Time For… The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The Intervention of the Sabine Women is one of this painting that is widely known, considered to be a “classic” but rarely someone knows...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 November 2017
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Do You Know Your Saints? A Quiz With Saintly Attributes
How well do you know your Christian iconography? All Saints is over but it’s never too late for a little quiz! Are you able to recognize saints...
Magda Michalska 3 November 2017
Everything You Must Know About James Ensor
Halloween is coming and in our team we were thinking who should we feature tomorrow on our DailyArt app (available for free on iOS and Android).
Zuzanna Stańska 30 October 2017
Learn More About Man Ray’s Cadeau
Man Ray’s Cadeau, 1921, editioned replica 1972, known also as a ‘Gift’, is one of the famous icons of the surrealist movement. It consists...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 October 2017
Tove Jansson And Her Moomin World
I hope you know Moomins from your childhood! It was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. It was a surprise to me, when I was told that the...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 October 2017
Frida Kahlo, The Broken Column
The Broken Column was painted shortly after Frida Kahlo had undergone another surgery on her spinal column. The operation left her bedridden and...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 October 2017
William Hogarth – Marriage à-la-mode
The 18th century British painter William Hogarth created an insightful series of paintings about the arranged marriages of his times, entitled...
Pola Otterstein 17 October 2017
Painting Of The Week – Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci – was on everyone’s lips when it went on the market. Leonardo da Vinci (attributed), Salvator...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 October 2017
Liza Lou Beading the World…One Tiny Bead at a Time
When I was in high school, my art teacher told the class to visit Liza Lou’s art exhibit. I agreed and seriously it was one of the top five...
Rachel Istvan 13 October 2017
Auguste Renoir – Two Young Girls at the Piano
In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg,...
Zuzanna Stańska 8 October 2017
Death by Art: the Untimely Death of Luis Jimenez
Creating art is not usually a very dangerous endeavor, but for Luis Jimenez it unfortunately was. This is the story of a misunderstood piece of art...
Rachel Istvan 6 October 2017
El Greco to Goya – Spanish Masterpieces
The noteworthy painting Portrait of Juan Antonio Melendez Valdes – created in 1797 by Francisco de Goya – is currently on display as part of an...
Pola Otterstein 5 October 2017
