How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Was Inspired by the Late Medieval Tapestry
In Charles Perrault’s 17th-century literary world, knights, dragons, and spellbound princesses persisted centuries after the topic diminished. As...
Anna Ingram 23 January 2026
European Art
5 Facts about the Counter-Reformation in Art You Need to Know
The Counter-Reformation was the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation spreading through Europe during the Renaissance.
Anna Ingram 22 January 2026
Hitler’s Four Least Favorite Degenerate Artists
As a person who considered himself an artist, Hitler was very sensitive to aesthetics. He hated people who did not fit into his imagined world of...
Magda Michalska 22 January 2026
Suzanne Valadon and Her Self-Portraits
Suzanne Valadon, the French artist of the 19th century, was an absolute master of self-portraits. She fashioned her own look in so many different...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 21 January 2026
The Dutch Master of Selfies: Rembrandt’s 6 Magnificent Self-Portraits
Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born 416 years ago in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, people take...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 January 2026
10 Vincent van Gogh Self-Portraits You Need to Know
Vincent van Gogh created 36 self-portraits in the space of only 10 years. These works are an amazing source of knowledge not only of how Van Gogh...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 January 2026
Nick Cave’s Ceramics: Exploring The Devil—A Life
Can we feel sympathy for the devil, and can he be forgiven in his remorse? The Devil—A Life is the first major visual work of the famous musician,...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll, 20 January 2026
David Bowie: From Popstar to Neo-Expressionist Painter
Most people know David Bowie as a pop star and a performer, but did you know he had a secret talent? Not only did he embrace music and performing...
Michel Rutten 20 January 2026
Demystifying Cycladic Figurines
Cycladic figurines have a mythical aura. Their gleaming abstract forms speak of timeless beauty. But what actually are they? Why do they look like a...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 19 January 2026
Frans Post—First Landscape Painter of the Americas
Frans Post has gone down in art history as the first trained landscape painter to work in the Americas. In 1636, as a young man of just 24, he...
Nicole Ganbold 19 January 2026
Caroline von der Embde—Female Empowerment Through a Painted Selfie
Women artists’ self-portraits have always struck audiences—no other motive proved as ideal for promoting their careers in a male-dominated...
Kero Fichter 19 January 2026
5 Van Gogh Landscapes You Need to See
Vincent van Gogh is often celebrated for his expressive self-portraits, but his landscapes are equally powerful. He created some of his most vivid...
Anastasia Manioudaki, 19 January 2026
