Review

Women Artists

Faith Ringgold: An American Icon

Faith Ringgold was an artist, educator, storyteller, activist, and a mother. Ringgold was also an American treasure whose artistic journey has...

Jennifer S. Musawwir 8 October 2025

Cubism

Growing Up Between Two Artists—Enchanting Portraits of Claude and Paloma Picasso

Ever wondered what it’s like to be raised by two world-famous artists? Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot shared a decade of creativity and family...

Szymon Jocek 6 October 2025

Review

Matisse at War—Art in Nazi Occupied France: Book Review

“Shadows are rare here. There’s sunshine everywhere except on you”—so opens Christopher C. Gorham’s new book, Matisse at War: Art and...

Nadine Waldmann 2 October 2025

American painters Review

Radical Harmony: Neo-Impressionism at the National Gallery in London

The National Gallery’s major fall exhibition showcases Neo-Impressionism from the Kröller-Müller Museum. There are lots of dots but are there...

Catriona Miller 2 October 2025

Leonardo da Vinci, Ken Burns documentary, cover image 2024 Theater & Cinema

Leonardo da Vinci Film Explores Unknown Secrets of the Renaissance Genius

Award-winning director Ken Burns has a new documentary film about Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest painters of all time! Exploring his soaring imagination and profound intellect it asks the most profound question: what does it mean to be human?

Candy Bedworth 18 September 2025

Photography

The Women Who Changed Photography: Book Review

Established writer of photography Gemma Padley has created an overview of significant women photographers in her newest book, The Women Who Changed...

Mary Margaret Swets 5 September 2025

Review

Saving Vincent—How a Forgotten Artist Became a Legend

American novelist Joan Fernandez explores the fascinating life of Jo Van Gogh Bonger, the sister-in-law who saved Vincent Van Gogh from obscurity. Saving Vincent is published by She Writes Press, 2025.

Candy Bedworth 5 September 2025

Mix & Match: Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art book cover. Phaidon. Review

Mix & Match: Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art

Mix & Match: Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art by Nicola Erni and Birgit Filzmaier is one of Phaidon’s newest titles and invites...

Errika Gerakiti 5 September 2025

Review

Art Explained—100 Masterpieces and What They Mean by Susie Hodge, Book Review

Depending on where you stand in the “what makes art” debate, you may think that art just is—it doesn’t need to be explained. But, if...

Ledys Chemin 5 September 2025

Review

A Journey of Light and Color—Read the Story of Matisse in Morocco by Jeff Koehler

Matisse and Morocco. A Journey of Light and Color is a compelling and picturesque biographical novel centering around Henri Matisse’s Moroccan...

Marta Wiktoria Bryll 5 September 2025

Review

Christian Dotremont: A Painter-Poet

Christian Dotremont was a Belgian artist and one of the founders of the CoBrA movement. What sets his art apart is his unique perspective on writing...

Tommy Thiange 21 August 2025

Gustave Caillebotte. Boating Party, about 1877–78. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Purchased thanks to the exclusive patronage of LVMH, 2022. Photo courtesy of GrandPalaisRmn (Musée d’Orsay) / Sophie Crépy Review

Gustave Caillebotte Painting His (Male) World at the Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago is the last of three institutions to be hosting a major monographic exhibition of Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). It...

Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 20 August 2025