Masterpiece Story: Still Life with a Golden Goblet by Pieter de Ring
Why is food such a popular image for art and culture? For millennia it has been a source of inspiration from ancient Roman mosaics through Dutch...
James W Singer 3 August 2025
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Masterpiece Story: Still Life by Henri Fantin-Latour
The greatest happiness can be found in the simple pleasures of daily life. Such simplicities could include the taste of fresh fruit, the smell of...
James W Singer 3 August 2025
Masterpiece Story: A Glass Compote with Peaches, Jasmine Flowers, Quinces and a Grasshopper by Fede Galizia
Fede Galizia’s beautiful A Glass Compote with Peaches, Jasmine Flowers, Quinces and a Grasshopper is one of Italy’s first-ever still life...
Alexandra Kiely 3 August 2025
QUIZ: Whose Fruit Is This?
Theodore Carter 2 August 2025
QUIZ: The Nude in Art
Candy Bedworth 2 August 2025
Abakans—The New Humans of Magdalena Abakanowicz
I can see a group of approximately 250 people, all of them standing. Children and adults. I come closer and I realize they have no heads. I come even...
Magda Michalska 1 August 2025
How Roman Opałka Envisioned Infinity
In 1965 a French-born Polish painter Roman Opałka came to an important decision. While sitting at the Café Bristol in Warsaw waiting for his wife...
Caroline Galambosova 1 August 2025
10 Highlights of the National Museum in Warsaw You Need to See
The National Museum in Warsaw is one of the most important museums in Poland. It also has an amazing collection of art—which, obviously, includes a...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 August 2025
Jan Matejko in 8 Paintings—The Painter of Polish History
Jan Matejko (1838–1893) is one of the most famous Polish painters. When he was in his 20s, he was twice awarded the gold medal at the World...
Judyta Dąbrowska 1 August 2025
5 Most Beautiful Dresses in Art
The cross section where art and fashion meet is two-fold. While beautiful dresses can be art of their own accord, let’s look at beautiful...
Rachel Witte 31 July 2025
