Family in Art: Missing Our Loved Ones
Today, we have photographs and video cameras to help us capture special moments or gatherings with family and friends. We are able to capture the...
Rachel Witte 25 May 2020
WTF Art History
A Capri Romance: John Singer Sargent and Rosina Fererra
Summer is on the horizon and most of us, having been cooped up at home for some months now, are dreaming of the holidays. Long walks along beaches,...
Charlotte Stace 23 May 2020
Empty Paintings of Quarantine
We’ve all heard of the personalities who made history during quarantine: William Shakespeare wrote King Lear while in quarantine, Isaac Newton...
Guest Profile 20 May 2020
Richard Saltoun Gallery: Bodily Objects – Review
Bodily Objects, curated by Philomena Epps, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London. 1.05.2020 - 30.06.2020, access online viewing room here. The business...
Guest Profile 20 May 2020
Apocalypse Now – Not at the Movies but in Art
Recently, in the majority of countries all over the world, people felt like they were “in the middle of the Apocalypse”. Why does everyone...
Camilla de Laurentis 20 May 2020
Boys with Plants in Art (Hotties Alert!)
Boys and men posing with plants and flowers is a popular theme in art. The concept was revisited on Instagram, a social media platform on the account...
Anuradha Sroha 18 May 2020
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 16 May 2020
How Art Inspired Game of Thrones Creators
It has been a while since Game of Thrones ran its course. Are you re-watching it during lockdown? Trying to escape our current bleak world, for the...
Joanna Kaszubowska 15 May 2020
Five Translation Mistakes that Changed Art History
Why did Michelangelo portray Moses with horns? Why are there monkeys in Giulio Romano's Chamber of Giants? And why does the Nativity scene represent...
Arianna Richetti 14 May 2020
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau was a French painter who painted in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), which...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 May 2020
Anita Berber: Femme Fatale of the Weimar Republic
Born on 10 June, 1899 in Dresden Germany, Anita Berber shocked and entertained the cabaret and bourgeois crowd of the Weimar Republic right up to her...
Kelly Hill 14 May 2020
Rainbows for the NHS and Damien Hirst
Since lockdown came into effect in the UK, people have been putting rainbows on display to show love for key-workers. An inherent sign of hope, these...
Isla Phillips 11 May 2020
