QUIZ: How Much Do You Know about Contemporary Women Artists?
Nikolina Konjevod 3 October 2026
Sculpture
Celebrity Sculptors, Medieval Fraud and Nazi Looting—An Outrageous Story of the Golden Veit Stoss Altarpiece
This is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. Carved over a period of 12 years, the 15th-century Veit Stoss...
Candy Bedworth 2 October 2026
5 Italian Medieval Altarpieces That Tell Stories of Faith and Power
Italian medieval altarpieces rose as fundamental pieces of sacred artistic expression, playing an essential role in both religious devotion and...
Javier Abel Miguel 2 October 2026
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
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
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
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
Sex, Love, and Death in Ancient Peru: Erotic Gallery—Museo Larco
Hidden underground for hundreds of years, depictions of sex, love, and erotica in Andean pre-Columbian art are now proudly displayed in the Erotic...
Bruno Guerra 24 September 2026
Art and Ritual: Culture of the Enigmatic Moche People
The Moche were an ancient, Indigenous people of Andean Peru. They are considered to be one of the most influential civilizations of the ancient...
Marga Patterson 24 September 2026
The Colorful World of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden
Inspired by Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell in Barcelona, Parco dei Mostri in Bomarzo, as well as Palais Idéal by Ferdinand Cheval, the...
Caroline Galambosova 21 September 2026
