Keeping up with the Boys: Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler
It’s often the men of Abstract Expressionism who are best known: Jackson Pollock and his famous “drip” technique; Willem de Kooning’s...
Kelly Hill 29 April 2020
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10 Blue Yves Klein Masterpieces You Must Know
On this day, April 28th in 1928, Yves Klein was born, a French artist and the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau Réalisme.
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2020
Agostino Arrivabene – A Modern Alchemist
Agostino Arrivabene (born in 1967) is a visionary yet secluded Italian contemporary artist who continues to produce outstanding surrealist works from...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2020
How to Read Piet Mondrian
We can all recognize Mondrian's work in a second. Our eyes navigate through the lines jumping from color to color. His...
Celia Leiva Otto 27 April 2020
Gradiva: What Did Freud and the Surrealists See in Her?
A woman who walks. That's what Gradiva (the name of an anonymous woman from an antique bas-relief) means, as given by a fictional character from a...
Magda Michalska 27 April 2020
The Orientalism of Eugène Delacroix – Beware of the Colors!
Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was seen as the leader of the French Romantic school of art from the beginning of his career.
Zuzanna Stańska 26 April 2020
Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola by Anthony Van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter who was born in Antwerp (Spanish Netherlands, now Belgium) in 1599 and passed away in London in 1641. From...
Soledad Castillo Jara 26 April 2020
Florence Welch – Perfect Model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
We all know Florence Welch, the leader of indie-rock band Florence+the machine. And if you don’t, I suggest you find her cosmic music right now and...
Elizaveta Ermakova 25 April 2020
Quarantine Times: These Artists Performed at Their Best Alone
Most of us don’t escape the obligation of some kind of quarantine in these corona-driven times. Social distancing and isolation are keywords in...
Michel Rutten 25 April 2020
Recommended Quarantine Routine Inspired by Art
Are you looking for activities to pass your time as you patiently (or not so patiently) wait for the Coronavirus pandemic to subside? Here are some...
Maya Tola 24 April 2020
Augusta Savage: The Woman Who Defined 20th Century Sculpture
Harlem Renaissance - or, as its very pioneers called it, the New Negro Movement - familiarized the public with names now mainstream in the collective...
Anastasia Tsaleza 24 April 2020
The Art of Domesticity: Art Inspired by the Home
In times where we must spend more time at home than usual, we journey through art inspired by domestic life over the centuries. Édouard Vuillard,...
Yasmin Ozkan 23 April 2020
