Modernizing the Sacrum? The Church of the Three Crosses by Alvar Aalto
When we hear the word “church” the image it evokes is typically either a striking, tall gothic structure or an opulent baroque façade and...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 March 2024
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Exhibition Review: Sargent and Fashion at Tate Britain
Split into nine sections, Tate Britain’s exhibition Sargent and Fashion (22 February – 7 July 2024) takes the audience on an exquisite...
Martha Teverson 7 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Boating by Édouard Manet
Known as the father of modernism in art, Édouard Manet was a key figure in the shift from Realism to Impressionism. Finding the guidelines of the...
Natalia Iacobelli 7 March 2024
Discover Michelangelo’s Secret Room
Visitors of the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy have a unique chance to visit a secret room under the Medici Chapel until March 30, 2024,...
Natalia Iacobelli 6 March 2024
Anni Albers: The Artist Who Transformed Textiles
Anni Albers once referred to textile-making as “rather sissy”. Fortunately she later had a change of heart. From the Bauhaus in Germany...
Emily Snow 5 March 2024
Tiepolo: The Last Venetian Master
Mainland Italy is a perfect country for fresco production since it is dominated by a dry climate that preserves frescoes very well. Even though...
Magda Michalska 5 March 2024
Everything You Need to Know About Giorgione
Giorgione was an Italian painter from Venice whose career was cut off by his death at a little over 30. And that is a problem – everyone knows his...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 March 2024
Rosalba Carriera: The Accomplished Pastellist
Do you know the great Rococo portraitist Rosalba Carriera? She was one of the most famous painters of the early 18th century. Carriera became known...
Maia Heguiaphal 5 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Charles Demuth and the Figure 5
This one-sentence poem by the American poet William Carlos Williams was the inspiration for an incredible abstract work by American artist, Charles...
Wendy Gray 4 March 2024
George Rodrigue and His Blue Dogs
Hailing from New Iberia, Louisiana, George Rodrigue gained international acclaim for painting blue dogs—his favorite subject, as well as something...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon is one of the most important works in the artist’s oeuvre. Painted in Brittany, its rich symbolism...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Saint George and the Dragon
There is a skirmish between the hero and the villain. Fabrics whip about, horse hoofs trample, and a dying scream erupts as Saint George slaughters...
James W Singer 4 March 2024
