Art Forms

Architecture

Aubette: Neoplasticist Gesamtkunstwerk in Strasbourg

Have you ever visited Strasbourg in Alsace, France? It’s a charming city full of picturesque narrow and tiny houses scattered along the canals.

Magda Michalska 25 August 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: In the Studio by William Merritt Chase

William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) was an important American artist and teacher. He also had a really cool studio! Let’s take a look inside...

Alexandra Kiely 25 August 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Interior of a Picture Gallery by Giovanni Paolo Panini

Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga by Giovanni Paolo Panini shows a truly spectacular assembly of...

Alexandra Kiely 25 August 2024

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Parakeets and Goldfish Bowl, 1889, glass, lead, copper, bronze, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Parakeets and Goldfish Bowl by Louis Comfort Tiffany

Parakeets and Goldfish Bowl is a masterpiece of Tiffany and American Art Nouveau. It expresses Tiffany’s zeal towards the pursuit of...

James W Singer 25 August 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: La Toilette by François Boucher

The soft rustle of silky cloth and the hard crackling of burning wood echo against the yellow-papered walls of the boudoir. The small room is...

James W Singer 25 August 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: Do You Know Your Renaissance Painters?

Joanna Kaszubowska 24 August 2024

Quiz

Quiz Time! How Well Do You Know Early Modern Women Painters?

Alexandra Kiely 24 August 2024

Animals

How Did Dogs Look Like in the Past? Old Dog Breeds in Paintings

When we see a dog in a painting, we always try to guess which breed it is. Motivated by this curiosity we have selected some works that show...

Dévra Taboada 23 August 2024

Women Artists

Lady Dada? Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and the Revolution of Conceptual Art

When Doja Cat sparkled in 30,000 crimson Swarovski crystals at Paris Fashion Week, the American rapper walked down the red carpet literally a statue...

Kero Fichter 23 August 2024

Architecture

Zaha Hadid in 10 Designs

Zaha Hadid was undoubtedly one of the most important architects of the last hundred years. She forged her individual style and blazed a trail for...

Joanna Kaszubowska 23 August 2024

Fashion

Elsa Schiaparelli: Surrealism, Art and Revolutionary Fashion

Italian female fashion designer and couturier, the greatest rival of Coco Chanel, and a friend of Surrealists such as Salvador Dalì and Man Ray,...

Caroline Galambosova 23 August 2024

Women Artists

Alexandra Exter: Multi-Talented Cubo-Futurist in Paris

Alexandra Exter was a painter and designer of the Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde. Her work isn’t limited to just one genre or movement. She was...

Errika Gerakiti 23 August 2024