Joseph Wright of Derby: Painting the Industrial Revolution
Joseph Wright of Derby is deemed as the first painter to capture the spirit of the Industrial Revolution. His paintings portray the zeitgeist of his...
Anastasia Manioudaki 11 December 2020
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What Does the Return of Algeria’s Skulls Tell Us About France?
On July 3rd, 2020, French president Emmanuel Macron made the decision to return twenty-four Algerian Skulls back to Algeria. The skulls were greeted...
Guest Profile 10 December 2020
From Spindle and Distaff to Mass Production: Spinning in Art
There are many artistic representations of women spinning, created across time and in various places. Let’s take some of the great depictions for a...
Europeana 10 December 2020
Reviewing Virtual Mauritshuis, the Gigapixel Experience
Upon launching its new Virtual Mauritshuis initiative on November 26, 2020, the Mauritshuis became the world’s first museum to offer a...
Alexandra Kiely 9 December 2020
Industrial Landscapes – The Silhouette of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution brought profound changes into the world, re-designing its shape in the most hardhearted of ways, never experienced before...
Giordana Goretti 8 December 2020
John Ruskin: Painter, Prophet, Pervert. ‘Unto This Last’ by Rebecca Lipkin
We review the novel Unto This Last by Rebecca Lipkin and investigate the myth behind the great John Ruskin. Which Ruskin camp do you fall into? Are...
Candy Bedworth 3 December 2020
Art Advent Calendar of Nativities
Today December starts and that means it is the countdown until Christmas Day. To celebrate, here is an art advent calendar of nativity scenes,...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 1 December 2020
Yan Pei Ming and His Mop Brush of History
It’s not a joke. Yan Pei Ming, a contemporary painter, uses a pretty extraordinary tool, which reminds me more of house renovation squads rather...
Magda Michalska 1 December 2020
Maya Deren: Experimental Filmmaker and Voodoo Priestess
Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker hailed as a leading pioneer of avant-garde cinema. She was also a writer, poet, photographer,...
Marga Patterson 30 November 2020
All the Prodigal Sons in Art
A quick internet search for “the Prodigal Son in art” yields some 13,000,000 results! What makes this 2,000-year-old story so compelling that...
Ledys Chemin 27 November 2020
Wearing the Message: Changing the World One Outfit at a Time
From the original silk banners worn by the Suffragettes, through to slogan T-shirts, we often quite literally wear our protest message. This...
Candy Bedworth 24 November 2020
Andrés Marti: Every Experience Generates Roots
According to Goethe, melancholy is a sense of sadness whose causes are unknown. Its symptoms are the only thing you are aware of, that’s why you...
Guest Profile 23 November 2020
