Djanira da Motta e Silva: Gentle Documentalist of Brazilian Life
Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914-1979) was born in a very humble family, in Avare, São Paulo state in Brazil. She started to paint in her twenties...
Alicja Gluszek 17 October 2022
Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914-1979) was born in a very humble family, in Avare, São Paulo state in Brazil. She started to paint in her twenties...
Alicja Gluszek 17 October 2022
An unconventional portrait where the sitter looks away. The striking colors and flawless technique. A photo or a painting? Let’s dive into the...
Natalia Tiberio 17 October 2022
Art and literature have been a thing for centuries and they’re still at it. We have plucked a few worthy fruits of their union to show you how...
Giordana Goretti 17 October 2022
Breaking with all the patterns of what had been art in Latin America up to then, Lygia Pape with Grupo Frente created a unique Brazilian artistic...
Dévra Taboada 17 October 2022
In April 1964 the Musée des Arts décoratifs in the north-western wing of the Louvre Palace hosted an extraordinary exhibition which went down in...
Magda Michalska 17 October 2022
Heads, shoulders, knees, and toes… Saintly toes? The variety of saintly relics really offers it all. I hope all of this is not too morbid for you.
Marta Wiktoria Bryll 17 October 2022
One of the most famous artists of the 20th century was Frida Kahlo. She became an international icon of our age, not only because of her paintings,...
Arianna Richetti 17 October 2022
One of the highlights of autumn is that drinking hot drinks is no longer looked down on and ordering a big cup of steaming hot cocoa instead of an...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2022
Autumn is a real mushroom season, so let’s have a look at some tasty, quirky and trippy fungi paintings that will inspire you to go mushroom...
Magda Michalska 16 October 2022
During this time of the year, the color orange rules the world (when it’s not grey skies and rain, of course). Everything from leaves to grass...
Joanna Kaszubowska 16 October 2022
I love everything about autumn – the cool, crisp air, the warm sweaters, the sense that the holiday season will soon arrive. But most of all, I...
Alexandra Kiely 16 October 2022
Long before Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking, artists had already made the connection between food and art. But how to...
Ledys Chemin 16 October 2022