Paris Salon: 101 on France’s First Public Exhibition
If you were an artist in the 19th century, you probably dreamed of having your painting in the Paris Salon. Simply put, this exhibition was the most...
Jimena Escoto 23 April 2022
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The Colors of the Earth and Beyond: Artist Interview with Ulrike Arnold
Ulrike Arnold (b. 1950) is a contemporary German artist working with earth pigments that she gathers by hand. For the last 40 years, she has traveled...
Marga Patterson 22 April 2022
Wronged Royal Wives – British Scandal and Heartbreak Through the Centuries
Unless you live on Mars, you can’t have missed the 2021 media frenzy around Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah...
Candy Bedworth 21 April 2022
Royaltastic Queens: Women Who Fought the Patriarchy and Won!
Follow us on a short historical tour of thriving royal women across Europe who enjoyed power and success on their own terms. How we measure royal...
Candy Bedworth 21 April 2022
Fernando Botero in Colombian Museums
Fernando Botero’s artworks are probably among the most recognizable in art history. It is enough to look once at one of his plump,...
Anthony Royer 19 April 2022
The Eighth Wonder of the World: Terracotta Army
When people mention the Terracotta Army, the first thing that comes to mind is the phrase “the eighth wonder of the world”. It is a symbol of...
Marina Kochetkova 18 April 2022
Pieter Bruegel’s Children’s Games
Children’s Games is one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s most famous paintings. Just like in other works of his, it is debatable whether it was...
Irina Diana Calu 18 April 2022
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion...
Geoffrey Bunting 18 April 2022
Watch Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger
The film Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger was created by Danish filmmaker Jorgen Leth, appearing in his art movie 66 Scenes from America which was...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 April 2022
Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia at the California Science Center
The California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA, is host to Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia exhibition from 16 February 2022, through 5...
Maya M. Tola 14 April 2022
Diego Rivera: The Controversial Story of Man at the Crossroads
At the suggestion of his mother, Nelson Rockefeller commissioned Diego Rivera, a passionate Mexican socialist artist, to paint the mural that was...
Ruxi Rusu 13 April 2022
Eyewitness to Space: The NASA Art Program
Did you know that NASA has quite a unique art collection and that they used to commission artists to document their missions and projects? Let us...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 12 April 2022
