Museum Stories

Review

All the Beauty in the World: An Insider’s Look Into The Metropolitan Museum

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me is a portrait, a memoir, almost a poem, written by Patrick Bringley about the ten...

Ledys Chemin 6 September 2024

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Georgia O’Keeffe in Hawaii – Voyage for Pineapples and Artistic Freedom

Georgia O’Keeffe traveled to Hawaii for three months in 1939, leaving on January and returning in April. She was not on vacation, even though she...

Howard Schwartz 3 September 2024

Sculpture

Eerie, Haunting and Below the Sea: DeCaires Taylor’s Underwater Museums

In 2006, British artist Jason deCaires Taylor installed the first undersea sculpture park in the Caribbean. Since that time he has created...

Nadine Waldmann 2 September 2024

Erotica

Sex, Love, and Death in Ancient Peru: Erotic Gallery – Museo Larco

Hidden underground for hundreds of years, depictions of sex, love, and erotica in Andean pre-Columbian art are now proudly displayed in the Erotic...

Bruno Guerra 22 August 2024

Review

Vivian Maier: The Self-Portrait and Its Double

Unknown in her lifetime, Vivian Maier is now recognized as one of the greatest American photographers, among those including Robert Frank and Diane...

Tommy Thiange 16 August 2024

North American Art

Florence Griswold: Patron Saint of American Impressionism

Florence Griswold wasn’t an artist or even an art collector, but she was a key figure in American Impressionism. The New York Times even called her...

Alexandra Kiely 14 August 2024

Design

Natural Shine – Nature Inspired Jewelry from the V&A Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a fantastic collection of jewelry. This time we will take a look at pieces inspired by natural forms.

Joanna Kaszubowska 12 August 2024

Museum Stories

Her Life and Her Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner

The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its founder before the robbery in 1990.

Jennifer S. Musawwir 12 August 2024

Museum Stories

10 Spectacular Hidden Gems at the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris is home to an incredible collection of artworks. Everyone knows it includes Mona Lisa, Nike of Samothrace,...

Camilla de Laurentis 12 August 2024

Quiz

QUIZ: Masterpieces Missing: How Much Do You Know About Stolen Art?

Nikolina Konjevod 10 August 2024

Painting

QUIZ: Where Are These Masterpieces?

Celia Leiva Otto 10 August 2024

Museum Stories

Exploring Native American Ledger Art

Have you heard of Ledger Art? Not many people have! But take a look and you will discover some of the most exciting and surprising indigenous...

Candy Bedworth 9 August 2024