Gilbert & George—Art and Love at First Sight
In 1967, two young students, Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore, met at Central Saint Martins College of Art in London. It was love at first sight...
Magda Michalska 18 August 2025
European Art
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: With Love Through Art
If two people are born on precisely the same day, they must be destined to meet. He was Bulgarian, she was French. They met when he was called in to...
Magda Michalska 18 August 2025
Masterpiece Story: Mameluca Woman by Albert Eckhout
If any painting reminds me of both spring and fall, it is certainly Mameluca Woman by Albert Eckhout. This work is graceful for so many reasons.
Rute Ferreira 17 August 2025
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know J. M. W. Turner?
Sandra Juszczyk 16 August 2025
QUIZ: The Paul Gauguin Adventure
Joanna Kaszubowska 16 August 2025
How Galileo Galilei Changed the Moon Forever
While our old pal, the Moon, was always shining above us; it wasn’t always obvious how does it really look like. For a long time, this astronomical...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 15 August 2025
Britain at Twilight: John Atkinson Grimshaw’s Landscapes
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) was a Victorian painter admired for his beautiful evening landscapes. British cities, such as London, Liverpool,...
Alexandra Kiely 14 August 2025
Masterpiece Story: Work by Ford Madox Brown
Few artworks are as heavy in meaning and societal investigation as Ford Madox Brown’s Work. This is a unique masterpiece which manages to depict...
Edoardo Cesarino 14 August 2025
Victorian Feminists and Their Supernatural Powers
The Victorian feminists in 19th-century England paved the way for the women’s movement across the world. The “New Woman,” as she was called,...
Anastasia Manioudaki 14 August 2025
Most Beautiful Royal Weddings in History—Commissions by Queen Victoria
Alexandrina Victoria ascended to the throne at the young age of 18 and reigned as Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and Ireland,...
Maya M. Tola 14 August 2025
Far Beyond Illusion: M.C. Escher and the Illustration of the Impossible
Known for representing impossible constructions and creating a world in which the figurative and the abstract intertwine, meet Maurits Cornelis...
Rute Ferreira 13 August 2025
11 Things You Might Not Know About Leonardo da Vinci
You may think you know everything about the genius of the Renaissance. But there are a few unknown facts about Leonardo da Vinci’s life that may...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 August 2025
