Marina Abramović at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
This spring, the Stedelijk Museum, one of Amsterdam’s leading art institutions, opened the most extensive retrospective of Marina Ambarović...
Nicole Ganbold 27 May 2024
Latest
A Secret Revealed in a Dresden Vermeer
Back in 2019, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) announced an exciting new...
Alexandra Kiely 27 May 2024
10 Weird Things About Salvador Dalí You Should Know
It was very difficult to choose only 10 weird things about Salvador Dalí. He is widely known as one of the most eccentric artists in art history.
Zuzanna Stańska 24 May 2024
5 Artsy Things to do in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
You might find yourself wanting to travel to the Faroe Islands because you saw photographs of their spectacular bird cliffs and green mountainsides,...
Theresa Kohlbeck Jakobsen 23 May 2024
Vanitas and Women Artists: A Brief of Mortality
Vanitas is an art genre that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the Netherlands. The term originates from the Latin word for...
Errika Gerakiti 23 May 2024
Gego: An Architect of the Line
I encountered Gego (or rather her art) for the first time at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City last spring. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was...
Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 23 May 2024
Watch Edward Hopper in Rare Studio Footage
This rare documentary footage shows artist Edward Hopper painting in his studio on Washington Square North in New York in 1965, two years before he...
Zuzanna Stańska 23 May 2024
Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur and the Island of Gods
Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès, better known as Jean Le Mayeur was a skilled Impressionist who was active around the early 20th century.
Maya M. Tola 22 May 2024
The Eyes Have It: The Moai of Easter Island
The monolithic moai statues on Easter Island have long been shrouded in mystery. Almost a thousand years since their creation, they still fascinate...
Nadine Waldmann 22 May 2024
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Claude Monet
Born on November 14, 1840, Claude Monet stands as one of the principal trailblazers in the realm of French Impressionist art. His dedication to the...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 May 2024
Portraying the Unseen: An Introduction to Maryam Şahinyan
Maryam Şahinyan (1911-1996) was a commercial photographer of Armenian descent who worked for half a century, from 1935 to 1985. Born into a...
Iolanda Munck 20 May 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
What a horror spectacle! Some dark, irrational forces must be at play here. Henry Fuseli painted The Nightmare in 1781. It is probably his most...
Ruxi Rusu 20 May 2024
