Masterpiece Story: The Football Players by Henri Rousseau
Welcome to the bizarre world of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), the quintessential naïve artist, and meet his masterpiece depicting oneiric, striped...
Anastasia Manioudaki 14 September 2026
Sport
The Bugatti Brothers: One Built Cars, the Other Sculpted Animals
Nowadays Bugatti is a legendary company in the field of automobile technology. However, few people know the history of the man behind the trademark,...
Camilla de Laurentis 26 August 2026
The Violent Beauty of George Bellows’ Boxing Paintings
George Bellows’ boxing paintings capture the dynamic action of a vicious sport, its blood-thirsty fans, and the grace and beauty of its athletes. A...
Theodore Carter 13 August 2026
Timeless Beauty: Ancient Greek Athletes in Art
The idea of timeless beauty is fascinating. Also, it’s a great concern for lovers of art history. Conceptions of beauty in Western art history...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 13 August 2026
10 Sailing Paintings to Bring You the Summer Breeze
I’ve sailed only once or twice in my whole life but I can still remember the empowering feeling of liberation that I felt when on the water.
Magda Michalska 6 August 2026
Not Only Queen’s Gambit—Chess in Art
The Queen’s Gambit series, produced by Netflix, has taken the world by storm and inspired many people to take up chess. A fantastic novel of the...
Joanna Kaszubowska 16 July 2026
After 30 Years We Still Don’t Know Where the $500 Million Artworks Are Hidden
Two men, police uniforms and some duct tape; this is how Rick Abath and Randy Hestand, security men at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,...
Ruxi Rusu 15 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: Wrestlers by Thomas Eakins
Thomas Eakins was one of the greatest Realist painters of 19th-century America. Wrestlers explores the interesting dynamic between sports and...
James W Singer 14 June 2026
Football in Art and Art in Football
The spheres of art history and football may not seem inherently connected. Yet, football holds a cherished place within culture, serving as both a...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 17 February 2026
Swing, Succeed, Repeat—Golf in Paintings
Did you know golf was born in Scotland? Well, not exactly, but Scotland, especially the town of St. Andrews, is known worldwide as the “home of...
Magda Michalska 17 February 2026
Art History Reveals: Women in Sport
In the annals of history, sport has predominantly been perceived as a male endeavor, a bias that art’s historical narrative often mirrors. Yet,...
Nina Relf 17 February 2026
Ice Skaters in Painting
Some time ago I went to the ice rink and I realized again how fun it is to glide and feel light (or very heavy when you fall). So I thought it would...
Magda Michalska 15 January 2026
