Rare Photographs by Edgar Degas
On August 19, 1839, the French government acquired the patent for the daguerreotype and made it the first publicly available photographic process. As...
Zuzanna Stańska 30 January 2026
Art Movements
Masterpiece Story: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas
Feats of strength, super flexibility, the ability to hold one’s breath for long periods of time, combine all that with lions, clowns, and a...
Rachel Witte 30 January 2026
Kent Monkman in 5 Paintings: Reimagining Indigenous History
Kent Monkman has risen to become one of the most important figures in the contemporary art world. A Cree artist and author currently based in Toronto...
Seoyoung (Alyssa) Kim 29 January 2026
Anna Ancher in 10 Paintings: Capturing Light
Anna Ancher, a local born and bred, became one of the leading artists of the Danish town of Skagen. She knew and painted her family, the inhabitants,...
Catriona Miller 29 January 2026
How to Be a Renaissance Woman?
Visit the homes of women in Renaissance Italy and get up close and personal with their creative beauty practices
Candy Bedworth 29 January 2026
Timeless Beauty: Ancient Greek Athletes in Art
The idea of timeless beauty is fascinating. Also, it’s a great concern for lovers of art history. Conceptions of beauty in Western art history...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 29 January 2026
Inside the Bizarre Surrealist House of Edward James
Edward James saw himself as more than just a patron of Surrealism—he considered himself intimately connected with the movement and the ideas it...
Nikolina Konjevod 28 January 2026
8 Reasons to Visit Rembrandt House in Amsterdam
If you happen to find yourself in Amsterdam, then you simply can’t miss the Rembrandt House Museum (Museum het Rembrandthuis). It was the Rembrandt...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 January 2026
Claude Monet: Explore His Home and Garden in Giverny
Claude Monet used his beautiful home and garden in Giverny, France, as the inspiration source for many of his paintings. We can all learn from the...
Nina Relf 28 January 2026
The Pornographic World of Egon Schiele’s Nudes
Egon Schiele’s nudes can challenge us and our preconceptions of the artistic tradition of the “nude”. He didn’t paint or draw idealized...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 January 2026
10 Times When Egon Schiele Mastered Hip Hop Hand Gestures
Art is a serious thing. But sometimes, some associations, once they pop up in your head, just can’t disappear. I didn’t find any scientific...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 January 2026
You Give Me Fever: Egon Schiele’s Orange Obsession
Egon Schiele is famous for his intense, often unsettling figures—but one striking feature in his work is his use of orange. This bold color appears...
Magda Michalska 27 January 2026
