Odilon Redon’s World of Darkness
The Balloon-Eye, The Crying Spider, The Cactus Man, The Cyclops… This is not a list of creatures from some horror movie. These are paintings...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 December 2022
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Les Nabis 101
“Nabis” in Hebrew means “prophets.” In the Fall of 1888, a group of students at the Parisian Académie Julian disappointed with the strict...
Magda Michalska 17 December 2022
The Sublimity of Marlene Dumas’ Portraits in Venice
On view until January 8, 2023, the exhibition Open-End, curated by Caroline Bourgeois for Palazzo Grassi in Venice, is a kaleidoscope of faces and...
Carlotta Mazzoli 15 December 2022
Joan Miró: A Major Retrospective at BAM in Mons
In Belgium, a major retrospective of Joan Miró is being held for the first time since 1956. It runs from October 8th, 2022 to January 8th, 2023 at...
Tommy Thiange 12 December 2022
Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck: A Finnish Gem
I want to share with you my latest discovery: Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck, an unknown gem of Finnish painting. She began her work during the...
Magda Michalska 12 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: Madonna by Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch realized the colored lithograph Madonna in 1895. He is considered the precursor of Expressionism, therefore his...
Maia Heguiaphal 12 December 2022
Edvard Munch and His Portrayals of Death
“Illness, madness and death were the black angels that watched over my cradle and have since followed me through life,” Munch wrote in his notes,...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 December 2022
Viktor Zaretsky: The Oeuvre of the Ukrainian Gustav Klimt
Viktor Zaretsky is often called the Ukrainian Gustav Klimt. In fact, the influence of Klimt in the artworks of this Ukrainian artist is quite...
Nataliia Pecherska 12 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: Rooftops in the Snow by Gustave Caillebotte
You open your eyes to the early morning light filtering through your windows. You instantly feel the cold air of the bedroom as you see your warm...
James W Singer 11 December 2022
Iconic Pieter Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow in Movies
The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder belongs to the magnificent collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Discover its story...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Train in the Snow by Claude Monet
Claude Monet painted The Train in the Snow in 1875. The work was not shown in the Impressionist exhibition, but it reveals Monet’s attraction to...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2022
The Quiet Life in Interiors of Vilhelm Hammershøi
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) was a Danish painter known for poetic, subdued portraits and simple interiors, always muted in tone. His works are...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 December 2022
