René Magritte: Lovers in Separation
Now, while we are all being asked to practice social distancing, you have probably been bombarded with the paintings of lovers by René Magritte.
Zuzanna Stańska 30 March 2020
Art Movements
His Majesty Jan Van Eyck and the Optical Revolution – Review
Art history has its superstars: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt. But with the recent $2.4 million, multiyear restoration of panels...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 March 2020
Michael Rakowitz: His Lost Heritage and Enemies
In March 2020 the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, which since 1998 temporarily hosts sculptures and installations by contemporary...
Magda Michalska 23 March 2020
Once Upon a Time in Moscow: Pertsov’s House, a Russian Terem Amidst Modern Buildings
This building from the art-nouveau era is a sight for sore eyes! Pertsov’s house is an interesting example of Russian classical folk influences...
Elizaveta Ermakova 20 March 2020
Whitechapel’s Radical Figures and the Famous Paintings that Inspired Them
In Whitechapel Gallery’s Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, ten of today’s key figurative painters use historical art...
Yasmin Ozkan 18 March 2020
Ulay: Pioneer of Performance Art
The German performance artist Ulay became known as half of the symbiotic duo Marina Abramovic – Ulay. While Abramovic became the big star, Ulay...
Michel Rutten 12 March 2020
10 Things You Should Know About Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. Considered one of the greatest exponents of the Baroque, he is best known for his mythological, allegorical...
Soledad Castillo Jara 7 March 2020
The Most Beautiful Police Station Entrance: The Giacometti Hall
The first thing that might come to mind when you think about a police station is probably not the view you would get when you arrive at Urania Police...
Sabrina Kurmann 5 March 2020
Painting of the Week: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
A ploughman is plowing the lands, a shepherd is watching over his sheep, an angler is fishing. The ships are sailing to unknown lands, a partridge is...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 March 2020
Poetry without Motion: Endymion by George Frederick Watts
Is there anything more beautiful than Endymion by the English ‘Symbolist’ artist George Frederick Watts? Through the subtle contrasts of...
Craig Wakerley 21 February 2020
The Many Rebirths of Venus
Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus is iconic in western art. Alongside the Mona Lisa, it is probably a contender for “most famous...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 20 February 2020
Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin
From February 25th to May 31st, 2020 the Gotthelf Art Gallery at the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture will exhibit the unique works of the Indian...
Maya M. Tola 17 February 2020
