Museums And Exhibitions
Gustav Klimt’s Lost and Found Viennese Beauty – Lady with Fan
Fräuleins (Ladies), step aside! This steaming-hot brunette is back in town! After...
Street Art
CHEAP: When Art Meets Activism – Interview with the Co-founder Sara Manfredi
“Art” and “activism” surely are not enough words to describe what CHEAP...
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Latin American Art
Mexican Colors: From Mesoamerica to the World
September 2, 2021Not so long ago, artists got their pigments from nature. In consequence, every region of the world had its own pigments and shades of colors. In Mesoamerica, two colors stood out, red cochineal and añil blue. This particular...
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Museums And Exhibitions
Beyond the Biennale – Top Five Art Museums to Visit in Venice
September 1, 2021Venice, with its long history, is an open museum that will leave none unsatisfied. La Serenissima is a dream destination for every art lover. Apart from the many historic sites like San Marco’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace,...
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Art History 101
Lapis Lazuli – A Pigment More Precious than Gold
September 1, 2021Lapis lazuli, once more precious than gold, has a history of over 9.000 years. The earliest artifacts found at Bhirrana, which is the oldest site of the Indus Valley Civilization, date back to 7570 BCE. Nowadays, it is...
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Contemporary Art
A Vibrant Perspective: Ivey Hayes and His Colorful Works of Art
August 31, 2021A vibrant perspective of Ivey Hayes’ art has always stood out in my mind. Before his death in 2012, the South Eastern North Carolina artist was known for creating vibrant paintings from his unique perspective. Unlike my interactions...
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Romanticism
10 Most Famous Works of Caspar David Friedrich
August 31, 2021Caspar David Friedrich’s works changed the face of landscape painting with his intense and emotional focus on nature, and became a key member of Romanticism. His works are easily recognizable and and often cited by popular culture. In such...
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Art Travels
The Most Colorful Places in the World
August 30, 2021Whether colors represent environmental phenomena, human history, or personal freedom, there are canvases that exist beyond an artist’s studio. Mountains, lakes, buildings, and gardens are some of the most colorful places in the world. Let us hope this...
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Art State of Mind
Synesthesia – The Surprising and Powerful Fusion of Senses in Art
August 30, 2021Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which a perception from one sense evokes sensation in another one. In the art world, there are works which reproduce this phenomenon and artists who experience it themselves. Are you ready to...
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Japanese art
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
August 29, 2021The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion between the East and West; between Europe and Japan. It is an area of study that has...
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Masterpiece of the Week: Sebastián Zalcedo, Virgin of Guadalupe
August 29, 2021The Virgin of Guadalupe depicts the narrative of the Christian Virgin Mary who allegedly appeared multiple times in December 1531 before a Mexican peasant, Juan Diego, and his uncle, Juan Bernardino. These five Marian apparitions became the cornerstone...
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Japanese art
How Japanese Woodcuts Are Made
August 28, 2021Hokusai’s Great Wave from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and Hiroshige’s The Plum Garden in Kameido from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo are undoubtedly the most famous Japanese woodblock prints in art history. Nevertheless, numerous...
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Cinema
ALL Art from the BoJack Horseman Series Explained (Updated!)
July 4, 2021We love it when pop culture adopts, uses, and remixes art history, especially when that mixture...
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Art History 101
10 Most Scandalous Nudes in Art (NSFW)
September 21, 2017We’re here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: it...
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Sculpture
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
November 21, 2020Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect on art throughout the ages. Many of...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
October 2, 2020Ukiyo-e pictures, pictures of the “floating world” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
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Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered from Mental Illness (and How It Affected Their Art)
October 6, 2020The painter Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his artwork and for a particular aspect of...
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Bodies And Erotic Art
Greek Mythological Creatures that Combine Female Beauty and Beastly Ugliness
September 12, 2020Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters, and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
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Artists' Stories
The Mystery of Vincent Van Gogh’s Death
March 30, 2017Vincent van Gogh’s death occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room...
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20th century
Pablo Picasso And His Women
November 28, 2017Pablo Picasso perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known...
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20th century
Jeff Koons and His Balloon Dogs
July 3, 2020What do Jeff Koons, Jay Z, Christie’s, and clowns have in common? Balloon dogs! Read how...
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Women Artists
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CHEAP: When Art Meets Activism – Interview with the Co-founder Sara Manfredi
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Frida Kahlo and the Symbolism in Her Art
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A Lesson in Illustration – The Whimsical Characters of Beatrix Potter
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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? 50 Years Later
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Dressed in a Masterpiece: Sonia Delaunay and Her Wearable Art
