Ada Rybachuk—Ukrainian Painter of the Arctic Circle
Ada Rybachuk showcased the Arctic Circle to the rest of the world through her art. Rybachuk was a Ukrainian artist who spent years in the Arctic,...
Louisa Mahoney, 25 March 2025
Women Artists
Slava Raškaj: The Story of a Deaf Impressionist
In the final years of the 19th century, the art scene in Zagreb, Croatia, was pretty vibrant. The various ideas that circulated among artists...
Lana Pajdas 25 March 2025
Magdalena Rădulescu—The Essentially Romanian Painter
Magdalena Rădulescu (1902–1983) is a singular phenomenon among the Romanian and European painters. Her work (she had an artistic career spanning...
Guest Profile 25 March 2025
Olga Boznańska: The Uneasy Story of a Polish Painter
Olga Boznańska was one of the most famous Polish female painters. Her multiple portraits of fragile women and children are permeated with notes of...
Magda Michalska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 25 March 2025
12 Balkan Female Artists You Didn’t Know About and You Should
There are never enough stories about talented women. So, inspired by a women’s art exhibition in the Art Pavilion in Zagreb, I picked a few...
Marija Canjuga 25 March 2025
Alma López: Crossing the Borders of Identity, Sexuality, and Religion
Alma López (born 1966) is a queer Chicana artist, social activist, and lecturer for Chicana/o Studies at the University of California. Her main...
Iolanda Munck 24 March 2025
Elinborg Lützen: Dark and Magical Prints from the Faroe Islands
Explore the remarkable works of Elinborg Lützen, a pioneering graphic artist and one of the first of her kind on the Faroe Islands. Despite her late...
Theresa Kohlbeck Jakobsen 24 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Alma Thomas
The style of Alma Thomas has been compared to Byzantine mosaics and the Pointillism of Georges Seurat. However, it firmly belongs to the Washington...
James W Singer 23 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Salut Tom by Joan Mitchell
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Joan Mitchell’s birth, the perfect occasion to reflect on her extraordinary contributions to Abstract...
Carlotta Mazzoli 23 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Sonho Tropical by Beatriz Milhazes
Sonho Tropical is a visual feast of abstract art infused with the passion for a Brazilian landscape. Beatriz Milhazes fuses European modernity with...
James W Singer 23 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Ten Largest by Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish abstract artist who was way ahead of her time. She might just be the first abstract painter in Western modern art...
Jinnie Stork 23 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV by Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the greatest female artists of the early 20th century. She could also be considered the mother of American Modernism.
James W Singer 23 March 2025
