmakers and artists of the late 19th and early-20th centuries. As a...
Isabella Hill 8 March 2021
5 Women Artists Whose Works Were Misattributed to Men
Why have there been no great women artists? It continues to be a question that pops up all too often. The response can be succinctly summarized like...
Anastasia Tsaleza 8 March 2021
5 Swedish Pioneering Female Photographers You Should Get to Know
Mainstream history often overlooks women’s contributions. That’s why the fact that in Scandinavian countries, women took up photography...
Europeana 6 March 2021
Amrita Sher-Gil – India’s Frida Kahlo
Amrita Sher-Gil lived a short but interesting life. Her artistic heritage is rich and impressive. Sher-Gil is considered to be one of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 March 2021
4 Highly Talented Female Expressionists of the 20th Century
It always feels amazing to learn about new artists, especially the ones that produced Expressionist works. Personally, as a fan of Abstract...
Merve Parla 2 March 2021
Writing Poetry and Inspiring Painters: Portraits of Anna Akhmatova
It is hard to say how many portraits of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) exist – she was painted by many famous artists of the 20th...
Elizaveta Ermakova 1 March 2021
What did the Artists from ‘Midnight in Paris’ Look Like in Real Life? 19th Century
In Woody Allen’s 2011 Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic screenwriter who somehow finds himself transported back in time to 1920s...
Rachel Witte 27 February 2021
What did the Artists from ‘Midnight in Paris’ Look Like in Real Life?
In Woody Allen’s 2011 film, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic screenwriter who somehow finds himself transported back in time to...
Rachel Witte 26 February 2021
