January Blues. Blue in Art
The January Blues, a well-known mood; festivities have come to an end and the winter is starting to feel gloomy. Therefore, to alleviate the...
Isla Phillips 8 January 2020
WTF Art History
Painting of the Week: Arthur Hughes, April Love
Today's Painting of the Week is April Love, 1855-1856, Arthur Hughes' most celebrated artwork that embodies Pre-Raphaelites' soul. Arthur Hughes,...
Arianna Richetti 5 January 2020
Artsy New Year’s Resolutions
Do you also try to change your life when the New Year approaches? Quitting smoking, finding a girlfriend/boyfriend, going on a diet, starting a...
Magda Michalska 1 January 2020
Welcoming the Twenties with Tamara de Lempicka
Today I am taking you to a New Year's Eve party. This year, like every year, we hope that the year coming will be better. But hearing that the...
Marija Canjuga 31 December 2019
Ice Skating in Painting
Yesterday I went to the ice rink and I realized again how fun it is to slide and feel light again (or very heavy when you fall). So I thought it...
Magda Michalska 30 December 2019
The Joy of Lucian Freud. The Self-portraits
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is regarded as the pre-eminent British figurative painter of the last sixty years. Francis Bacon, two decades older, and...
Guest Profile 27 December 2019
Hot Chocolate Paintings for a Cozy Evening
Although December has been extremely warm this year I still crave a good old hot chocolate and a cozy evening under the blankets. The Gift for...
Magda Michalska 26 December 2019
Ugly Cities Transformed
Seeing a place, object or person through the eyes of an artist can change our perception of the subject of the artwork. So, if art is such a powerful...
Guest Profile 13 December 2019
Titian’s Venus and Adonis (Metamorphoses III)
In a series of articles we are going to meet each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s.
Isla Phillips 11 December 2019
The Sumptuous Wallace Collection, Fragonard and The Swing
The Wallace Collection displays a collection, which came together in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, collected by the first four Marquesses...
Isla Phillips 9 December 2019
Artist and Patron – Friend or Foe?
Since ancient times, patrons have played a vital role in art history. Patronage can be found almost everywhere - in Europe, feudal Japan and...
Candy Bedworth 7 December 2019
Titian’s Danae (Metamorphoses II)
In a series of articles we are going to meet each of the seven Poesies, which Titian delivered Phillip II of Spain in the 1550s and early 1560s.
Isla Phillips 2 December 2019
