QUIZ: Love in Art
Anastasia Manioudaki 15 February 2025
European Art
QUIZ: Do You Know Your Renaissance Painters?
Joanna Kaszubowska 15 February 2025
QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Picasso?
Ruxi Rusu 15 February 2025
The Flying Lovers: Bella and Marc Chagall
A love story is always a good read, especially if it’s such a magical and touching history as that of Bella and Marc Chagall. Unfortunately there...
Magda Michalska 14 February 2025
5 Ideas For Valentine’s Day Inspired By Art History
Valentine’s Day is here and the internet is full of advice on how to make it special. We’re joining with a few ideas inspired by art history,...
Europeana 14 February 2025
The First-Ever Femme Fatale: Lilith in Paintings
The apparent sweetness of this work by John Collier (1850–1934), a Pre-Raphaelite painter, is a wonderful testimony of the two sides of Lilith’s...
Guest Profile 13 February 2025
Paula Rego and Other Strong Women
Paula Rego (1935-2022) was a Portuguese-British visual artist considered one of the pre-eminent woman artists of the late 20th and early 21st...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2025
Gerda Taro—The Girl with the Leica
Have you ever heard of the photographer Gerda Taro? You may know her as Robert Capa‘s girlfriend and muse, and I’m sure you have heard of Capa at...
Arianna Richetti 13 February 2025
The Best of Discarding Images
During the Middle Ages, illuminated manuscripts were first used in the Roman Catholic Church for liturgical services and prayers. The popularity of...
Anna Ingram 12 February 2025
Holy Cow! Why Did the Dutch Painters Love Cows?
Every time I look at 17th-century Dutch paintings, I ask myself the same question: why do they always show cows? You will probably think this is a...
Magda Michalska 12 February 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Monkey Painter by Jean-Baptiste Chardin
It’s tacky! It’s funny! It’s weird! Yes, Jean-Baptiste Chardin’s The Monkey Painter is definitely not what you would consider in good taste.
James W Singer 12 February 2025
7 Images of Dürer’s Animals That Are Better Than Trip to a Zoo
Albrecht Dürer’s keen interest in nature was a typical manifestation of Renaissance curiosity. Animals were not generally considered to be...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 February 2025
