Belgium–Argentina. Transatlantic Modernisms at Mu.ZEE in Ostend
Belgium and Argentina have more in common than you might suspect. That’s what the current Mu.Zee exhibition explores until June 16th, 2022. During...
Tommy Thiange 9 May 2022
European Art
Royal Portraits: The Art of Image
Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” For monarchs...
Abreeza Thomas 7 May 2022
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 6 May 2022
The Most Beautiful Anatomical Theaters in Italy
Anatomical theaters were one of the most important institutions in the history of medicine. They were used for teaching anatomy classes at...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 May 2022
Be Inspired! At Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Art Gallery is hosting a fascinating new exhibition examining the ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 2 May 2022
Jobs in Art Which Don’t Exist Anymore (or Seem Not To)
I think the following motto perfectly fits today as we celebrate all the workers of the world (students count too!). On this occasion I would like to...
Magda Michalska 1 May 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes) by Adolph Menzel
The 19th century, the age of steel and steam, witnessed not only the developments of the industry but also the new themes in painting. Now, simple...
Kate Wojtczak 1 May 2022
Passing Time with Klee: Demonstrating Temporality in Visual Art
Paul Klee was a “musical” painter, not least because he chose the violin and bow before the brush and easel. Klee’s father was a music teacher...
Craig Wakerley 30 April 2022
Tormented Lovers, Sumptuous Players – Guitarists in Art
Musical instruments have always had a particular significance in paintings. Throughout the history of depicting music-making in art, the iconography...
Alina Manevskaya 30 April 2022
Circus and Jazz of Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist famous for his use of color. The Circus (below) is a color stencil piece from Matisse’s book...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 30 April 2022
Thérèse Schwartze: The Painter of the Amsterdam’s Elite
Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918) grew up in an artistic family from Amsterdam. Her father Johann Georg Schwartze was a painter and he introduced his...
Europeana 28 April 2022
How Would Superheroes Have Looked Like in the 17th Century?
The 17th century was a beautiful time full of people wearing ruffs. Huge, remarkable ruffs. Those ruffs stayed in my memory, like in Peter Paul...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2022
