Andy Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen
A club The Gilded Grape, situated in the no man’s land of Eighth Avenue and West 45th Street in New York City, was a hub of drag queens and Black...
Magda Michalska 28 June 2023
A club The Gilded Grape, situated in the no man’s land of Eighth Avenue and West 45th Street in New York City, was a hub of drag queens and Black...
Magda Michalska 28 June 2023
Are There Non-Modern Transgender Depictions in Art? How do you make a picture of something you can’t see? – Archie Barry, visual artist, in his...
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 28 June 2023
This book stood on one of my shelves for far too long. The compelling ugliness of its cover attracted me each time I longingly glanced at it. Now...
Giordana Goretti 26 June 2023
What does “castrato” mean? Castrati were male singers who had been castrated before puberty to retain the so-called voce bianca, that is...
Magda Michalska 26 June 2023
Muse – Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History’s Masterpieces by Ruth Millington is a fascinating book that aims, and one could even...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 26 June 2023
Not sure what you should read next? Here is a list of the most important art-related books you should read. Written in the previous century, they...
Roma Piotrowska 26 June 2023
Just like traditionally in painting, art history has acknowledged mainly male sculptors. However, that doesn’t mean that women haven’t made...
Errika Gerakiti 26 June 2023
Ancient Roman glass objects were functional and decorative beauties. Roman glass artisans experimented with glass-making techniques and applied...
Marga Patterson 23 June 2023
Early in his career, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright – the famous pioneer of the Prairie School style at the turn of the 20th century –...
Anthony de Feo 23 June 2023
American sculptor Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997) was highly successful in her days, but today her story rarely resurfaces on the pages of art...
Magda Michalska 23 June 2023
The practice of decorating pieces of glass with the aim of adorning a room seems to originate in the ancient Roman Empire. Later stained glass...
Camilla de Laurentis 23 June 2023
Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...
Candy Bedworth 22 June 2023