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Muisca Raft, ca 600-1600, gold, Museo del Oro, Bogotá, Colombia. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Muisca Raft

The Muisca Raft is a masterpiece of Pre-Columbian art. It was created by the Muisca people who lived in a region of today’s Colombia. Muisca...

James W Singer 29 June 2025

Chambri People, Ancestor Mask, early 20th century, wood and natural pigments, Ceremonial House, Chambri Lake Village, Papua New Guinea, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Chambri People’s Ancestor Mask

Ancestor Mask is a masterpiece of Papua New Guinean art. It symbolizes a vanishing tribal lifestyle rarely seen outside of...

James W Singer 29 June 2025

Asmat People, Bisj Pole, late 20th century, mangrove wood, plant fibers, and pigments, Jow Village, Asmat Regency, Western New Guinea, Indonesia, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Bisj Pole by the Asmat People

Bisj Pole is a masterpiece of indigenous art from the Asmat people of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. The work is housed at the Musée du Quai...

James W Singer 29 June 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: Do You Know These Renaissance Facts?

Rachel Witte 28 June 2025

Quiz

QUIZ: When Was This Made? Guess the Century

Ania Kaczynska 28 June 2025

Latin America

Visit One of the Largest Murals on Earth in Mexico City

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is situated in Ciudad Universitaria, a beautiful complex of modernist buildings planned by a...

Alicja Gluszek 27 June 2025

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The Story of Collingwood Mural by Keith Haring

In 1984, American artist Keith Haring visited Australia and created a mural in Collingwood, Melbourne. This is the story of the mural, at what was...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 June 2025

Art Forms

Lace on the Wall—NeSpoon’s Street Art

NeSpoon is a street artist who combines ceramics, lace, and graffiti in her work. She travels the world and decorates old buildings or run-down...

Magda Michalska 27 June 2025

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Masterpiece Story: The Progress of a Soul by Phoebe Anna Traquair

Luminous and larger than life, The Progress of a Soul by Phoebe Anna Traquair elevated embroidery into the modern era. It also helped put the...

Emily Snow, 26 June 2025

These five Baroque female painters impacted art; Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Giovanna Garzoni, Lavinia Fontana, and Mary Beale. While each artist was a master of a different technique, they all had one thing in common; they were female painters. Giovanna Garzoni, Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup Baroque

5 Greatest Baroque Female Painters

These five Baroque female painters greatly impacted art: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Giovanna Garzoni, Lavinia Fontana, and Mary Beale.

Anna Ingram 26 June 2025

Baroque

Peter Paul Rubens in 10 Paintings

A Baroque master and portraitist of the royals, Peter Paul Rubens is probably best known for his often drama-filled religious and mythological...

Anna Ingram 26 June 2025

Bizarre

Chilling Beauty: Exploring Europe’s Bone Churches

From the ancient period through the 18th century, European Catholics and Orthodox Christians displayed and maintained bones of the deceased to honor...

Julia Bourbois 26 June 2025