14 Weirdest Paintings of René Magritte
I love to watch people looking at his art for the first time. René Magritte’s art became well-known for a number of witty and...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 February 2022
WTF Art History
Hitler’s Four Least Favorite Degenerate Artists
As a person who considered himself an artist, Hitler was very sensitive to aesthetics. He hated people who did not fit into his imagined world of...
Magda Michalska 10 February 2022
Owls, Peacocks and Sparrows: Birds in Art
The idea of birds in art probably brings to mind John James Audubon, the 19th-century ornithologist who wrote and illustrated the landmark series The...
Alexandra Kiely 8 February 2022
Wind and Fun: Kites in Art
So far we’ve had balloons and celestial bodies as part of this series. Now we move to kites as our flying objects in art, but where do we...
Sarah Mills 8 February 2022
From Toys to Means of Transport: Balloons in Art
When we think of flying objects in art we might not put balloons at the top of our list, and yet they appear everywhere. As the words from Jethro...
Sarah Mills 8 February 2022
Book Review: ARTIFACTS – Fascinating Facts About Art, Artists, and the Art World
Technically, artworks should stand on their own but let’s be honest; we’re all just human. A good anecdote or a quirky detail about the...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 February 2022
You’ve Got Mail! Read the Personal Letters of Great Artists
Do you ever look at a work of art and wonder, how does the person behind it think? We always want to feel closer to the artists we admire. That is...
Elizaveta Ermakova 7 February 2022
Male Nudes to Celebrate Men’s Health
Campaigning for raising awareness about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, men’s depression, and suicide is important. Today we are showing...
Magda Michalska 4 February 2022
The Art of Being Sick
As much as we wish otherwise, the pandemic is not over yet. The Omicron variant cast a long shadow on our hopes of going back to normal. So instead...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 February 2022
Breast Cancer Awareness: The Best Boobs in Art History
Big ones, small ones, round ones, flat ones, pointy ones, pendulous ones, young ones or old ones, we love them all! Boobs are important and have been...
Sarah Mills 4 February 2022
Erotic Art in Pompeii and Herculaneum (NSFW!)
Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum is a phenomenon often omitted from textbooks about ancient history. These famous Roman cities destroyed by the...
Zuzanna Stańska 2 February 2022
Chinese New Year – The Art of Celebration
Imagine a household celebrating the Chinese New Year where children share a home and joyfully play together. They have different kinds of toys to...
Marina Kochetkova 1 February 2022
