David Bowie: From Popstar to Neo-Expressionist Painter
Most people know David Bowie as a pop star and performer, but do you know his secret talent? He embraced the fine arts as well as music, and...
Michel Rutten 9 January 2023
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Opera: A Brief History of the Total Work of Art
When we think of opera, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. Opera simply means “work” and it can sometimes seem over-the-top and...
Ledys Chemin 27 December 2022
Listen to the Butt Music on Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is a three-part altarpiece showing the Garden of Eden on the left and a vision of hell on the right.
Zuzanna Stańska 22 December 2022
René Magritte’s Art Deco Sheet Music Covers
You probably associate Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte with weird, surreal pieces, like his famous Treachery of Images. He also liked...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2022
Want to Hear a Painting? Discover Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Have you ever looked at a painting and could swear that it was about to start moving? As if the frame could continue when you turn away. Have you...
Guest Profile 22 September 2022
Zdzisław Beksiński’s Passion for Music
In the history of art, so much has been written and said about the close relationship between music and painting. Numerous painters have declared...
Guest Profile 19 September 2022
All Louvre Masterpieces from Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s APES**T Video Explained
The famous music video shows Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Louvre Museum in Paris. There are shots of them standing in front of the Mona Lisa wearing...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 September 2022
Synesthesia – The Surprising and Powerful Fusion of Senses in Art
Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which a perception from one sense evokes sensation in another one. In the art world, there are works that...
Camilla de Laurentis 9 May 2022
Passing Time with Klee: Demonstrating Temporality in Visual Art
Paul Klee was a “musical” painter, not least because he chose the violin and bow before the brush and easel. Klee’s father was a music teacher...
Craig Wakerley 30 April 2022
How to Show Music in Paintings? Best Depictions of Music in Art
There is an undeniable symbiosis between painting and music. The influence of one medium on the other is profoundly apparent in the works of many...
Maya M. Tola 30 April 2022
Music and Art: Tanto Bravura!
Music and art have long been closely tied together, each taking inspiration from the other (for better or for worse). Some remarkable music has been...
Sarah Mills 30 April 2022
Circus and Jazz of Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist famous for his use of color. The Circus (below) is a color stencil piece from Matisse’s book...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 30 April 2022
