Museo Soumaya – 21st Century Spectacle in Mexico City
Frida Kahlo’s self portraits and reproductions of Our Lady of Guadalupe are baked into the symbolism of Mexico City. Comparable to these...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 10 January 2022
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Psychological Truth on the Verge of Modernity: Symbolism in Victorian Art
Symbolism in the late 19th century came out of the romantic movement and explored the meanings of forms, lines, shapes, and color. It drew on...
Wendy Gray 9 January 2022
Five Pioneering Modern Sculpture Artists of India
Sculptures have been a part of Indian culture since time immemorial. However, in the post-independent era in India, the practice of Indian modern...
Guest Author 7 January 2022
The Warli Painting Artist Jivya Soma Mashe
Jivya Soma Mashe is an internationally acclaimed Warli painting artist. A tribal artist from India, Mashe was known for wonderful Warli paintings,...
Urvi Chheda 7 January 2022
Fernando Botero. Beyond Forms at BAM Mons
Some artists are gateways to art and its history; creators who make an authentic and one-of-a-kind work that is referenced over and over. Fernando...
Tommy Thiange 3 January 2022
When Literature Meets Painting
Have you ever been so in love with a scene from a book that it made you think (perhaps out loud): “Well that would make a perfect painting”? If...
Yahya Bensouda 3 January 2022
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Spoiler Alert!)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a perfect example of where art and literature intertwine. The novel is based around the story of an...
Nina Relf 3 January 2022
Henri Matisse’s Cut-Outs
Coping with the difficulties of old age and illness in the years following World War II, Matisse nonetheless produced some of the most vibrant and...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 December 2021
Faith and Art: The Religious Art of William Hole
I invite you to take a closer look at a great Scottish etcher, muralist, and illustrator, William Hole (1846-1917) whom I discovered by chance when I...
Guest Author 20 December 2021
Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers at the Georgia Museum of Art
Until Sunday, January 30th, 2022, the Georgia Museum of Art is exhibiting some of the most influential Native American printmakers at work today.
Candy Bedworth 20 December 2021
Titian’s Vision of Women at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
The Titian’s Vision of Women. Beauty–Love–Poetry exhibition is a major highlight of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna that runs from 5...
Nicole Ganbold 19 December 2021
The City Where the Sun Never Sets: The Grounded Sun in Zagreb
No matter the weather conditions, there has always been sun in Zagreb for the last 50 years, 365 days a year, with few interruptions. This is thanks...
Petra Dragasevic 16 December 2021
