The Art of Metamorphosis
“she broke the rules of time, fragmenting and aligning it, to sew the fundamental phases of her subjects’ transformation: she brought...
Artur Deus Dionisio 29 December 2018
Art State of Mind
Most Beautiful Adorations of the Shepherds for Christmas
Past Christmases we showed you Nativity scenes, wintery landscapes, or even Andy Warhol’s Christmas trees. This year I want to show you...
Magda Michalska 25 December 2018
5 Masterpieces with Multiple Versions
Authenticity and originality are invaluable aspects of any work of art. But across pages of art history, we can find artworks and masterpieces with...
Maria Frazzoni 4 December 2018
GIF IT UP 2018 – create animated GIFs from public domain artworks
GIF IT UP is an annual gif-making competition for the most creative reuse of digitised cultural heritage material. This year’s 5th edition is run...
Europeana 1 October 2018
The iPad-designed David Hockney’s Queen’s Window Presented At Westminster Abbey
David Hockney is an artist who lately, while creating his works often reaches for… his iPad. A coloured window designed on a tablet has been...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 September 2018
Imagined Paradise Lost: Raqib Shaw’s Reinterpretations of Old Masters
Raqib Shaw was born in Calcutta in 1974 to a family of luxury goods merchants who sold rugs, shawls, jewels and antiques, hence already from a young...
Magda Michalska 22 September 2018
The Colorful Vision Of Bodys Isek Kingelez
The color was overwhelming. I was on the third floor of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, visiting an exhibit called ‘Bodys Isek Kingelez:...
Howard Schwartz 5 September 2018
Arman And Six Works You Need to Know
In a world where everything seems even more disposable as the days go by, it is interesting to look to what was consumed and thrown away in the 20th...
Helena Pereira 30 August 2018
Paintings, Celebrities, And Pancakes, Pancakes, Pancakes
Happy Pancake Day, that is Shrove Tuesday, the last day of carnival season. For Christians, Lent starts tomorrow and this is the last chance to eat ...
Magda Michalska 13 February 2018
Grow Your Artsy Mustache For Movember!
Movember November is a month of raising awareness about men’s health, in particular about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s...
Magda Michalska 6 November 2017
Most Famous Babel Towers In Art
The Tower of Babel is a Near Eastern myth that is recorded in the Genesis in Old Testament and it is meant to explain the origin of different...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 February 2017
Need A Hug? Paintings Which Embrace
Are you having a pretty bad week? Recently I have been really stressed and desperately needed a hug. If you need one too, I’m sending you some...
Magda Michalska 2 February 2017
