How Italian Futurism Influenced Fashion
During the 20th century, Italian Futurist artists, thinkers, and like-minded creators such as Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, or Thayaht (Ernesto...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2025
Art Movements
Masterpiece Story: The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin
The Merode Altarpiece is one of the most famous works by Robert Campin and his workshop. It serves as a link between the medieval tradition and...
Alexandra Kiely 27 April 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 27 April 2025
Masterpiece Story: Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico
Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico is a masterpiece that can be viewed both as medieval and Renaissance. How so? Keep on reading...
Alexandra Kiely 27 April 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 27 April 2025
Masterpiece Story: Saint Anne
To the south of Egypt is the mysterious land of Nubia. It has a complex history due to the different states and religions that have occupied the...
James W Singer 27 April 2025
Controversial or Criminal? Problematic Artists and Cancel Culture
Great art pushes boundaries and challenge norms. But how should we react to works by artists with a history of truly horrifying behaviour?
Candy Bedworth 25 April 2025
Paul Gauguin—Master or Monster?
When Paul Gauguin visited Tahiti in the 1890’s was he a genius in search of paradise, or a seedy sex tourist? A painter, printmaker, sculptor,...
Candy Bedworth 25 April 2025
A Creative Lunatic: Adolf Wölfli in 5 Artworks
Adolf Wölfli is now known alongside the label “Outsider Art” or Art Brut, a term Jean Dubuffet coined in 1945 to bring attention to...
Katerina Papouliou 25 April 2025
Titian Revisited: Grand Old Man of the Renaissance or Dirty Old Man?
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment came together for the first time in nearly 500 years, at...
Guest Author 25 April 2025
5 Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits You Need to See
Frida Kahlo’s modern persona evokes images of beautiful flowers, elaborate dresses, and the artist’s famous unibrow. However, her work is much...
Theodore Carter 24 April 2025
10 Most Famous Brutalist Buildings in the World
The 2024 film The Brutalist, a 3.5 hour epic for which Adrien Brody won an Oscar, has renewed public interest in Brutalist architecture. Whether...
Julia Bourbois 24 April 2025
