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QUIZ: Who Painted These Spring Paintings?

Errika Gerakiti 3 October 2026

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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Eternal City? Art in Rome and the Vatican

Edoardo Cesarino 3 October 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin

The Merode Altarpiece is one of the most famous works by Robert Campin and his workshop. It serves as a link between the medieval tradition and...

Alexandra Kiely 2 October 2026

Medieval Art

Celebrity Sculptors, Medieval Fraud and Nazi Looting—An Outrageous Story of the Golden Veit Stoss Altarpiece

This is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. Carved over a period of 12 years, the 15th-century Veit Stoss...

Candy Bedworth 2 October 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald is a polyptych about pain and passion. It’s a complex piece consisting of several parts and sections,...

Magda Michalska 2 October 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Melun Diptych by Jean Fouquet

Gazing at this 15th-century masterpiece, you might mistake it for a contemporary creation. Vivid bursts of deep blue and red cherubs compose the...

Rachel Witte 2 October 2026

Photograph showing Hundertwasserhaus, a residential building with colorful facade and vegetation on the roof. Artist Stories

A World Without Straight Lines: Hundertwasser in 5 Works

Step into the world of Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) as we explore his 5 extraordinary works of art and architecture bursting with colors...

Nikolina Konjevod 1 October 2026

Art History 101

Everything You Need to Know About the Vienna Secession

The Vienna Secession rebelled against the established order of art in Austria in the 19th century. Art Nouveau and other movements across Europe...

Bec Brownstone 1 October 2026

Romanticism

The Extreme North of Peder Balke

Norwegian painter Peder Balke (1804–1887) is an unjustly unknown name, obscure to most outside of Scandinavia. Classed as a Romantic painter,...

Edoardo Cesarino 1 October 2026

Anne Vallayer-Coster, Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit, 1783, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster

Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster is a masterpiece of the still-life genre, 18th-century French art, and...

James W Singer 1 October 2026

European Art

Masterpiece Story: The Pineapple Picture

Known as the “pineapple picture,” this enigmatic 17th-century painting captures the royal reception of King Charles II. The British royal...

Maya M. Tola 1 October 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Still Life with Carnations and Exotic Fruit by Jan van Os

Jan van Os’s Still Life with Carnations and Exotic Fruit is a celebration of summer in its most luxurious form, filled with carefully arranged...

James W Singer 1 October 2026

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