Pierre Bonnard: Bringing Color to Life
When I was writing the article about the Nabis, I came across the past Tate exhibition on Pierre Bonnard which closed in May 2019. Let’s...
Magda Michalska 22 July 2019
European Art
Europa in Focus: Rape and Rebirth
If you read my articles, you’ll know that I tend to get political. With the European Elections coming up this weekend, I wouldn’t be...
Magda Michalska 24 May 2019
Ten Gorgeous French Churches (That Aren’t Notre-Dame de Paris)
Still remember the Notre-Dame de Paris? It suffered a horrible fire in April 2019. Notre-Dame is by far France’s most famous church, but it...
Alexandra Kiely 15 May 2019
Epiphany Quizzed: What Do You Know?
Epiphany had been a popular subject in painting already in the Middle Ages, yet it became a topos during the Renaissance when each respected painter...
Magda Michalska 6 January 2018
10 Most Famous Adoration of the Shepherds Paintings
Christmas time is in full swing! Hope you’re having a great time with your family and friends. To sustain the atmosphere we have prepared for...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 December 2017
Grow Your Artsy Mustache For Movember!
Movember November is a month of raising awareness about men’s health, in particular about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s...
Magda Michalska 6 November 2017
Watch Kandinsky Drawing On A Rare Footage From 1926
In 1926, filmmaker Hans Cürlis, a pioneer in making of art documentaries. took the rare footage above of the Russian abstract painter Wassily...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 May 2017
10 Most Important Masterpieces Lost During World War II
Art theft and looting occurred on massive scale during World War II. It all started with Adolf Hitler’s unsuccessful career as an artist. He...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 January 2017
Magnificent Mountain Landscapes of Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler is the most influential Swiss artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The most popular paintings by Hodler have been his...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 December 2016
Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck – A Female Finnish Gem
I want to share with you my latest discovery: Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck, an unknown gem of Finnish painting. She began during the fine-de-siecle and...
Magda Michalska 14 December 2016
Han van Meegeren: Vermeer’s Forger And His Fakes
Who wouldn’t love to discover an unknown original painting by Johannes Vermeer? It must be a blissful moment to find an untouched and...
Magda Michalska 2 September 2016
4 Of Hitler’s Least Favourite ‘Degenerate’ Artists
As a person who considered himself an artist, Hitler was very sensitive to aesthetics. He hated people who did not fit to his imagined world of...
Magda Michalska 27 August 2016
