Byzantine Icons – Who, What, When, and Where
Byzantine icons are more of a prayer object than anything else. Though likened to idolatry, the icons mean more than what can be confined by that...
Rachel Witte 13 March 2019
Art Movements
Painting of the Week: Gustave Courbet, Woman with a Parrot
Gustav Courbet, the enfant terrible of French 19th-century art, did everything he could to save himself in the memory of the contemporary art...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 February 2019
Intersection of Coffee and Creating: Coffee Shops and Their Purpose
The actual art of coffee making has steadily been growing for years. We have surpassed and moved past instant coffee, onto specialty coffee shops and...
Rachel Witte 5 February 2019
Aristarkh Lentulov’s Cubist Russia
Recently I showed you views of typical wintery Russia by Korovin, which you can see here. Today we’ll see instead something out-of-ordinary.
Magda Michalska 2 February 2019
More Light! – Canary Wharf Winter Lights
Canary Wharf Winter Lights returns for the fifth time with a dose of light much needed in the post-holiday season. This year’s edition features 21...
Joanna Kaszubowska 21 January 2019
Masterpiece Story: The Bathers by Paul Cézanne
When little Paul was born on 19th January 1839 nobody could expect that he will revolutionize painting with developing a unique style and influence a...
Kate Wojtczak 20 January 2019
The Complicated Meaning and Mysterious Origin of The Cloisters Cross
The Cloisters Cross is a beautiful English Romanesque walrus ivory cross, likely dating to the middle of the 12th century. From the moment it...
Alexandra Kiely 19 January 2019
Epic Abstraction: An Enhanced Perspective
‘Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera’ is an ongoing exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art that opened on December 17, 2018. The...
Howard Schwartz 17 January 2019
The Ancient Greek Kouros and Kore
Classical Greek statues depicting male and female bodies are iconic, legendary and set the standards for numerous artists and art movements to come.
Nadine Waldmann 14 January 2019
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Goethe in the Roman Campagna
Last week the Städel Museum in Frankfurt posted on Instagram a painting from their collection with a funny quote: “Having a bad day? Always...
Kate Wojtczak 13 January 2019
Painting of the Week: Giotto di Bondone, Adoration of the Magi
January 6 in the Christian calendar is a day devoted to the Magi. According to the Bible, Three Wise Men from the East come to Bethlehem to visit...
Kate Wojtczak 6 January 2019
Painting of the Week: Jacopo Tintoretto, Marriage at Cana
Because it’s the New Year’s Eve tomorrow and many of you are going to have fun I’ve chosen for our painting of the week a work...
Kate Wojtczak 30 December 2018
