The Story of Hitler’s Unrealized Art Museum in Linz
The Hitler’s Museum – originally in German called Das Führermuseum, was luckily an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned...
Zuzanna Stańska 19 February 2022
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Pharmacy Museums: Houses of Oddities
A pharmacy is a very weird kind of shop. It has your favorite skin creams and food supplements. They also carry medicines for the flu, blood...
Marija Canjuga 19 February 2022
Fabulous Railway Station Paintings from the Golden Age of Train Travel
Once upon a time, train travel was the height of fashion. That’s why the second half of the 19th century and first few decades of the 20th century...
Alexandra Kiely 18 February 2022
6 Best Works in the Van Gogh Museum That Are Not by Van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum is dedicated to the life and works of Vincent van Gogh. It holds the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings and drawings in the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 15 February 2022
Looking for Hot Renaissance Boys? Well, Here They Are!
Look no further! If you are in need of the sight of some muscular bodies this year, don’t bother going to the beach, but book yourself a ticket...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2022
Fifty Shades of Dr. Pozzi
There he is, a handsome gynecologist in a portrait entitled Dr. Pozzi at Home painted by John Singer Sargent. Pozzi was a dandy, a gynecologist, and...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 February 2022
Edward Tingatinga: The Founder of an African Artistic Tradition That Endures
Tingatinga is an art form specific to Tanzania. It originated in the works of a painter whose name was lent to the entire artistic movement. Edward...
Luciana Craciun 12 February 2022
Faces of Mozambique: How Malangatana Reflected His Native Culture in Art
One of the most prominent African artists of the 20th century, Malangatana was a multitalented artist who had many dreams. He realized them with his...
Merve Parla 12 February 2022
Slavko Kopač: Painting the Experienced, Not the Seen
Slavko Kopač, a Croatian-French painter, was one of the most important protagonists of Art Brut and Art Informel, artistic directions of innovative...
Petra Dragasevic 10 February 2022
Hitler’s Four Least Favorite Degenerate Artists
As a person who considered himself an artist, Hitler was very sensitive to aesthetics. He hated people who did not fit into his imagined world of...
Magda Michalska 10 February 2022
The Joy of Lucian Freud: Self-Portraits
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is regarded as the pre-eminent British figurative painter of the last 60 years. Francis Bacon, two decades older, and David...
Guest Profile 10 February 2022
Diego Rivera’s Life in Self-Portraits
Diego Rivera is mostly famous for his controversial mural for the Rockefeller family and for being the husband of Frida Kahlo. Yet in his lifetime,...
Magda Michalska 10 February 2022
