Masterpiece Story: The Theatre Box by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Entertainments such as cabarets, theatres, and the circus were popular themes among the Impressionist painters whose mission was portraying modern...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 October 2018
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First glances and second chances – how I learned to love Elizabeth Frink
Statues by Elizabeth Frink litter the British landscape. Born in 1930, she was a Dame, a CBE, a Royal Academician and a Companion of Honour. She was...
Candy Bedworth 6 October 2018
Chihuly Glass at Biltmore Estate – A Spectacular Garden Exhibition
While on vacation this past week, I got to see a real treat – an exhibition of Chihuly glass at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North...
Alexandra Kiely 2 October 2018
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Joseph Roulin
Joseph Roulin worked for a post office in the French town of Arles. He didn’t carry letters—he rather was sorting mail at the train station.
Zuzanna Stańska 30 September 2018
Advancing Women Artists Foundation – Rediscovering Female Artists in Florence
The Advancing Women Artists foundation (AWA) is a group that aims to restore female artists to the world. Founded by Jane Fortune after a trip to...
Alexandra Kiely 27 September 2018
Johannes Vermeer, Woman Reading a Letter
On the Johannes Vermeer‘s painting, we see a quiet, private moment. In Woman Reading a Letter, a young woman stands engrossed in reading a...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 September 2018
Don’t Play with Your Food! Unless It’s Art
I’m sure we’ve all been told not to play with our food as we hide unappetising peas under a sticky lump of mashed potato. And most parents have...
Candy Bedworth 20 September 2018
Paul Gauguin, The Vision after the Sermon
Vision after the Sermon is one of the most important works the artist painted in Brittany. Breton peasants, which Gauguin viewed as exotic, are...
Zuzanna Stańska 16 September 2018
Wanderlust Exhibition – Travel Desire Encapsulated in Paintings
It is the last chance to see Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir – an exhibition on travel desire in the Old National...
Kate Wojtczak 13 September 2018
The A to Z of Ancient Greek Pottery Terms Pt 1
In Ancient Greece, vases were a commonplace item. There was no explanation needed as to what they were or how they were used. They each served a...
Rachel Witte 8 September 2018
Emotions Of Rogier Van Der Weyden Restored
Rogier van der Weyden has a very special place in my heart because the first art historical essay that I had ever written at university was on him...
Magda Michalska 6 September 2018
Painting Of The Week – John Everett Millais, Ophelia
When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide; And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up: Which...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 September 2018
