Bed Stories. The Comfiest Genre Scenes in Paintings
When you think about it, most of the events throughout our lives take place in bed. From birth to death, beds are imbued with the ultimate expression...
Maia Heguiaphal 13 March 2020
Art State of Mind
The Many Rebirths of Venus
Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus is iconic in western art. Alongside the Mona Lisa, it is probably a contender for "most famous painting."...
Isla Phillips 20 February 2020
Fabulous Railway Station Paintings from the Golden Age of Train Travel
Once upon a time, train travel was the height of fashion. That's why the second half of the 19th century and first few decades of the 20th century...
Alexandra Kiely 31 January 2020
How Artworks Can Suffer. The Forbidden City Case and More
Recently, on Monday, January 20th, two Chinese women drove their Mercedes SUV into the Forbidden City in Beijing. That event created quite a...
Michel Rutten 30 January 2020
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 25 January 2020
10 Things You Need To Know About Jan Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was born in 1390 and died in 1441. He was one of the innovators of what became known as Early...
Zuzanna Stańska 18 January 2020
Book Review: Sofonisba, Portraits of the Soul
Sofonisba, Portraits of the soul is a book by Chiara Montani about the life and work of the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. Sofonisba was an...
Errika Gerakiti 15 January 2020
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
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
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
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
