Mirror Mosaics and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019) was a contemporary, Iranian artist who became a living legend while she was still alive. Her oeuvre...
Marga Patterson 11 January 2022
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019) was a contemporary, Iranian artist who became a living legend while she was still alive. Her oeuvre...
Marga Patterson 11 January 2022
Let’s talk tiles! Come on a journey to explore mosaic techniques and terminology with artist and tutor Alison Pierse. If you don’t know...
Candy Bedworth 11 January 2022
In the conditions of the rigid USSR system of control, impersonality of buildings was practically inevitable. However, there was one way of escape:...
Elizaveta Ermakova 11 January 2022
When the year has come to an end it’s always fun to look back at the books that inspired and impacted us. For me, easily the most fascinating...
Nadine Waldmann 10 January 2022
Venice is stunning all year round but during the carnival month, it becomes even more charming and mysterious. One stumbles upon princesses,...
Magda Michalska 10 January 2022
If you want to feel like a princess there is nothing like a tiara. We all wear earrings, rings, necklaces, but who casually pops a tiara on? Maybe we...
Joanna Kaszubowska 10 January 2022
Frida Kahlo‘s self portraits and reproductions of Our Lady of Guadalupe are baked into the symbolism of Mexico City. Comparable to these...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 10 January 2022
It is not a surprise that every carnival, regardless of its country origin or other characteristics, is traditionally associated with Venetian...
Guest Profile 10 January 2022
Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) was one of Japan’s most important and prolific printmakers and artists of the late 19th and early-20th centuries. As a...
Isabella Hill 10 January 2022
Carnival is the festive season that comes before the Lean in Western Christian tradition. People come together during the carnival to celebrate...
Joanna Kaszubowska 10 January 2022
Do you know the name of the first female modern art gallery owner? Berthe Weill was born in 1865 and died in 1951 in Paris but nowadays she seems to...
Maia Heguiaphal 10 January 2022
You may think that all those marvelous Dutch still lifes from the 16th and 17th centuries were just some random sets of fruits, vegetables, and...
Zuzanna Stańska, Nicole Ganbold 9 January 2022