4 Surprising Facts About Haarlem in the Dutch Golden Age
The city of Haarlem in the Netherlands was one of the flourishing art centers in the 16th and 17th century. Today, you can walk the streets of the...
Rachel Witte 9 September 2024
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Journey to the East – Buddhist Art Across Cultures
From its beginnings in India, Buddhist art has traveled across cultures. Buddhism developed its character thanks to many pilgrims who made their...
Marina Kochetkova 9 September 2024
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Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) was one of the most influential artists of French Romanticism. In Monomaniac of Envy, the artist tries to paint the...
James W Singer 8 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes
Despite its lack of vitality and vibrancy, Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes is an interesting painting. What it may lack in sparkle it gains in...
James W Singer 8 September 2024
All the Beauty in the World: An Insider’s Look Into The Metropolitan Museum
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Ledys Chemin 6 September 2024
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: A Queer Sense of Place
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Jenna Burns 6 September 2024
Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art – Book Review
The book Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art comprises an innovative collection of essays by four different authors. Each...
Kaena Daeppen 6 September 2024
Japonisme: Western Fever for Japanese Art and Culture
During the mid-19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 5 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer
Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer is one of the most famous British paintings of the 19th century. It is a Victorian melodrama at its most...
James W Singer 4 September 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Pineapple Picture
Known as the “pineapple picture,” this enigmatic 17th-century painting captures the royal reception of King Charles II. The British royal...
Maya M. Tola 3 September 2024
Hermenegildo Bustos: Self-Taught Painter of the People
Hermenegildo Bustos was one of Mexico’s most renowned painters of the 19th century. Despite the lack of Academic training, his portraits stood out...
Jimena Escoto 2 September 2024
Eerie, Haunting and Below the Sea: DeCaires Taylor’s Underwater Museums
In 2006, British artist Jason deCaires Taylor installed the first undersea sculpture park in the Caribbean. Since that time he has created...
Nadine Waldmann 2 September 2024
