Painting of the Week: Miguel Covarrubias, The Mexican Street Scene
An ordinary, rather empty street in the Mexican countryside. Two people. In the center, a woman with closed eyes, covered by a blue shawl. Pensive.
Alicja Gluszek 14 July 2019
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A Special Appearance of Leonardo’s Saint Jerome
A very special painting has just arrived in New York! To honor the five hundredth anniversary of the artist's death, Leonardo da Vinci's Saint Jerome...
Alexandra Kiely 13 July 2019
Jeanne Hébuterne. Not Only a Muse but an Artist in Her Own Right
This post is not going to be about the tragic love story between Jeanne and Amedeo Modigliani (who wants to read about it, click here). This post is...
Magda Michalska 12 July 2019
Take a Trip with Rosemary Ellis
As we head into summer holiday season, let’s take a look back at the gorgeous travel posters designed by British artist Rosemary Ellis. One of the...
Candy Bedworth 11 July 2019
Aubette 1928: a Neoplasticist Gesamtkunstwerk in Strasbourg
Last week I had a chance to visit Strasbourg in Alsace, France. It's a charming city full of picturesque narrow and tiny houses scattered along the...
Magda Michalska 10 July 2019
The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar (1907 - 1997) reminds most people of Picasso. But as well as being his muse and lover, she was also an ambitious and progressive...
Michel Rutten 9 July 2019
Painting of the Week: José María Velasco Gómez, The Metlac Ravine
José María Velasco Gómez, The Metlac Ravine, 1893, oil on canvas, 104 cm x 160.5 cm, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico, source: Wikimedia...
Alicja Gluszek 7 July 2019
Artemisia Gentileschi: A Changing Landscape for the Discourse of Art History
Much 16th and 17th century art focuses on mythological tropes and origin stories which are deeply embedded in misogyny and sexual violence. Gendered...
Guest Profile 6 July 2019
Crossing the Sword Bridge. Sir Lancelot of the Lake in Medieval Art
The 12th century saw the rise of secular literature centred on heroes. Courtly poetry and prose took up themes of love and chivalry. These stories...
Guest Profile 5 July 2019
Wishes & Streams: Trevi Fountain in Rome
With another heat wave hitting Europe this summer, I was reminded of my visit to Rome during the last heat wave with crowds clamoring around...
Nadine Waldmann 4 July 2019
Art Afterpieces. How Internet Didn’t Come up with Anything New
Playing with the greatest masterpieces by adding to them contemporary elements, like inserting a smartphone into a hand of a Pre-Raphaelite lady,...
Magda Michalska 3 July 2019
It’s too Hot to Move – Paintings for the Heatwave
As the heatwave rolls across Europe, it is certainly becoming too hot to move. And when we’re not moving, nothing is more pleasant than to lie...
Joanna Kaszubowska 2 July 2019
