Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 16 December 2025
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Erna Rosenstein – Surrealist in the Country Where the Movement Didn’t Exist
Erna Rosenstein was born Jewish. This fact weighed on her whole life because Rosenstein’s family lived in Lviv, Ukraine, and to complicate things...
Magda Michalska 15 December 2025
Rebecca Solomon: Success and Prejudice in the Victorian World
Rebecca Solomon was a Jewish woman who overcame contemporary prejudices to become a successful artist in mid-Victorian London. In 2022, Princeton...
Catriona Miller 15 December 2025
Breast Cancer Awareness: The Best Boobs in Art History
Big ones, small ones, round ones, flat ones, pointy ones, pendulous ones, young ones or old ones, we love them all! Boobs are important and have been...
Sarah Mills 15 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Standing Bodhisattva
Standing Bodhisattva is a great example of Gandharan art and its blended multicultural origins: East meets...
James W Singer 14 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Climax by Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley’s legacy endures, etched into the contours of the Art Nouveau movement. His distinctive style, marked by grotesque imagery and...
Lisa Scalone 14 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara was donated to the Musée Guimet in Paris, France, in 1889 by French archeologist Gustave Dumoutier. It represents the...
James W Singer 14 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Buddha Dated 338
Buddha dated 338 is a masterpiece of Buddhist art and Chinese art with deep historical significance. It exemplifies the early blending of Indian...
James W Singer 14 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Bayon Temple in Cambodia
The Bayon Temple is located at the heart of Angkor Thom and served as the state temple of the Emperor Jayavarman VII. It is a mountain temple built...
Maya M. Tola 14 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Venerable Celestial Bodhiruma
Imperial Chinese art has a long history stretching through many dynasties and many centuries. Many social, political, and economic factors have...
James W Singer 14 December 2025
Edvard Munch’s Vampire: A Scary Femme Fatale or a Tender Lover?
Like The Scream or Madonna, Vampire is one of Edvard Munch’s most famous artworks. But what if we view it as something more than a folklore...
Guest Author 12 December 2025
Edvard Munch’s Life in Photos
Naturally, Edvard Munch is best known for his paintings. However, he was also one of the first of the generation of painters who dabbled in amateur...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 December 2025
