All That Glitters: The Sparkling World of Medieval Mosaics
Welcome to the sparkling world of medieval mosaics! Although not as famous as illuminated manuscripts or stained glass, the mosaic was a popular art...
Alexandra Kiely 2 August 2023
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Masterpiece Story: Two Sisters (On the Terrace) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This beautiful painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known under two titles. The first one – Two Sisters (in French: Les Deux Sœurs) was given to...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 August 2023
Sisterhood in Art: Portraying Sisters
It’s not surprising that many artists with sisters painted their portraits, especially early in their careers. They were probably easily available...
Europeana 1 August 2023
Masterpiece Story: Rain, Steam and Speed by JMW Turner
JMW Turner‘s Rain, Steam, and Speed is a masterpiece of Victorian Romanticism infused with hopes, fears, and reminisces. It catapults the...
James W Singer 31 July 2023
All the Art in Harry Potter Films
The Harry Potter franchise is known for its magical narrative and captivating characters… but its films also have subtle nods to art...
Anna Ingram 31 July 2023
Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain and Why It Matters
Few artists have been as versatile and as bold as Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). He was a painter, a sculptor, and a photographer; he was a seminal...
Guest Profile 31 July 2023
Masterpiece Story: Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow by Piet Mondrian
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a golden example of Abstraction, De Stijl, and Constructivism. It purges the art of individual subjects by...
James W Singer 30 July 2023
Helene Kröller-Müller: Life Between Love and Art
The Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands holds the second-largest Van Gogh collection in the world. Furthermore, there are masterpieces by...
Marija Canjuga 29 July 2023
Louisine Havemeyer and Her Modern Art Collection
A great pioneering art collector, Louisine Havemeyer (1855–1929), was the first American to patronize the French Impressionists. Together with her...
Alexandra Kiely 29 July 2023
The Dazzling Davies Sisters and Their Impressionist Art Collection
The Davies sisters grew up in a remote corner of Victorian Wales. They were religious, teetotal and never married. But these demure young women, with...
Candy Bedworth 29 July 2023
Berthe Weill: The Unknown Gallerist of the Avant-Garde
Do you know the name of the first female modern art gallery owner? Berthe Weill was born in 1865 and died in 1951 in Paris but nowadays she seems to...
Maia Heguiaphal 29 July 2023
Her Life and Her Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner
The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its founder before the robbery in 1990.
Jennifer S. Musawwir 29 July 2023
