Claude Cahun—A Surrealist Queer Prophet
Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...
Candy Bedworth 13 March 2026
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Kettle’s Yard: A Tour Through Cambridge’s Modern Art Gallery
Kettle’s Yard, a somewhat modest home in the middle of Cambridge, UK, harbors an impressive art collection of predominantly modern and abstract...
Ruxi Rusu 12 March 2026
The Victory over Death: Crucifixion, Epitaphios, and the Living Tradition of Byzantine Icons
As we are in the middle of the season of Great Lent, sacred imagery becomes a bridge between the material world and spiritual reflection. Even today,...
Guest Author 12 March 2026
Sylvia Sleigh—A Woman Who Slayed Male Nudes
Sylvia Sleigh was beautiful inside out—brave and independent, she pursued her figurative style which was regarded as outmoded in the years of Pop...
Magda Michalska 12 March 2026
Nakedness or Nudity? To Be a Woman Is to Perform
Throughout the centuries, women’s bodies have consistently been staged for display rather than simply allowed to exist. John Berger’s...
Guest Author 12 March 2026
Female vs. Male Gaze: Suzanne Valadon’s Reclining Nude
Female nudes are prevalent throughout art history. There are ancient mythological goddesses, the Biblical Eves and Susannas, and then there are the...
Lauren Kraut 12 March 2026
The Origin of the World and the Female Gaze
It was Shakespeare who coined the phrase, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. The premise rests on the notion that the...
Guest Author 12 March 2026
10 Paintings by Helene Schjerfbeck That You’ll Never Forget
Helene Schjerfbeck, famous in her native Finland, is not nearly as well known in the rest of the world. A genuine one-off, she studied in Paris and...
Catriona Miller 11 March 2026
Anna Boberg—Self-Taught Painter of Lofoten Landscapes
Anna Boberg was a multidisciplinary self-taught artist active in Stockholm and Paris. She is best known for her arctic landscapes from Lofoten in...
Europeana 11 March 2026
10 Nordic Women Artists You Should Know
Forget everything you know about Nordic culture just being about Vikings, IKEA, and excessive coffee consumption. The Nordic countries have produced...
Joanna Kaszubowska 11 March 2026
5 Swedish Pioneering Female Photographers You Should Know
Mainstream history often overlooks women’s contributions. That’s why the fact that in Scandinavian countries, women took up photography as a...
Europeana 11 March 2026
The Magical Menagerie of Norbertine Bresslern-Roth
Always moving, impenetrable, and ephemeral, animals are among the most difficult subjects for an artist to depict. Using a new style of printmaking...
Louisa Mahoney 10 March 2026
