Do you know which artist created the very first self-portrait depicting themselves at work? Let me introduce you to Catharina van Hemessen. She was...
Anna Ingram 5 March 2026
Sister Plautilla was a Florentine nun and artist who lived in the 16th-century Italy. After centuries of neglect, her work is finally being...
Vithória Konzen Dill 5 March 2026
In 1966, Yayoi Kusama scattered 1,500 mirrored spheres at the Venice Biennale, selling them for two dollars each—blurring art, commerce, and...
Noa Weisberg 4 March 2026
Yayoi Kusama, the legendary Japanese artist born in 1929, began her career 69 years ago. Nevertheless, the world discovered her just a couple of...
Magda Michalska 4 March 2026
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist and writer, born in 1929. Well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art encompasses an astonishing variety of...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2026
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817–1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 3 March 2026
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most popular painters of all time. He dominates Post-Impressionism, he fills art books, and he inspires modern...
James W Singer 3 March 2026
A lot of 16th and 17th-century art focuses on mythological tropes and origin stories that are deeply embedded in misogyny and sexual violence.
Guest Author 2 March 2026
Nestled in a cluster of brutalist buildings, the Hayward Gallery is a large exhibition space, part of the multidisciplinary Southbank Centre in...
Edoardo Cesarino 2 March 2026
Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi
Candy Bedworth 2 March 2026
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) was a German Expressionist painter born in Berlin and most known for her landscapes and use of color. She developed a...
Heidi Werber 1 March 2026
