Masterpiece Story: Young Woman Peeling Apples by Nicolaes Maes
Today’s Masterpiece Story is about this lovely genre painting by Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693), a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in...
Alexandra Kiely 3 August 2025
European Art
Abakans—The New Humans of Magdalena Abakanowicz
I can see a group of approximately 250 people, all of them standing. Children and adults. I come closer and I realize they have no heads. I come even...
Magda Michalska 1 August 2025
Jan Matejko in 8 Paintings—The Painter of Polish History
Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his 20s, he was twice awarded the gold medal at the World...
Judyta Dąbrowska 1 August 2025
How Roman Opałka Envisioned Infinity
In 1965 a French-born Polish painter Roman Opałka came to an important decision. While sitting at the Café Bristol in Warsaw waiting for his wife...
Caroline Galambosova 1 August 2025
10 Highlights of the National Museum in Warsaw You Need to See
The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the most important museums in Poland. It also has an amazing collection of art—which, obviously, includes a...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 August 2025
Art in Movies: Modigliani in the Movie Made of Honor
This article goes out to every art lover who is also crazy about movies. In a more specific dedication, to rom-com lovers everywhere! Picture this:...
Vithória Konzen Dill 31 July 2025
The Mystery of Vincent van Gogh’s Photos
Vincent van Gogh famously recorded himself in numerous self-portraits, but he hated photography and supposedly he never sat for a photo as an adult.
Zuzanna Stańska 29 July 2025
7 Extraordinary Van Gogh Paintings You’ve Probably Never Seen
Today, we wanted to focus on something extraordinary and show you 7 of Van Gogh’s paintings you’ve probably never seen. Everyone knows The Starry...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 July 2025
Tove Jansson’s Life of Wonders
Best known for the Moomins from her series of novels, comic strips, and short stories, Tove Jansson was an illustrator, painter, and writer. Born in...
Natalia Tiberio 28 July 2025
Azulejo: Macau’s Inheritance from Portuguese Art
In the Pacific world and throughout the Lusophone community, Macau is a special place. The streets of Macau exude the subtle, melancholic sense of...
Guest Author 28 July 2025
On the Tracks of the Gunter Demnig’s Stumbling Stones
“There must be a Jew buried here”—this was a phrase commonly uttered by some Germans before World War II, when they stumbled over a stone in...
Montaine Dumont 28 July 2025
Masterpiece Story: Interior of a Picture Gallery by Giovanni Paolo Panini
Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga by Giovanni Paolo Panini shows a truly spectacular assembly of...
Alexandra Kiely 27 July 2025
