Here Comes the Sun… Sunrises for Hope in Art
What elements of nature bring us hope? For me, the first thing that comes to mind is sunrises. Seeing a sunrise is a magical moment. A moment which...
Magda Michalska 27 May 2025
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Throughout history, artists have used light and shadow in their work to create the illusion of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional...
Ruxi Rusu 27 May 2025
Attention, Dangerous Art! How Art Can Hurt You
Every once in a while, an accident involving an artwork happens. Usually, it is the artwork that ends up damaged, but sometimes it is the audience...
Joanna Kaszubowska 26 May 2025
Nives Kavuric-Kurtovic: Pushing the Limits of Surrealism
Nives Kavuric-Kurtovic was the first female Croatian Surrealist painter and one of the greatest artists of Croatian contemporary art. As a painter,...
Guest Author 26 May 2025
Humayun’s Tomb: The First Mughal Architectural Masterpiece
In the heart of Delhi, surrounded by the city’s dense traffic and modern sprawl, stands Humayun’s Tomb, or Maqbara-i Humayun, a quiet...
Maya M. Tola 26 May 2025
Marion Adnams: A Teacher Who Turned Into a Surrealist
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Magda Michalska 26 May 2025
Immerse Yourself in the Magical World of Maria Anto
Maria Anto (Maria Czarnecka) was a late 20th-century Polish painter. She created a series of paintings in the magical realism genre, depicting...
Pola Otterstein 26 May 2025
Violet Oakley: The First American Woman with a Public Mural Commission
1906, Philadelphia, USA: a historic moment in art was unfolding in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building. A series of murals depicting The Founding of...
Wendy Gray 26 May 2025
Antoni Gaudí and Barcelona: The World Heritage Route
Antoni Gaudí is Catalonia’s most renowned architect and interior designer. For most of his life he was bound to the Catalan capital, Barcelona.
Kacper Grass 26 May 2025
Exploring M.C. Escher’s Sites in Baarn, Netherlands
The Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher is well known for his mathematically inspired art. For nearly 30 years, he lived in the small town of Baarn, in...
Guest Author 26 May 2025
Masterpiece Story: Marriage A-la-Mode by William Hogarth
The 18th-century British painter William Hogarth created an insightful series of paintings about the arranged marriages of his times, entitled...
Pola Otterstein 25 May 2025
Masterpiece Story: Diana and Actaeon by Jean-François de Troy
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James W Singer 25 May 2025
