Art and Cinema: The Encounter in the Work of Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was an important figure in the New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague) film movement. She is known for making her own cinema. Her sensitivity...
Dévra Taboada 12 March 2024
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The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women’s Self Portraits
This is a review of the book The Mirror and the Palette. Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits by...
Candy Bedworth 11 March 2024
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Travels Across Europe
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a French portrait painter working in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While her subject matter and color palette...
Natalia Iacobelli 11 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Woman on the Balcony by Carl Gustav Carus
Woman on the Balcony is an intimate portrait of a person lost in thought. There is no action and no obvious story to interpret. However, its quiet...
James W Singer 11 March 2024
Top 5 Artsy Travel Destinations in 2024 Through Paintings
We suggest you a selection of the best tourist destinations and festivals by the hand of great artists!
Andra Patricia Ritisan 11 March 2024
The Boxer at Rest – Defeated Hellenistic Athlete
Coming face-to-face with a piece of art you’ve loved for years is a thrilling, exciting and oftentimes overwhelming experience. Such was the case...
Nadine Waldmann 11 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Forest Lane near Schärfling by Emil Jakob Schindler
Forest Lane near Schärfling by Emil Jakob Schindler is a masterpiece of Austrian Impressionism. It is an enchanting place where the natural...
James W Singer 11 March 2024
Five Key Women in Contemporary Interior Design
Introducing the pioneers of contemporary interior design: these five remarkable women have revolutionized our perception of living, working, and...
Joanna Kaszubowska 11 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Simplon Pass: The Lesson by John Singer Sargent
Many people know John Singer Sargent for his beautiful oil paintings of turn-of-the-century high society. However, he also made many lovely...
Alexandra Kiely 10 March 2024
Cecilia Vicuña: Melding Art, Activism, and Indigenous Wisdom
Cecilia Vicuña was the artist to occupy the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern from October 2022 to April 2023. The vast space has previously housed...
Natalia Tiberio 10 March 2024
Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola by Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp (then Spanish Netherlands, now Belgium) in 1599 and passed away in London in 1641. From 1621...
Soledad Castillo Jara 10 March 2024
Dante and Virgil in Bouguereau’s Hell
Established by the Academy, the hierarchy of genres and subjects was essential for almost every graduate of École des Beaux-Arts. Throughout the...
Christopher Michaut 9 March 2024
