The Mysterious Cupid and Johannes Vermeer’s Paintings
Johannes Vermeer is both one of the most loved and most mysterious painters in European art. Moderately known during his lifetime, completely...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 November 2021
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Feminae Gravidae: Pregnancy in Art
While the imagery of women and children is greatly depicted throughout the history of art, pregnancy is much more of a rare sight. Some blame the...
Caroline Galambosova 29 November 2021
Hieronymus Bosch’s Creepy Owls
Hieronymus Bosch was an Early Netherlandish painter. He must have lived in two worlds simultaneously – the real one and a world of his...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 November 2021
The Amazing Flesh of Chaim Soutine
The flesh in this context means animal flesh. Beef carcasses. Fowl. Fish. Photographs do not do these paintings justice. The thickness and thinness...
Howard Schwartz 28 November 2021
Soviet Space Art. Posters of Propaganda and Progress
Here is a small selection of our favorite Soviet space posters together with some tidbits about the beginnings of the Russian space...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 26 November 2021
Erwin Wurm: How to See Things in a Different Way
Erwin Wurm is an artist who creates humorous art which is actually either a parody of everyday situations and known objects, or a criticism of our...
Petra Dragasevic 25 November 2021
Athens Biennale 2021: ECLIPSE Highlights
For the last decade, Athens has been participating in the international art scene by organizing unique exhibitions and events with world-known...
Errika Gerakiti 25 November 2021
The Women Who Changed Art Forever: A Novel Graphic about Feminist Art
The Women Who Changed Art Forever is a graphic novel written by Valentina Grande with the illustrations of Eva Rossetti. It’s a visual journey...
Arianna Richetti 25 November 2021
Masterpiece Story: George Henry Boughton, Pilgrims Going to Church
This week’s masterpiece is Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1833-1905). Even though Boughton grew up in America, he was born...
Alexandra Kiely 25 November 2021
Inflating Art: Special Balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade holds as much tradition in America as football, turkey and stuffing itself. Over the past 9 decades, it has...
Rachel Witte 25 November 2021
Masterpiece Story: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Divan Japonais
Divan Japonais is a lithograph poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec which was an ad for a café-chantant of this exact name. The poster is like a...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 November 2021
Masterpiece Story: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret
In the 1890s Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was one of a group of young avant-garde artists whose color lithography was a vehicle for innovative...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 November 2021
