Hokusai’s Great Wave Explained
You might not know the title of Hokusai’s print, but Under the Wave off Kanagawa is almost instantly recognizable. His Great Wave reveals...
Marina Kochetkova 26 February 2024
Long reads
Documenting the Internment Experience: Miné Okubo and Citizen 13660
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly placed in concentration camps. Artist Miné Okubo was in two of...
Lauren Kraut 26 February 2024
The Ancient Queen and the Modern Sculptress: Zenobia by Harriet Hosmer
Harriet Hosmer, the 19th-century American sculptor from Watertown, Massachusetts was the exceptional talent behind the towering sculpture of Zenobia.
Maya M. Tola 22 February 2024
5 Exceptional Women Interior Designers of the 20th Century
Meet the five women designers who changed the face of 20th-century interior design. Their work has been inspiring many designers and their interiors...
Joanna Kaszubowska 19 February 2024
Dragons in East Asian Art
Imagination is the only limit to the stories and myths about dragons. From East to West, storytellers paint them as creatures of fire, of deep...
Yifan Xia 15 February 2024
Discover Contemporary African Art with Osei Bonsu
Featuring the groundbreaking works of 50 rising artists, African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century, curated by...
Carlotta Mazzoli 8 February 2024
Art as a Catalyst: How Art Played a Pivotal Role in the End of Apartheid
South Africa is infamous for its time of apartheid (1948-1994), a legal system for racial segregation. It was a period of violence and oppression...
Guest Profile 8 February 2024
10 Women of the Dutch Golden Age
The art produced during the Dutch Golden Age is known for its beautiful genre scenes, landscapes, and still lifes. However, the artists associated...
Lauren Kraut, Nicole Ganbold 5 February 2024
Does London Value Animals More Than Women?
Where are the women in the UK’s public art installations? Let’s take a look at the politics of sculptural commissions plus a top ten of...
Candy Bedworth 5 February 2024
Black Feminist Photographers Fighting for Social Inclusion of Marginalized People
This is a story of three Black female photographers who through their documentary photographs, handle and explore gender identity and related topics...
Petra Dragasevic 2 February 2024
From Specimen to Contemporary Taxidermy
There are many media through which artists can express their own vision, approach their aesthetic feeling, and capture the reality that vanishes in...
Caroline Galambosova 29 January 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet’s The Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe) (1863) was one of the first works that broke away from established...
Catriona Miller 23 January 2024
