Best Artsy Halloween Costumes
It is the time of the year to get spooky. Do you have your Halloween costume ready? The following examples used their creativity to recreate famous...
Jimena Escoto 14 October 2024
WTF Art History
Max Ernst and Birds: A Relationship Explained Through Paintings
Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a prolific German avant-garde artist. He was a pioneer in the early 20th-century movements of Dada and Surrealism and...
Anastasia Tsaleza 14 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: L.H.O.O.Q. by Marcel Duchamp
This masterpiece, L.H.O.O.Q. (La Joconde), is all about codes, reversals, play with conventions, and provocation. In other words, it’s an epitome...
Magda Michalska 13 October 2024
QUIZ: Famous Art Couples
Zuzanna Stańska 12 October 2024
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Salvador Dalí?
Joanna Kaszubowska 12 October 2024
Art Saved My Life! An Alternative Look at Vincent van Gogh’s Mental Health
Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh is as famous for his mysterious death as for his iconic and expressive use of line and color. Did unbridled...
Candy Bedworth 10 October 2024
4 Artists Who Suffered from Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his iconic works, and for a particular event from his personal life: the artist spent some time in a psychiatric...
Rute Ferreira 10 October 2024
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 10 October 2024
The Spectacle of Victorian Spirit Photography
Is seeing believing? In 19th-century London, this question captivated everyone who entered Frederick Hudson’s spirit photography studio—from...
Emily Snow 9 October 2024
Tableaux Vivants: A Long History of Recreating Art
A fanciful costume, a theatrical pose, the right light… and for a few seconds the viewer is immersed in a “living picture.” You have probably...
Guest Profile 9 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Birth of Venus is probably the most famous painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and it is considered a masterpiece of French Academic...
James W Singer 8 October 2024
The Greatest Male Nudes in Art History (NSFW!)
Nudity started being an important subject in art in ancient Greece. The male body was celebrated at sports competitions or religious festivals, it...
Anuradha Sroha 8 October 2024
