The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut (1479-1458 B.C.E.) was the fifth pharaoh of Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty and arguably the most important amongst ancient Egypt’s...
Maya Tola 12 May 2020
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When the Arts Meet: Art Inspired Album Covers
If music is the soul of an album then the art on the cover must be its body. The choice of artwork for an album cover is an important one because at...
Anastasia Manioudaki 11 May 2020
Rainbows for the NHS and Damien Hirst
Since lockdown came into effect in the UK, people have been putting rainbows on display to show love for key-workers. An inherent sign of hope, these...
Isla Phillips 11 May 2020
Mothers in Art: DailyArt’s Celebration of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has been celebrated in many cultures since antiquity with varying names and rituals. The modern celebration of Mother’s Day...
Maya Tola 10 May 2020
Painting of the Week: Vincent van Gogh, Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige)
In the mid 19th century, Japanese ports were suddenly opened up to international trade, and Europeans went crazy for Japanese culture and art,...
Kelly Hill 10 May 2020
The Most Scandalous Artworks of Marcel Duchamp
In addition to Marcel Duchamp’s famous readymades, during his life he created less known works that were provocative and caused a scandal among...
Caroline Galambosova 9 May 2020
Art-Inspired Floral Designs at the San Diego Museum of Art
Every year since 1981, the San Diego Museum of Art has set aside a spring weekend for Art Alive, an exhibition of art-inspired floral designs. For...
Alexandra Kiely 8 May 2020
Negligee Fashion: Top 5 Gorgeous Homewear Outfits in Art
Due to quarantine, homewear fashion is popular once again. But don't think that boudoir fashion was unpopular before this. As art shows, from the...
Kateryna Martynova 8 May 2020
Violeta Parra, First Latin American in the Louvre
In April 1964 the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris hosted an extraordinary exhibition which went down in history as the first solo show of a...
Magda Michalska 7 May 2020
Art Travels: Beng Mealea, Cambodia
The Beng Mealea is a large and mysterious temple in the remote Cambodian countryside – about 25 miles from the main Angkor region near the stone...
Maya Tola 7 May 2020
Sofonisba: The Life of a Rule-Breaker Painter
During the Italian Renaissance, women artists were not allowed the same access to artistic education as men. Sofonisba Anguissola, however, used her...
Nina Relf 6 May 2020
Edgar Degas and New Orleans’ Paintings
Just about everyone has heard of “the painter of dancers,” Edgar Degas. However, the paintings Degas created in modern America’s favorite party...
Abreeza Thomas 6 May 2020
