Masterpiece Story: A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst
A Gentleman’s Table by Claude Raguet Hirst is a mysterious painting that echoes the realism of Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, and Henry Ossawa...
James W Singer 9 March 2025
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Masterpiece Story: Still Life with Mackerel by Anne Vallayer-Coster
Anne Vallayer-Coster was one of the foremost still-life painters in 18th-century France. She was enormously prolific and extremely popular. Her works...
James W Singer 9 March 2025
I Know What I Am – A Fascinating Graphic Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi
Baroque’s most famous woman painter – Artemisia Gentileschi had a riveting life story. It was told and shown by Gina Siciliano in her beautifully...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 March 2025
Book Review: Frida Kahlo’s Unimaginable Life
Fridamania is contagious. Reading the Frida Kahlo book written by Hettie Judah almost drags us to the brink of melancholic stroke despite being armed...
Urvi Chheda 7 March 2025
Barbara Kruger: The Radical Voice of American Art
Barbara Kruger stands out as one of the most influential artists of the 21st century. Notably, in 2021, TIME magazine featured her on their 100 Most...
Errika Gerakiti 6 March 2025
Margaret of Austria: The Public Image of a Renaissance Stateswoman
Instagram and other social media have long since taken over our inherent need to be seen and acknowledged by our surroundings. But this deliberate...
Kero Fichter 6 March 2025
Simonetta Vespucci: The Renaissance Top Model
If you would like to spot one woman from the Renaissance who could be called a top model—it would be Simonetta Vespucci. Nicknamed La Bella,...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 March 2025
How to Be a Renaissance Woman?
Visit the homes of women in Renaissance Italy and get up close and personal with their creative beauty practices
Candy Bedworth 6 March 2025
4 Women from Leonardo da Vinci’s Paintings
The life and work of Leonardo da Vinci have been dissected and analyzed in detail by the sharp eye of art critics and historians. Yet, the biography...
Maria Frazzoni 6 March 2025
Sylvia Sleigh—A Woman Who Slayed Male Nudes
Sylvia Sleigh was beautiful inside out—brave and independent, she pursued her figurative style which was regarded as outmoded in the years of Pop...
Magda Michalska 5 March 2025
Interview with Klaire Lockheart: Post-Apocalyptic Feminist Artist
Candy Bedworth explores feminism, colonialism and orientalism with American artist Klaire Lockheart. All this whilst wearing post-apocalyptic costumes.
Candy Bedworth 5 March 2025
The Bold Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe dedicated her life to painting the beauty in nature that not everyone might see. In her art, organic details transform into almost...
Natalia Tiberio 4 March 2025
