Modernizing the Sacrum? The Church of the Three Crosses by Alvar Aalto
When we hear the word “church” the image it evokes is typically either a striking, tall gothic structure or an opulent baroque façade and...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 March 2024
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Looking for a Hat Inspiration? Best Hats from Paintings
I’ve heard that this year berets are back in fashion, which makes me very happy, but if you are still looking for your perfect hat for the first...
Magda Michalska 7 March 2024
Discover Michelangelo’s Secret Room
Visitors of the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy have a unique chance to visit a secret room under the Medici Chapel until March 30, 2024,...
Natalia Iacobelli 6 March 2024
Tiepolo: The Last Venetian Master
Mainland Italy is a perfect country for fresco production since it is dominated by a dry climate that preserves frescoes very well. Even though...
Magda Michalska 5 March 2024
Power, Victory and Death: Titian in 5 Paintings from Venice
Titian was the most famous painter of the Venetian Renaissance. Even during his lifetime the artist had been acclaimed as the greatest painter of his...
Alina Manevskaya 5 March 2024
Everything You Need to Know About Giorgione
Giorgione was an Italian painter from Venice whose career was cut off by his death at a little over 30. And that is a problem – everyone knows his...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Charles Demuth and the Figure 5
This one-sentence poem by the American poet William Carlos Williams was the inspiration for an incredible abstract work by American artist, Charles...
Wendy Gray 4 March 2024
Empress Sisi: What Art Doesn’t Show Us
Elizabeth of Austria, more commonly known as Sisi, was Empress of the Austrian-Habsburg Empire from 1854 until 1898. Captivating paintings and...
Errika Gerakiti 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon is one of the most important works in the artist’s oeuvre. Painted in Brittany, its rich symbolism...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2024
A Visit to Anish Kapoor’s Studio
Anish Kapoor is one of the most prolific and influential sculptors of his generation. He is best known for his public installations which combine...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Artist’s Studio–The Dance by Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a famous American Pop artist, most well known for his original technique of mixed media on canvas, which was meant to remind the...
Magda Michalska 2 March 2024
5 Expressionist Artists You Should Know
The purpose of art for a group of avant-garde individuals at the turn of the 20th century was no longer the realistic rendition of the natural world,...
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