The Scary Dr. Caligari: German Expressionism and Horror Movies
Expressionism is a movement with many branches. It inspired various artists and each one of them embraced it differently. Above all, it encouraged...
Errika Gerakiti 30 October 2023
European Art
Whistler vs. Ruskin: How to Fling a Pot of Paint and Win a Trial
After paying a visit to the newly inaugurated Grosvenor Gallery in London, John Ruskin wrote a stinging review of the modernist exhibition. The...
Ruxi Rusu 28 October 2023
Indulge in Juicy! A New Exhibition by Florence Houston
Taking place at J/M Gallery, London, Florence Houston‘s upcoming exhibition Juicy! (1-7 November 2023) showcases delectable still lifes.
Isla Phillips-Ewen 26 October 2023
What Inspired Kandinsky? Nature, Spirituality and Other Artists
Wassily Kandinsky – a lawyer turned painter, a painter turned lecturer, a green-fingered man for whom a house with a garden was a curse (as he...
Magda Michalska 26 October 2023
All Faces of František Kupka
From Symbolism, through Fauvism, Futurism, and Abstraction, František Kupka is a great example of an artist whose works reflect changes that...
Magda Michalska 26 October 2023
Theosophy and Art: There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth
“There is no religion higher than truth”, reads the motto of the American Theosophical Society, functioning since its foundation in New...
Magda Michalska 26 October 2023
Philipp Otto Runge: The Seer of the Mysteries of God
Philipp Otto Runge died of consumption at the same age as Christ, which to those who believe in signs might be crucial since Runge was a mystic who...
Magda Michalska 26 October 2023
Joaquín Sorolla: The Luminosity of the Mediterranean
If you love summer light, long vacation days, walking on the beach, and lying on the sand with a good book in your hand, these paintings by Joaquín...
Andra Patricia Ritisan 23 October 2023
Marc Chagall in 10 Paintings
Marc Chagall is one of the most well-known artists of the 20th century. His works exhibit elements from various movements such as Surrealism,...
Jimena Escoto 22 October 2023
Caspar David Friedrich in 10 Paintings
Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings changed the face of landscape painting with his intense and emotional focus on nature and he became a key member...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 October 2023
Medieval Mystery: Cities of Women – A New Novel by Kathleen B. Jones
Cities of Women is a novel spread across the centuries where we seek the female artist who produced one the finest medieval illuminated manuscripts in the world for Christine de Pizan.
Candy Bedworth 19 October 2023
The Pornographic World of Egon Schiele’s Nudes (NSFW)
Egon Schiele’s nudes can challenge us and our preconceptions of the artistic tradition of the “nude”. He didn’t paint or draw idealized...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 October 2023
