Trials and Triumphs: Lives of Women in the Works of Indian Women Artists
The depiction of women has been essential imagery in the course of Indian art since the ancient era. Associated with fertility, abundance, and...
Guest Profile 28 March 2022
Asian Art
A Female Artist from Japan: Nōguchi Shōhin
Nōguchi Shōhin (野口 小蘋) (1847–1917) was a leading Japanese painter from the Edo (1603–1867) and Meiji eras (1868–1912). She was born...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 27 March 2022
Yayoi Kusama and Her World of Polka Dots
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist and writer, born in 1929. Well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art encompasses an astonishing variety of...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 March 2022
Yayoi Kusama at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Have you ever seen the magical Infinity Rooms? If you happen to be living or visiting Tel Aviv between November 2021 and April 2022, you’re in...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 22 March 2022
Pumpkin Spiced Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama, the legendary Japanese artist born in 1929, began her career 69 years ago. Nevertheless, the world discovered her just a couple of...
Magda Michalska 22 March 2022
The Symbol of Sagittarius on the Tile Spandrels of Qaysariya Gate of Isfahan
The Qaysariya bazaar is located in the north of Naqsh-Jahan square of Isfahan. It was founded by Shah Abbas in the Safavid period. On the tile...
Guest Profile 14 March 2022
Pan Yuliang: The Queen of Self-Portraits
Pan Yuliang’s works are a celebration of her Chinese heritage and feminine selfhood. Born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province as Chen Xiuqing Pan...
Anuradha Sroha 9 March 2022
Amrita Sher-Gil – India’s Frida Kahlo
Amrita Sher-Gil lived a short but interesting life. Her artistic heritage is rich and impressive. Sher-Gil is considered to be one of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 March 2022
Hiroshige’s Winter Views of Edo
One of the most famous woodblock printers of the late Edo period in Japan, Utagawa Hiroshige, produced a series of a hundred views showing Edo city...
Magda Michalska 26 February 2022
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
Ukiyo-e pictures, pictures of the “floating world” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s The...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 February 2022
Masterpiece Story: Maple Trees at Mama by Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige’s prints were exported and popular with Western artists. Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh owned approximately 50 of...
James W Singer 15 February 2022
Most Beautiful Qurans You Must See
Three monotheistic religions are the so-called ‘religions of the book’. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer back to a spoken, and...
Magda Michalska 14 February 2022
