5 Facts You Need to Know About Gustav Klimt
Do you know Gustav Klimt? This Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession combined highly refined...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 July 2024
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Gustav Klimt in the Spotlight: Famous Masterpieces
Have you ever looked upon Gustav Klimt’s portrait of The Lady in Gold and wondered why she was so worshipped? What made the artist immortalize her...
Guest Author 12 July 2024
Heroes, Martyrs, and Propaganda: Jacques-Louis David Painting the French Revolution
Jacques-Louis David is widely known for his historical-themed works and as the foremost painter of the Neoclassical style. However, his influence...
Javier Abel Miguel 11 July 2024
The Frank Stella You Thought You Knew
You may know Frank Stella from the brightly colored, shaped canvas paintings in his Protractor series from the late 1960s to early 1970s. However,...
Marva Becker 11 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
David Hockney is one of Britain’s most well-known and influential artists. His iconic style is instantly recognizable. As you hunch over your work,...
Candy Bedworth 9 July 2024
David Hockney and the Camera: A Composite Polaroid Reality
Sometime before 1982, David Hockney remarked, “Photography is all right if you don’t mind looking at the world from the point of view of a...
Magda Michalska 9 July 2024
Artemisia Gentileschi: A Changing Landscape for the Discourse of Art History
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 8 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: L.O.V.E. by Maurizio Cattelan
In the heart of Milan, steps away from the iconic Duomo, Piazza Affari hosts a provocative sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan. Titled...
Lisa Scalone 8 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: Sympathy by Remedios Varo
Sympathy is a fascinating painting by Catalan artist Remedios Varo. It presents a lady with a cat in a most unusual and Surrealist situation. You...
Alicja Gluszek 7 July 2024
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Rape Survivor and Her Revenge
Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the best Italian Baroque painters. This strong woman painted plenty of paintings of strong and suffering women from...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 July 2024
The First Kiss in Art History
It was back in the year 1305 when Giotto di Bondone painted a fresco capturing the moment when Virgin Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anne, kissed...
Petra Dragasevic 5 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova
A true gem of virtuosity, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss is a marble sculpture made between 1787 and 1793 by Antonio Canova. The sculptor portrayed...
Montaine Dumont 5 July 2024
