Joana Vasconcelos: Reshaping Femininity
Upending convention and pushing boundaries, Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos grapples with themes of gender stereotypes and societal values...
Natalia Iacobelli 25 March 2024
Women Artists
The Artistic Power of Textiles Exhibited at the Barbican in London
The exhibition Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican Art Gallery in London explores textiles as particularly expressive,...
Guest Author 25 March 2024
Julia Margaret Cameron – The Queen of Pre-Raphaelite Photography
The English Victorian artist Julia Margaret Cameron (who was actually born in India and raised in France) was an irreplaceable representative of...
Rute Ferreira 22 March 2024
5 Swedish Pioneering Female Photographers You Should Know
Mainstream history often overlooks women’s contributions. That’s why the fact that in Scandinavian countries, women took up photography as a...
Europeana 22 March 2024
The Queen of Neoclassical Photography: Nelly
For many, photography is merely a sophisticated way of immortalizing the current and carrying that frozen moment – which is impossible to recreate...
Erol Degirmenci 22 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Três Orixás by Djanira da Motta e Silva
Djanira da Motta e Silva pictured a very unusual Holy Trinity made of three deities from the Afro-Brazilian Pantheon. They are accompanied by...
Alicja Gluszek 17 March 2024
Gesina ter Borch’s Sole Signed Painting Emerges at an Art Fair
Recently Rijksmuseum announced an acquisition of a highly sought-after newly emerged work by a Dutch Golden Age artist, Gesina ter Borch. This...
Nicole Ganbold 15 March 2024
Alice Neel: Collector of Souls
In 1950s America Alice Neel painted portraits of one of her neighbours, Georgie Arce, from childhood to adolescence.
Candy Bedworth 14 March 2024
Fashion as Manifesto: Uniforms Designed for Imaginary Space Station
Using art to manifest one’s feelings and ideas has always been common among artists and designers. Fashion designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu (commonly...
Merve Parla 14 March 2024
Art and Cinema: The Encounter in the Work of Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was an important figure in the New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague) film movement. She is known for making her own cinema. Her sensitivity...
Dévra Taboada 12 March 2024
Alla Horska: Die Hard
Ukrainian artist Alla Horska created dozens of amazing mosaics and paintings while actively fighting against the crimes of the Soviet authorities...
Nataliia Pecherska 24 February 2024
Charlotte Salomon: Theater of Life and Death
This is not a story with a happy ending. Or a happy beginning for that matter. It’s a story of suicides, sexual abuse, a mystery to solve and art...
Magda Michalska 27 January 2024
