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In June 1999, Nicole Kidman was featured on the cover of Vogue. She was photographed and posed in a number of John Singer Sargent re-imaginings by...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 April 2025
In June 1999, Nicole Kidman was featured on the cover of Vogue. She was photographed and posed in a number of John Singer Sargent re-imaginings by...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 April 2025
Lucian Freud stripped his subjects bare, both literally and metaphorically. Over his long career, the British painter captured the likenesses of...
Elizabeth Provost 29 April 2025
In 2018, the official portraits of former U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled, becoming part of the Smithsonian...
Karolina 29 April 2025
Royal portraiture is a centuries-old tradition, but it might be called the forerunner of the posed selfie—an artfully curated image that is meant...
Candy Bedworth 29 April 2025
You probably associate Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte with weird, surreal pieces, like his famous Treachery of Images. He also liked...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2025
Zofia Stryjeńska was a prominent Polish artist active during the interwar period. Known as the “Lady of Polish Art,” she gained...
Katarzyna Waszak 28 April 2025
Art Deco is a global style of design that first appeared in Europe before World War I and flourished internationally in the 1920s and 1930s. The...
Guest Author 28 April 2025
Today Gerda Wegener is best known for feminist art and portrayal of lesbianism. She was also married to Einar Wegener, who after the sex reassignment...
Kelly Hill 28 April 2025
During the 20th century, Italian Futurist artists, thinkers, and like-minded creators such as Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, or Thayaht (Ernesto...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2025
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 27 April 2025
Giotto di Bondone is known as the artist who, in the 13th century, began to paint in a way that led art history to the Renaissance. This Florentine...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 April 2025
Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico is a masterpiece that can be viewed both as medieval and Renaissance. How so? Keep on reading...
Alexandra Kiely 27 April 2025