Breaking the Taboo: Slavery Exhibition at Rijksmuseum
The Slavery exhibition at Rijksmuseum is an innovative project. The subject of slavery itself is a rather controversial one, as it constitutes the...
Errika Gerakiti 2 December 2021
Museum Stories
Two Billion Dollars and the Stunning Art Collection of Heidi Horten
She met her husband in a hotel bar. She was 19, he was 32 years her senior and a founder of the fourth-largest German department store business,...
Magda Michalska 30 November 2021
The Art Office: Corporate Art Collections
What is your first thought when you think about going to the bank? Or a big company office? I am sure that it is not connected to art at all. You...
Elizaveta Ermakova 30 November 2021
The Mysterious Cupid and Johannes Vermeer’s Paintings
Johannes Vermeer is both one of the most loved and most mysterious painters in European art. Moderately known during his lifetime, completely...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 November 2021
The Amazing Flesh of Chaim Soutine
The flesh in this context means animal flesh. Beef carcasses. Fowl. Fish. Photographs do not do these paintings justice. The thickness and thinness...
Howard Schwartz 28 November 2021
Karl Bodmer and His Native American Portraits
The Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City spotlighted compelling 19th century...
Alexandra Kiely 27 November 2021
Razzle Dazzle Me – 5 Jewelry Pieces from Victoria & Albert Museum Collection
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a stunning collection of jewelry. Every time I visit the museum, I make a point to also check out the...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 November 2021
Green Vault Theft: Dresden Stolen Jewels
On Tuesday, November 25 2019, burglars broke into the Green Vault museum, at the Royal Palace Dresden, Germany, and stole priceless jewels! This is...
Isla Phillips 23 November 2021
The Business of Tomorrow – A New Biography of Harry Guggenheim
Dirk Smillie’s new book, The Business of Tomorrow: The Visionary Life of Harry Guggenheim – From Aviation and Rocketry to the Creation of an...
Alexandra Kiely 15 November 2021
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One
On 11th November we celebrate Remembrance Day commemorating the end of World War One. Three years ago an art exhibition Tate Britain’s Aftermath:...
Wendy Gray 11 November 2021
Natural Shine – Nature Inspired Jewelry from Victoria and Albert 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 10 November 2021
Helen Frakenthaler at Dulwich Picture Gallery: An Interview with Curator Jane Findlay
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, is currently presenting the first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by the leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen...
Isla Phillips 28 October 2021
