How a Chinese Carpenter Became a $141 Million Art Star
Qi Baishi is probably not someone you expect to become one of the highest-valued artists in the world, right next to Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso,...
Barry Russell 26 August 2026
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The Tragic Tale of the Gierymski Brothers
It is rare to see two siblings as talented and successful as the Gierymski brothers, let alone on the same artistic level. Their story deserves a...
Pola Otterstein 26 August 2026
The Bugatti Brothers: One Built Cars, the Other Sculpted Animals
Nowadays Bugatti is a legendary company in the field of automobile technology. However, few people know the history of the man behind the trademark,...
Camilla de Laurentis 26 August 2026
Anna Horska: The Ukrainian Artist Who Defied the Soviet Union—and Paid the Price
Ukrainian artist Alla Horska created dozens of amazing mosaics and paintings while actively fighting against the Soviet authorities’ persecution of...
Nataliia Pecherska 26 August 2026
Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Resistance, Dies at 79
Sliman Mansour, one of the leading figures in Palestinian art, died yesterday at the age of 79. Mansour’s practice was profoundly intertwined...
Martha Teverson 25 August 2026
Mary Blair: The Artist Who Gave Disney Its Modern Magic
Inside the 2022 Wallace Collection’s magical exhibition, Inspiring Walt Disney, was an entire wall of intricate, hand-drawn illustrations from the...
Guest Author 25 August 2026
Kandinsky’s Magic World of Fairy Tales
Wassily Kandinsky, a renowned abstract artist, is chiefly associated with Der Blaue Reiter, an international group of avant-garde artists based in...
Magda Michalska 25 August 2026
How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Was Inspired by the Late Medieval Tapestry
In Charles Perrault’s 17th-century literary world, knights, dragons, and spellbound princesses persisted centuries after the topic diminished. As...
Anna Ingram 25 August 2026
Happily Ever After? 5 Fairytales in Art
Though often told for children, fairytales captivated adults as well. When artists began reinterpreting these stories, they transformed them,...
Errika Gerakiti 25 August 2026
The Snow Queen—Book Illustrations
The Snow Queen is one of the most beautiful winter tales. It was originally published on December 21st, 1844. The fairytale has been continuously...
Errika Gerakiti 25 August 2026
This Viral Game Turns the Met’s Collection into a Daily Quiz
How well do you know art from around the world? Anthropeum turns exploring the Met’s digital collection into a daily guessing game, where players...
Bec Brownstone 24 August 2026
Shakespeare’s Plays in Art
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” And indeed wicked it is! From Macbeth to Romeo and Juliet, William...
Ruxi Rusu 24 August 2026
