Tableaux Vivants: A Long History of Recreating Art
A fanciful costume, a theatrical pose, the right light… and for a few seconds the viewer is immersed in a “living picture.” You have probably...
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The Art of Antonio Berni: Through Many Styles, One Timeless Message
A Young Artist and the Birth of Nuevo Realismo While Che Guevara may have been the most famous revolutionary to be born in Rosario, Argentina, the...
Kacper Grass 6 April 2020
Nur Jahan – the Light of the World
Mehr-un-Nissa was an influential woman of the Mughal era, well-known for her great beauty, unmatched intelligence, and volatile temper. As a...
Maya M. Tola 4 April 2020
Nihal Chand and the Kishangarh School
Nihal Chand was an esteemed member of the royal atelier of Kishangarh in the 18th century, under the employ of Crown Prince Sawant Singh. While many...
Maya M. Tola 29 March 2020
His Majesty Jan Van Eyck and the Optical Revolution – Review
Art history has its superstars: Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt. But with the recent $2.4 million, multiyear restoration of panels...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 March 2020
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk
The churning of the ocean of milk is a momentous event in Hindu mythology that appears in the Bhagwat Purana, Vishnu Purana, and the Mahabharata. It...
Maya M. Tola 24 March 2020
Painting of the Week: Francisco Toledo, Frog
This is an unusual watercolor diptych by the late Mexican artist Francisco Toledo, who died this year. The work encompasses two totally opposite...
Alicja Gluszek 24 November 2019
The Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan
The iconic Peacock Throne or the Takht-i-taus was the greatest accumulation of precious gemstones in the 17th Century. Commissioned in 1628 by Shah...
Maya M. Tola 4 November 2019
La Calavera Catrina. A Skeleton Lady
We all know Coco, a Pixar animation about a boy who dreams of becoming a musician, so he enters a talent contest, suddenly disappears from this world...
Alicja Gluszek 28 October 2019
Artistic Patronage of Akbar the Great
Abu’l Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar was born in poverty when his father, Humayun was driven into exile by Sher Shah Suri. His destiny as one...
Maya M. Tola 8 October 2019
The Largest Mural on Earth
Early Fall, for students around the world, means one thing: back to school, back to writing papers, and exam preparations. For students of the...
Alicja Gluszek 16 September 2019
Discover South American Art in the Museum of Solidarity “Salvador Allende” in Chile
It’s a small and relatively unknown museum but it offers a great collection of modern and contemporary South American and international art. And...
Anna Deáki 5 August 2019
