On World Day Against Witch-Hunts, let's take a look at depictions of the witch in modern art, and pause to consider the women who still wait for justice after being falsely accused of witchcraft.
Candy Bedworth 27 May 2026
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 27 May 2026
In 1952, a pianist sat before a waiting audience and played not a single note. Six years later in Paris, visitors entered a gallery expecting art and...
Guest Author 25 May 2026
Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her...
Camilla de Laurentis 25 May 2026
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 22 May 2026
Many very strange symbols appear in Albrecht Dürer’s famous engraving Melencolia I. Among them is a magic constant 34, a well-known and enigmatic...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 May 2026
Every Old Master canvas speaks in two registers at once: one for the eye, one for those who know how to read the flowers. Artists used flower...
Errika Gerakiti 18 May 2026
Last week, I entered the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin for a press meeting with Beeple. I was too early and looked for the restroom, and suddenly...
Kate Wojtczak 18 May 2026
There is a dead man on the table. His skullcap has been removed, and someone loosens the meninges with a lancet. Not an easy sight, yet fascinating:...
Guest Author 14 May 2026
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 8 May 2026
It is fascinating how people combine two products of culture that are so different – classic art and Star Wars. Here you will find the best (in our...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 May 2026
The characteristic of arousing surprise for the observer is typical for the so-called Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities. These are real rooms of...
Caroline Galambosova 4 May 2026
