The Dreamlike, Queer, and Femme Paintings of Marie Laurencin
Most art fans know the names of the male avant-garde artists in the early 1900s, but fewer people know of the women who mastered the craft. Marie...
Guest Author 13 March 2026
Artist Stories
Claude Cahun—A Surrealist Queer Prophet
Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...
Candy Bedworth 13 March 2026
10 Paintings by Helene Schjerfbeck That You’ll Never Forget
Helene Schjerfbeck, famous in her native Finland, is not nearly as well known in the rest of the world. A genuine one-off, she studied in Paris and...
Catriona Miller 11 March 2026
The Illustrated World of Maira Kalman
If you are a frequent visitor to museum stores and bookshops, or a regular reader of The New Yorker, you have probably encountered the work of Maira...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 9 March 2026
10 Things You Must Know About Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka was many things: a successful artist, a society darling, and an expat. She knew how to create interest in herself and capitalize...
Joanna Kaszubowska 9 March 2026
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait with Madrigal by Marietta Robusti
The Venetian Renaissance painter Marietta Robusti has recently caused a stir in the art history world. Although only a few works are attributed to...
Anna Ingram 5 March 2026
Rediscovering Catharina van Hemessen: The Story of a Renaissance Artist in 6 Paintings
Do you know which artist created the very first self-portrait depicting themselves at work? Let me introduce you to Catharina van Hemessen. She was...
Anna Ingram 5 March 2026
Everything You Need to Know About Plautilla Nelli
Sister Plautilla was a Florentine nun and artist who lived in the 16th-century Italy. After centuries of neglect, her work is finally being...
Vithória Konzen Dill 5 March 2026
Somewhere at Sea—Ivan Aivazovsky and His Marine Art
Many artists painted the sea, but only Ivan Aivazovsky was completely devoted to it. Over his long life (1817–1900), he dedicated thousands of...
Elizaveta Ermakova 3 March 2026
Disobedient — A Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi
Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi
Candy Bedworth 2 March 2026
Louis Wain and His Weird Cats
The British artist Louis Wain was a highly successful illustrator, mainly known for his humorous graphics of cats. His quirky feline pictures were...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 26 February 2026
Djibril Diop Mambéty—The Poet of African Cinema
“It is good for the future of cinema that Africa exists.” Born on January 23, 1945, in Colobane, a small town south-west of Dakar, Djibril Diop...
Montaine Dumont 25 February 2026
