Looking for Hot Renaissance Boys? Well, Here They Are!
Look no further! If you are in need of the sight of some muscular bodies this year, don’t bother going to the beach, but book yourself a ticket ...
Magda Michalska 20 October 2021
WTF Art History
Prost! Oktoberfest in Paintings
Oktoberfest, as the name suggests, is a traditional German beer festival held annually in October. Unfortunately this year, as well as last year, the ...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2021
A Perfect World of Perfect Women in James Tissot’s Paintings
This title might be a little controversial. In fact, critics find the term demimondaine to be more accurate when describing Tissot’s series of ...
Magda Michalska 15 October 2021
Titian Revisited: Grand Old Man of the Renaissance or Dirty Old Man?
Titian’s sensuous interpretation of Classical myths of love, temptation, and punishment came together for the first time in nearly 500 years, at ...
Guest Profile 13 October 2021
Biggest Art Heists in History
Movies on thefts and art heists are making huge box office hits for their great action and wit. However, even if real art heists have been sometimes ...
Irina Diana Calu 12 October 2021
5 Positive Effects of Art on Mental Health
It is scientifically proven that art can have positive effects on our mood and can help improve our mental health. But what is it about art that ...
Nina Relf 11 October 2021
Unhappily Ever After: Unequal Marriage by Vasili Pukirev
Vasili Pukirev’s painting Unequal Marriage has a legend about it: allegedly, after looking at it, all the elderly grooms refused to marry their ...
Elizaveta Ermakova 7 October 2021
The Best Museum Instagram Accounts
We all love to scroll through Instagram for an aesthetically pleasing distraction from the real world. Museums arguably provide some of the most ...
Nina Relf 6 October 2021
World’s Most Beautiful Libraries You Should Know
Around this time of year, most schools and universities welcome back their students as a new semester begins. As we all know, the past year has been ...
Magda Michalska , Nicole Ganbold 6 October 2021
Female vs. Male Gaze: Suzanne Valadon’s Reclining Nude
Female nudes are prevalent throughout art history. There are the ancient mythological goddesses, the Biblical Eves and Susannas, and then there are ...
Lauren Kraut 5 October 2021
Paintings within Paintings: Time to Go Meta in the Art World
A few weeks ago, the art world celebrated the complete restoration of Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. It turns out that on ...
Jimena Escoto 3 October 2021
The Ultimate Question: Why Should You Learn About Art?
Art creates emotions and, generally, you either like a certain piece of art or you don’t. But despite that, what is valid for everything else is ...
Petra Dragasevic 1 October 2021
