10 Best Christmas Gifts from Museums
Halloween has passed and the Christmas season has officially started. With it the longer nights, warm glow of lights and candles, and the headache of...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 November 2019
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Fighting for Visibility in Berlin: In Conversation with the Curator
I have managed to ask a couple of questions of Dr. Yvette Deseyve, the curator of the exhibition Fighting for Visibility. Women Artists in the...
Magda Michalska 22 November 2019
Sacred and Beauty in Russian Art at Gallerie d’Italia in Vicenza
The spirituality of the ancient iconographic models and the symbology of Russian art reach the city of Palladio, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,...
Maria Frazzoni 21 November 2019
Vincent van Gogh Revisited: Art of Hope Gangloff
The American artist Hope Gangloff (born in 1974) made several landscape paintings this year, some of which are reminiscent of Vincent van...
Michel Rutten 20 November 2019
#MeToo Arrived in Museums: Fighting for Visibility in Berlin
Since the 1970s and the emergence of feminist art, we have been witnessing the development of feminist art scholarship. Authors like Linda Nochlin or...
Magda Michalska 18 November 2019
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine at the Annenberg Space for Photography
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” Robert Frost begins. His poem Mending Walls is emblazoned next to the entrance, setting the...
Guest Profile 13 November 2019
Iconography of Ganesh
Ganesh is the patron God of writers and intellectuals, and arguably the most well-known of the Hindu Gods. He is worshipped across all sects of...
Maya M. Tola 12 November 2019
Book Review: Sister Wendy’s 100 Best-loved Paintings
Late last year, the art world mourned the death of Sister Wendy Beckett (1930-2018), the quirky British nun who became a world-wide sensation as a...
Alexandra Kiely 9 November 2019
Guggenheim: The Thannhauser Collection from van Gogh to Picasso at Palazzo Reale
From October 17th to March 1st 2020 Milan will be the meeting point for some of the most important artworks of the Impressionist movement. Palazzo...
Maria Frazzoni 8 November 2019
Conversations with Naomi Frears
Naomi Frears is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, UK. I was lucky enough to touch base with this incredible...
Candy Bedworth 6 November 2019
Rembrandt’s Light—Dulwich Picture Gallery
Rembrandt’s Light exhibition at The Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death. The focus of this...
Joanna Kaszubowska 5 November 2019
The Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan
The iconic Peacock Throne or the Takht-i-taus was the greatest accumulation of precious gemstones in the 17th Century. Commissioned in 1628 by Shah...
Maya M. Tola 4 November 2019
