Masterpiece Story: I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi’s 1947 collage I was a Rich Man’s Plaything, which can be seen in the Tate Modern in London, was one of the first works of Pop...
Chris Dobson 29 December 2023
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Two Worlds Collide: Pop Art and the Cuban Revolution
Would it surprise you to learn that pop art aesthetics became popular in socialist Cuba at the very same time it was gaining fame across the USA and...
Kacper Grass 29 December 2023
Marina Abramović: A Visual Biography
Marina Abramović: A Visual Biography (Laurence King Publishing, 2023) is an illustrated transcription of dialogues between the artist and arts and...
Kaena Daeppen 28 December 2023
Divine Inspiration: Angels in Art
Angels have been a source of artistic inspiration throughout history. Whether adorned with wings and halos or not, the varied appearances of angels...
Jenna Burns 26 December 2023
Angel with Attitude: Grumpy Angel from the Hyde Collection
Angel is a painting by Niccolò di Ser Sozzo, c. 1350, owned by The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY. This is an unusual depiction of an angel with...
Alexandra Kiely 26 December 2023
Masterpiece Story: Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels by Jean Fouquet
Gazing at this 15th-century masterpiece, you might mistake it for a contemporary creation. Vivid bursts of deep blue and red cherubs compose the...
Rachel Witte 26 December 2023
Masterpiece Story: Flight into Egypt by Adam Elsheimer
Flight into Egypt is a masterpiece found in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. Human dramas are depicted with vivid...
James W Singer 24 December 2023
Twelve Days of Christmas in Art
Twelve Days of Christmas is probably one of the best-known Christmas carols in English-speaking countries. It lists the gifts received from “my...
Joanna Kaszubowska 22 December 2023
Christmas Carol Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Have a nostalgic look at Arthur Rackham’s illustrations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in the British Library edition from 1915. Arthur...
Magda Michalska 22 December 2023
Last Chance to See! Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure in Los Angeles
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure is an immersive art experience organized in Los Angeles by the family of the artist in a space designed by the...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 22 December 2023
Watch Basquiat Painting Live Downtown
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Haitian-American artist that achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo famous for enigmatic epigrams in the...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 December 2023
Like a Flame – Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 22 December 2023
