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Art History 101

The Best Of Judith And Holofernes Paintings

Judith and Holofernes is one of the most feminist themes in the history of art. It is a biblical story written in the apocryphal Book of...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 September 2016

Art Forms

Picasso’s Favourite Instrument…

That’s pretty obvious – it’s a guitar! (whoever had any dirty thoughts given the title, go to read about emotions...

Magda Michalska 26 September 2016

WTF Art History

Weekly Art Gif Selection: The Autumn Is Coming

This Weekly Art Gif Selection won’t have a motif. Summer’s gone I am not in the mood. But if you are in the mood you can: 1. Say...

Zuzanna Stańska 23 September 2016

Artist Stories

Suzanne Valadon: The Mistress Of Montmartre

She started as a model because she didn’t have money for professional painting classes. She would watch the artists for whom she worked, such...

Magda Michalska 23 September 2016

Erotica

Yoko Ono’s Performance You Can Recreate At Home

Yoko Ono is not only the wife of late John Lennon. Primarily she is an artist and performer. One of her most famous performances was Cut...

Magda Michalska 19 September 2016

Erotica

Nudes With Eating Disorders

To follow up my post about body images and body positivity, I want to show you a touching campaign from a few years ago. The well known nudes from...

Magda Michalska 18 September 2016

Surrealism

How To Become A Surrealist – A Manual to Psychic Automatism

In 1924, André Breton defined  a completely new word – Surrealism- in his First Manifesto of Surrealism. It was not a trend in art or...

Magda Michalska 17 September 2016

WTF Art History

Weekly Art Gif Selection: Vincent Van Gogh Edition

Guess what do we have for you this week… Source: bestanimation.com Yep, van Gogh’s Gifs! How cool is that! Even Irises seem to be excited...

Zuzanna Stańska 16 September 2016

Artist Stories

A Party With The YBAs (BYOB, We Provide Only Formaldehyde)

The acronym YBA is probably my third favourite after BYOB and ASAP (I like NASA, too). Have you come across it? It was created in the early...

Magda Michalska 13 September 2016

Art Forms

The Static World In Motion of Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was a 19th century photographer who proved that horses can fly. Today Muybridge is famous for his pioneering work on animal...

Zuzanna Stańska 11 September 2016

Art State of Mind

September To Remember – 9/11 Tribute

It’s been 15 years already. Banksy, New York, 2013   They jumped from the burning floors— one, two, a few more, higher, lower. The...

Magda Michalska 11 September 2016

WTF Art History

Weekly Art Gifs Selection: Egon Schiele Edition

This week we have prepared for you the art gif selection with… Egon Schiele works. It is hard to do any comment on them, so if you would like...

Zuzanna Stańska 9 September 2016