African Art

Warrior and Attendants, 16th-17th century, brass, Royal Palace, Benin City, Nigeria, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Warrior and Attendants of Benin

Warrior and Attendants is a masterpiece of Benin art. It encapsulates the beauty of Africa and its people. Black is beautiful. Black is...

James W Singer 9 August 2026

Queen Nefertari & Goddess Isis, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, ca 1279-1213 BCE, pigment on plaster, QV66 Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Egypt. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Queen Nefertari and Goddess Isis

Queen Nefertari and Goddess Isis is a fabulous masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art. The wall painting in the queen’s tomb captures the dream of...

James W Singer 2 August 2026

Ancient Egypt

How One Stone Unlocked 2,000 Years of Ancient Egypt

The ancient monuments of Egypt remained an enigma for centuries, their intricate hieroglyphs silent and undeciphered. The language of the pharaohs...

Maya M. Tola 30 July 2026

Photography

Through the Lens of Activism: Zanele Muholi in 5 Photographs

Zanele Muholi is not only one of South Africa’s most celebrated contemporary artists but also a leading voice in the global conversation around...

Carlotta Mazzoli 23 June 2026

Masterpiece Stories

How the Brooklyn Books of the Dead Were Brought Back to Life

What kind of measures do you take when the stakes are real? When you have to get it right the first time? You can’t improvise. You triple-check,...

MJ Rivera 18 June 2026

TOP CHARITY Art Auction 2026, exhibition view, photo by Alex Dolny Media Partnership

Can Art Change the World? Five Years of TOP CHARITY Auction and the Rise of a New Philanthropic Model

The relationship between art and philanthropy is as old as art itself. From Renaissance patronage to contemporary museum foundations, cultural...

Zuzanna Stańska 8 June 2026

Quiz

QUIZ: Indigenous Art Around the World!

Carlotta Mazzoli, 6 June 2026

Media Partnership

Where Art Meets Philanthropy: 14 Must-See Works from TOP CHARITY Art 2026

Every year, a handful of exhibitions manage to bring together works that would rarely be seen in the same room. TOP CHARITY Art 2026 is one of them,...

Zuzanna Stańska 4 June 2026

African Art

Art as a Catalyst: How Art Played a Pivotal Role in the End of Apartheid

South Africa is infamous for its time of apartheid (1948-1994), a legal system for racial segregation. It was a period of violence and oppression...

Guest Author 25 May 2026

Ancient Egypt

Akhenaten: Artistic Development in the Amarna Period

Amenhotep IV, widely recognized as the notorious Akhenaten, was the enigmatic “heretic” pharaoh who ruled during the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Maya M. Tola 13 May 2026

Broad collar of Senebtisi, ca. 1850–1775 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA. Ancient Egypt

All That Glitters: Gold Jewelry in Ancient Egypt

Personal ornaments were favored by ancient Egyptians from the Predynastic to the late Roman periods, and most of them wore some type of jewelry. The...

Maya M. Tola 13 May 2026

Ancient Egypt

The Bust of Nefertiti: Ancient Masterpiece or Genius Hoax?

On December 6, 1912, a team of excavators led by Ludwig Borchardt, unearthed a wonderful work of art in Egypt. They found the bust of the Egyptian...

Montaine Dumont 13 May 2026