Like a Flame—Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 22 December 2025
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Luchita Hurtado: Art and Life Over a Century
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020) was an artist, photographer, poet, environmentalist, activist, feminist, fashion designer, and so much more over the...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 22 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto
Giotto di Bondone is known as the artist who, in the 13th century, began to paint in a way that led art history to the Renaissance. This Florentine...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano
Let’s explore this beautiful altarpiece which features scenes of great pomp and circumstance. Let us venture into the brilliant world of the...
James W Singer 21 December 2025
QUIZ: Happy Holiday Season!
Errika Gerakiti 20 December 2025
A Dutch Mystery: Jacobus Vrel
Jacobus Vrel is a ghostly figure in art history because, up to this moment, there is almost no official data about him. No record of his existence...
Irina Diana Calu 19 December 2025
Frans Hals in 10 Paintings
Frans Hals, the prominent Dutch Golden Age painter, left an enduring legacy through his exceptional mastery of portraiture. The way he captured the...
Nicole Ganbold 19 December 2025
Polish Art Nouveau Genius—Stanisław Wyspiański
Likened by his 19th century Polish compatriots to a modern Leonardo da Vinci, Stanisław Wyspiański’s talents encompassed more than just the...
Pola Otterstein, Szymon Jocek 19 December 2025
Carel Fabritius in 10 Paintings: Rembrandt’s Most Promising Pupil
Any biography of Carel Fabritius (Dutch, 1622–1654) is necessarily short; there simply is not much known about him. He was born in Beemster, a...
Tom Anderson 18 December 2025
The Rediscovered Portrait of an African Prince by Gustav Klimt
Masterpiece discoveries are rare, so when one happens, it reaches the headlines. This is the case for a portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona...
Jimena Escoto 17 December 2025
American Artist Who Loved Everything British: Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespeare Paintings
A painter and illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey was born in the US, but he loved all things British, particularly the works of William Shakespeare. He...
Alexandra Kiely 17 December 2025
The Goldfinch: Singing Across Time
See the lonely little bird, trapped in a situation over which it has no control. Chained, isolated. Sounds familiar? In these strange times we need...
Candy Bedworth 17 December 2025
