Women in Rossetti’s Life and Art: Muses and Lovers
Anyone who knows of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will remember their style by the representation of a very particular type of woman—those with...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 10 December 2025
Love Story
An Avant-Garde Love Story: Goncharova and Larionov’s Romance
At the dawn of the modern avant-garde, two uncompromising young artists, Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov, found in each other both a lifelong...
Magda Michalska 10 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) was the most prolific French painter of the 18th century. He created over 550 paintings embodying the spirit of...
James W Singer 23 November 2025
René and Georgette Magritte: A Love Story
You’ve heard of René Magritte—the Surrealist icon behind the famous pipe and bowler hat. But who was the muse who inspired much of his oeuvre?...
Natalia Iacobelli 21 November 2025
The Sad Story of Vincent van Gogh and His Lovers
Vincent van Gogh’s love life was a really sad one. The list of the artist’s lovers is full of unsuccessful advances and rejections. This is the...
Zuzanna Stańska 17 November 2025
How to Break Up (And What to Do Next): 5 Love Tips from Belmiro de Almeida
Is your relationship not going the way you’ve planned? Or are you stuck in a toxic situationship and not sure what to make out of it? Join me...
Rute Ferreira 11 November 2025
Suffered a Break-up? See This Art
Who hasn’t suffered a break-up may be the first to cast the stone at all of those who don’t sleep at night and cannot stop crying at a single...
Magda Michalska 11 November 2025
The Visual Vibrations of Sonia and Robert Delaunay
Soulmates in both life and art, Sonia and Robert Delaunay formed what is probably the most extraordinary creative partnership in art history. Cubism, colour and passion - read on!
Candy Bedworth 24 October 2025
Rebel, Rebel: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
If I asked for your top 10 political artists, does Claude Cahun spring to mind? Marcel Moore? No, I guessed as much. But these two art activists had...
Candy Bedworth 17 October 2025
Atala: The Tragedy That Transcended Pages
In the 19th century, Europeans went crazy for one story: Atala, or the Story of Two Lovers in the Desert. It is a novel by René de Chateaubriand...
Jimena Escoto, Guest Author 12 September 2025
Cupid and Psyche: Love Story Through Sculpture
Cupid and Psyche, mythological characters immortalized in Metamorphoses by Apuleius, have been inspiring artists through the centuries. Sculptors...
Valeria Kumekina 12 September 2025
Medieval Love Story: King Pedro and Inês de Castro
Every country has its legends and fairytales, and Portugal is no exception. One of the most well-known Portuguese tales is a love story about King...
Helena Pereira 12 September 2025
