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Painting

10 Facts to Know About Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero was a Colombian figurative painter and sculptor. Once you see his art, you will never forget it. He depicted people and figures in...

Zuzanna Stańska 20 April 2026

South American Art

Fernando Botero and His Remakes of Classic Masterpieces

I must tell you something in secret – I love Fernando Botero’s works. Many of his works were inspired by classic art. Or maybe...

Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 20 April 2026

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13 Hidden Gems at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Our first guide, presenting 15 masterpieces of European Painting, barely scratched the surface of the vast collection held at the Metropolitan Museum...

MJ Rivera 20 April 2026

Women Interior Designers: Dorothy Draper, The Greenbrier Hotel, 1946-1948, White Sulphur Springs, WV, USA. Architecture

5 Exceptional Women Interior Designers of the 20th Century

Meet the five women designers who changed the face of 20th-century interior design. Their work has been inspiring many designers and their interiors...

Joanna Kaszubowska 20 April 2026

Contemporary Art

Boterismo in Art: Fernando Botero’s Chubby Paintings

Colombian artist, Fernando Botero, demonstrates how differently we can all view the same object. Although Botero was known for depicting everything...

Gabriela Hurtado 20 April 2026

Expressionism

Anita Berber: Femme Fatale of the Weimar Republic

Born on 10 June 1899 in Dresden Germany, Anita Berber shocked and entertained the cabaret and bourgeois crowds of the Weimar Republic right up to her...

Kelly Hill 20 April 2026

Art Travels

Traveling Artists in Mexico: The First Generation

The 19th century was a tumultuous time for Mexico, to say the least. In 1821, it achieved its independence. However, the war devastated the country...

Jimena Escoto 20 April 2026

Museum Stories

10 Spectacular Hidden Gems at the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris is home to an incredible collection of artworks. Everyone knows it includes Mona Lisa, Nike of Samothrace,...

Camilla de Laurentis 20 April 2026

Paris through the Window. Marc Chagall, Paris through the Window, 1913, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Paris Through the Window by Marc Chagall

Paris Through the Window (1913) is a perfect example of Marc Chagall’s enigmatic, eclectic, and fascinating artworks. Wherever one looks, one finds...

Jimena Escoto 19 April 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Untitled (1959) by Mark Rothko

Untitled by Mark Rothko was created midway through his Color Field period, which began in 1950. Through his painstaking process, viewers can...

Seoyoung (Alyssa) Kim 19 April 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Le Quai Malaquais et l’Institut by Camille Pissarro

An Impressionist masterpiece—looted by the Nazis, hidden for decades in a vault in a Swiss bank, subject of a controversial restitution, and linked...

Javier Abel Miguel 19 April 2026

Marc Chagall, Leaning Over Flowers, 1927, gouache on paper, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Leaning Over Flowers by Marc Chagall

Leaning Over Flowers by Marc Chagall is a masterpiece of happiness, positivity, and floral imagery. The artwork not only depicts a moment of quiet...

James W Singer 19 April 2026