The Real Story of the Goddess Gifs
People are going crazy over these goddess gifs – 24 ancient female statues shaking what their mothers gave them. Artist Nina Paley created the...
Alexandra Kiely 27 January 2018
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Fernando Botero And His Remakes Of Classic Masterpieces
I must tell you something in secret – I love Fernando Botero’s works. There is something really interesting in his paintings.
Zuzanna Stańska 15 January 2018
Marc Chagall, Paris Through The Window
Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina said: “Paris is always a good idea”. A similar idea must have come to the mind of Marc Chagall who...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 January 2018
Women’s Place Is In The Kitchen: The Story of Dutch Genre Painting
One of the unquestionable masters of Dutch genre painting was Jan Vermeer. However, today I want to present two less known painters: Peter de Hooch...
Magda Michalska 11 January 2018
The Great Stanisław Wyspiański and His Many Talents
He is considered by many of his compatriots to have been something of a Leonardo da Vinci of the 19th century. Stanisław Wyspiański and his many...
Pola Otterstein 10 January 2018
The Beautiful Portraiture of Cecilia Beaux
Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) is the most important American society painter that you probably have never heard of. She was a popular artist and a...
Alexandra Kiely 9 January 2018
Edward Hopper, New York Interior
Edward Hopper arrived for the first time to New York around the turn of the 20th century. He then studied with Robert Henri and embraced the Ashcan...
Zuzanna Stańska 7 January 2018
Artists who died in 2017
Today I decided to touch upon a sad and painful topic but I also think that the end of the year is a good occasion to pay tribute to those artists...
Magda Michalska 30 December 2017
Piero della Francesca, Nativity
Among Piero della Francesca’s surviving paintings, the last one in chronological order is the Nativity in the National Gallery in London. The...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 December 2017
Robert Rauschenberg, Automobile Tire Print
Automobile Tire Print is one of Robert Rauschenberg’s most intriguing collaborative efforts. In 1953, the artist directed composer John Cage to...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 December 2017
Have A Look At Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi just opened on November 11th, 10 years after the project was announced in 2007. The art museum, designed by French architect Jean...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 December 2017
Titian, Sacred and Profane Love
Sacred and Profane Love is mysterious an oil painting by Titian, probably painted in 1514, early in his career. The painting is presumed to have been...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 December 2017
