Pieter Bruegel’s Children’s Games Explained
Children’s Games is one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s most famous paintings. Just like in other works of his, it is debatable whether it was just...
Irina Diana Calu 8 June 2026
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Masterpiece Story: Aubette by Theo van Doesburg
Have you ever visited Strasbourg in Alsace, France? It’s a charming city full of picturesque narrow and tiny houses scattered along the canals.
Magda Michalska 7 June 2026
Modern Living—Sonneveld House in Rotterdam
Visit the Sonneveld House Museum with us! It is one of the best-preserved examples of the Nieuwe Bouwen style, the Dutch branch of the International...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
There are many iconic buildings, and it feels like more and more are being called that by the hour. But the list is a lot shorter if we only consider...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: House with Chimaeras in Kyiv
The House with Chimaeras is a striking Art Nouveau building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Covered in spectacular animal sculptures such as elephants,...
Nataliia Pecherska 7 June 2026
Renaissance Tapestries 101: Religious, Political, and Magical
Renaissance tapestries are the most underestimated subject in art history. As expensive and enormously large works of art, tapestries attributed to...
Anna Ingram 5 June 2026
Proto-Renaissance 101: From Guilds to Giotto
A lot of focus is put on the Renaissance when learning art history. It spans a few centuries and is known as a period of great change in European...
Rachel Witte 5 June 2026
Piero della Francesca: Artist, Mathematician, Humanist
Piero della Francesca was not only an accomplished artist of the Early Renaissance, but also one of the greatest mathematicians of his day. His works...
Natalia Iacobelli 5 June 2026
10 Things You Should Know About Titian
Titian, or Tiziano Vecellio, (1490–1576) was an Italian painter active in Venice in the 16th century. He is considered the greatest painter in the...
Anastasia Manioudaki 5 June 2026
The Paint Colors That Killed Artists—And the Women Who Wore Them
Did you know that some of the most admired painters’ pigments in art history are also among the most toxic? The pursuit of beauty has sometimes...
Celia Leiva Otto 4 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: A View of Salisbury from Harnham by John Constable
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, Salisbury Museum is exhibiting a rarely seen A View of Salisbury from Harnham, on...
Catriona Miller 4 June 2026
5 Women Artists Who Specialized in Cat Paintings—The Evolution of Cat Portraiture
It’s no mystery that artists loved cats. Throughout history, artists have made felines their studio companions and depicted them as they slept,...
Ela Bobek 4 June 2026
