In conversation with Dr. Michael Bennett, MFA Senior Curator of Early Western Art at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, we explore the world of...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 5 February 2021
How to look great? That is the question! Let’s refer to the most splendid and opulent period of history: the 18th century. The Enlightenment...
Kateryna Martynova 4 February 2021
Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first president of the British Royal Academy founded in 1768, was an exemplary painter. Having traveled to Italy on his...
Magda Michalska 2 February 2021
If one thinks of winter in Russia, one usually imagines loads of snow, fur hats, and hip flasks filled with some warming drink. What was winter like...
Magda Michalska 29 January 2021
Corita Kent was an artist, an educator, and a Roman Catholic nun. She created bold, colourful pop art posters to confront social...
Candy Bedworth 28 January 2021
Croatian naïve art is a specific style of art which originated in a small rural municipality called Hlebine. It began simply as an appreciation of...
Marija Canjuga 27 January 2021
Inspired by Antonio Gaudí’s Park Güell in Barcelona, Parco dei Mostri in Bomarzo, as well as Palais Idéal by Ferdinand Cheval, the...
Caroline Galambosova 26 January 2021
Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his twenties, he was twice awarded the gold medal at the World...
Judyta Dąbrowska 21 January 2021
Throughout history, artists have documented the world around them. Consequently, this has culminated in some of the most famous historically-based...
Rachel Witte 19 January 2021
Late Tsarist Russia evokes images of great social inequality in respect of health, wealth, and happiness. In addition, it evokes images of extreme...
James W Singer 17 January 2021
Every serious music fan will recognize the merits of the following albums for the developments in the history of contemporary music. But…...
Magda Michalska 16 January 2021
There are good, bad and ugly statues of the musical greats. Let’s take a look at ten sculptures of famous musicians, old and contemporary, that...
Candy Bedworth 16 January 2021
