Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was the most influential French painter of the 18th century. His painting Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera...
James W Singer 17 November 2024
Soon after Château de Pierrefonds was displayed, Emperor Napoleon III restored the actual Château de Pierrefonds in the 1850s under the direction...
James W Singer 17 November 2024
Article presenting the relationship Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O'Keeffe developed during their career.
Amélie Pascutto 15 November 2024
Written by New York cultural economist Magnus Resch, How to Collect Art (Phaidon Press, January 2024) tells the story of the art market as a place in...
Helen Jeffery 13 November 2024
The British Museum is hosting a new exhibition of prints by Pablo Picasso. Renowned mostly for his paintings, such as ground-breaking cubist...
Edoardo Cesarino 11 November 2024
Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es. Showing at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. We choose our favourite exhibits celebrating friendship in contemporary life.
Candy Bedworth 11 November 2024
Cartography is the production of geographical maps and globes. It has evolved both as a science and as an art. This is why powerful people love...
Camilla de Laurentis 11 November 2024
The Frick Collection has an amazing ensemble of European masters. For example, works by Vermeer, Fragonard, and Goya grace its walls. Every room has...
James W Singer 10 November 2024
At the end of the 18th century, artists began to reject the ideas of the Enlightenment which prioritized reason above all. They wanted to consider...
Jimena Escoto 8 November 2024
Active volcanoes are great places to visit, but the danger of a potential eruption is always there. When some of them erupted with artists as...
Maia Heguiaphal 8 November 2024
There is a haunting beauty in architectural ruins. War or the passage of time has ravaged the magnificent feats of earlier civilizations. But in...
Maya M. Tola 8 November 2024
Although he is best known for his religious themes, Francisco de Zurbarán created wonderful still lifes that stand out for their simplicity and, at...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 7 November 2024
