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10 Surprising Masterpieces You Can Find in DailyArt App

Aiming to give joy, inspiration, and a small dose of art history every day, 13 years ago we launched the DailyArt app—a small mobile app which...

Zuzanna Stańska 28 November 2025

Bearded Women, Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Barbara van Beck, 17th century WTF Art History

The Art of the Bearded Woman

The history of the bearded woman in art runs from venerated saints to circus freaks. Still a hot topic today, let's take a look the best bearded ladies!

Candy Bedworth 24 November 2025

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14 Weirdest Paintings by 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 thought-provoking...

Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2025

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Marian Henel—Tapestries and Madness

Marian Henel’s tapestries are huge. The largest one measures over 6 m in length and 3 m in width (19 ft. 8 in. by 9 ft. 10 in.). Created in the...

Zuzanna Stańska 10 November 2025

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Top 10 Strange and Bizarre Paintings

For every picturesque painting, there is at least one strange and bizarre counterpart. We usually gloss over the oddities, because, well, they’re...

Abreeza Thomas 10 November 2025

Asian Art

Yūrei-zu: Japanese Horror in Art

Some Asian cultures are notorious for their rich horror culture, showcasing exceptional horror movies and artistic expressions that continually...

Errika Gerakiti 5 November 2025

Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser, ca 1485-90, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch

Death and the Miser is a masterpiece of morbid curiosity. It reflects on the tension between the pursuit of wealth and the inevitability of death,...

James W Singer 2 November 2025

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Art Only Exists Because Death Exists: Skulls in Art

Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated every year across Mexico. A far cry from the Western commercial horror-fest of Halloween, it is a glorious...

Candy Bedworth 31 October 2025

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Dark Side of Art History in 13 Creepy Paintings

Forget watching horror movies on Netflix—here we have something that will make your jaw drop! Welcome to the eerie realm of creepy paintings, where...

Zuzanna Stańska 31 October 2025

WTF Art History

The Evolution of Halloween Aesthetics

When you picture Halloween, a flood of familiar images rushes in: glowing jack-o’-lanterns, fluttering bats, skeletons, and black cats. But the...

Errika Gerakiti 31 October 2025

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Creepy Art History: 10 Bugs and Critters Hiding in Paintings

Creepy-crawlies: bugs, lizards, and insects. You either love them or hate them. But one place you may have thought they wouldn’t appear is in fine...

Kristin Urban 31 October 2025

Halloween Monsters. Monsters of Universal, detail. Bloody Disgusting. WTF Art History

Halloween Monsters: What Our Fears Reveal About Society

Halloween monsters have long served as mirrors of human fear and imagination. From vampires and witches to zombies and digital phantoms, they reveal...

Errika Gerakiti 30 October 2025