Power, Victory and Death: Titian in 5 Paintings from Venice
Titian was the most famous painter of the Venetian Renaissance. Even during his lifetime the artist had been acclaimed as the greatest painter of his...
Alina Manevskaya 5 March 2024
Art Forms
Masterpiece Story: Charles Demuth and the Figure 5
This one-sentence poem by the American poet William Carlos Williams was the inspiration for an incredible abstract work by American artist, Charles...
Wendy Gray 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley
Let’s talk about the Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is a Nigerian artist, based in New York, with studios in China and Senegal. He...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 March 2024
Empress Sisi: What Art Doesn’t Show Us
Elizabeth of Austria, more commonly known as Sisi, was Empress of the Austrian-Habsburg Empire from 1854 until 1898. Captivating paintings and...
Errika Gerakiti 4 March 2024
Vile Bodies? Anatomy in Art
Are you ready to journey into the fascinating world of anatomical art? Read on, as we reveal flesh and blood art through the...
Candy Bedworth 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon is one of the most important works in the artist’s oeuvre. Painted in Brittany, its rich symbolism...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Saint George and the Dragon
There is a skirmish between the hero and the villain. Fabrics whip about, horse hoofs trample, and a dying scream erupts as Saint George slaughters...
James W Singer 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Vanessa Bell
Rebellious, creative and productive. Three of the so many adjectives to depict the two very intelligent artists sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia...
Merve Parla 4 March 2024
Dreams That Money Can Buy? Dadaist Cinema at Its Best
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) is a Dadaist portmanteau movie, an unknown cinematographic masterpiece combining surrealistic and experimental...
Caroline Galambosova 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Cleopatra by Alexandre Cabanel
Queen Cleopatra is a popular subject today – as she was in the late 19th century. Alexandre Cabanel’s Cleopatra explores a single moment of her...
James W Singer 3 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Queen Nefertari and Goddess Isis
Queen Nefertari and Goddess Isis is a fabulous masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art. The wall painting in the queen’s tomb captures the dream of...
James W Singer 3 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Queen Mother Idia of Benin
Africa is a beautiful continent filled with sweeping landscapes and mighty rivers. Its history is filled with great kingdoms and large empires. Its...
James W Singer 3 March 2024
