Harry Potter and the Lady of the Unicorn Tapestries
The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries were made towards the end of the 15th century and are one of the most well-known sets of medieval tapestries. You...
Anna Ingram 18 December 2025
Art Movements
Francisco Goya’s Tapestry Cartoons
Francisco Goya’s work is well-known as dark and pessimistic. This reaction to his work is not uncommon, mostly due to the circumstances of his...
Anna Ingram 18 December 2025
Henry VIII’s Story of Abraham Tapestries
Everyone knows King Henry VIII for having six wives and an infamous divorce that shook England’s religious core. He is renowned due to art...
Anna Ingram 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
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
Remedios Varo: Spanish Painter of Magic
Remedios Varo (1908-1963) was a 20th-century Surrealist painter. Born in Spain, she was forced to move to France and Mexico to escape the Spanish...
Jimena Escoto 16 December 2025
10 Weird Things About Salvador Dalí You Should Know
It was very difficult to choose only 10 weird things about Salvador Dalí. He is widely known as one of the most eccentric artists in art history.
Zuzanna Stańska 16 December 2025
Surrealist Meret Oppenheim in 5 Artworks
Exploring five works by female Surrealist Meret Oppenheim
Candy Bedworth 16 December 2025
Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 16 December 2025
Erna Rosenstein – Surrealist in the Country Where the Movement Didn’t Exist
Erna Rosenstein was born Jewish. This fact weighed on her whole life because Rosenstein’s family lived in Lviv, Ukraine, and to complicate things...
Magda Michalska 15 December 2025
Art Nouveau Illustrations of Ephraim Moses Lilien
Ephraim Moses Lilien was an Art Nouveau artist who reimagined traditional Jewish motifs for the modern day. He was also an early supporter of the...
Bec Brownstone 15 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Standing Bodhisattva
Standing Bodhisattva is a great example of Gandharan art and its blended multicultural origins: East meets...
James W Singer 14 December 2025
