The Most Bizarre Building in Scotland: Pineapple House
You likely would not connect pineapples and architecture, right? Wrong! There exists a real artistic folly, and not in Las Vegas where such a...
Magda Michalska 1 October 2026
Art Forms
How Louise Nevelson Constructed Her Sculptures and Her Past
Born in Pereiaslav, today’s Ukraine, Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) is recognized as one of America’s most innovative sculptors. Her most famous...
Magda Michalska 30 September 2026
Joana Vasconcelos: Reshaping Femininity
Upending convention and pushing boundaries, Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos grapples with themes of gender stereotypes and societal values...
Natalia Iacobelli 30 September 2026
Niki de Saint Phalle and the Nana Statues
We all have seen somewhere these voluminous, beautifully dressed, and dancing sculptures. They are called Nanas, and they were made by a...
Wendy Gray 30 September 2026
10 Great Women Sculptors You Should Know
Just like traditionally in painting, art history has acknowledged mainly male sculptors. However, that doesn’t mean that women haven’t made...
Errika Gerakiti 30 September 2026
Barbara Hepworth: Sculptor of Archaic Wonders
Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) was an English artist famous for her modernist sculptures. Her 1973 bronze-cast sculpture Conversation with Magic...
Guest Author 30 September 2026
Donatello in 10 Sculptures: Innovation and Emotion
If you ask people to name the greatest sculptor, the 15th-century Florentine, Donatello, will not be near the top of the list. Yet throughout a long...
Catriona Miller 28 September 2026
The Odyssey in Art: Myth, Magic, and Mayhem
Everyone is talking about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but his version of the narrative is just the latest in a long history. From Ancient...
Catriona Miller 28 September 2026
From Warsaw to the Frick: How Art from Poland Landed in American Museums
Rembrandt’s The Polish Rider is now the centerpiece of New York’s Frick Collection. For many years, however, it was considered the jewel of a...
The Royal Castle in Warsaw 28 September 2026
Bronzino in 10 Paintings
Bronzino was of the generation of artists who had to find a way of following the perfection of the High Renaissance. They pushed the conventions of...
Catriona Miller 28 September 2026
When Every Day Is Carnival: Rodolfo Stanley’s Costa Rica
I had never heard of Rodolfo Stanley until I wandered into one of his exhibitions in Costa Rica and wondered what exactly I was looking at. His...
Mieke Leenders 28 September 2026
Masterpiece Story: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is not only a masterpiece from the Age of Enlightenment but also a monumental artistic achievement of Joseph...
Maya M. Tola 28 September 2026
