Life And The Human Condition Through The Eyes Of Oswaldo Guayasamín
Early Life and Works Oswaldo Guayasamín was born into a humble family in Quito, Ecuador on July 6, 1919, as the oldest of 10 siblings. His father...
Kacper Grass 9 May 2018
Art Movements
Free as a Bird – Max Ernst, Lop Lop and the Art of Chance
The unconscious mind can serve as a revealing personal landscape. Feeding our dreams, shaping our personalities and informing our behaviour; the...
Jon Kelly 4 May 2018
What Art Has To Do With Politics: Gustave Courbet And The Paris Commune
The painter Gustave Courbet who was the central figure of Realism, is known for his paintings in which he reveals the true lives of peasants and...
Rute Ferreira 16 April 2018
Painting of the Week: Portrait of A Man in Red Chalk (aka Leonardo da Vinci)
Hello, it’s me, I was wondering if after all these years (exactly 566 today) you’d like to meet… Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of a...
Magda Michalska 15 April 2018
Two Worlds Collide: Pop Art and the Cuban Revolution
Pop Art Comes to Cuba Raúl Martínez was born in the central Cuban city of Ciego de Ávila in 1927. Before the Revolution, he had the opportunity...
Kacper Grass 10 April 2018
The Poster Manifest: Making Publicity Beautiful Again!
Publicity is all about hijacking your thoughts and stealing attention, yet some posters prove that it can be done in a beautiful and mindful...
Artur Deus Dionisio 3 April 2018
Why is Klimt Famous?
Gustav Klimt, born in Austria in 1862, is celebrated as one of the most valued artists in the history of art. But, why is Klimt famous? Why exactly...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 28 March 2018
George Tooker: A Purveyor of Modern Alienation and Despair
When the American figurative painter, George Tooker died in 2011, The New York Times said of his 1956 painting, Government Bureau, “was inspired by...
Wendy Gray 15 March 2018
15 Facts About Sistine Chapel You Need To Know
The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous art places in the world – all because of being the place where a new pope is selected and because...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 March 2018
The Story Of The Art Dealer Durand-Ruel, The Man Behind Impressionism
The story is known: at the end of the 19th century a group of young French artists dissatisfied with academic rules began to develop a new type of...
Rute Ferreira 16 February 2018
Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop
Petrus Christus (c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 February 2018
Maurizio Cattelan And His Golden “America”
Couple of days ago the White House asked Guggenheim Museum to borrow a painting “Landscape With Snow” by Vincent van Gogh for the...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 February 2018
