Cats
Can You Spot the Cat? Cats Hidden in Famous Paintings
I like cats and I’m sure that many of you do too....
Museums And Exhibitions
HERE: Black in Rembrandt’s Time. Rembrandthuis Decolonizes
Afro-Amsterdam was not like what you think it was! During the 17th...
Women Artists
Valentine Schlegel: Sculptor of Organic Abstraction
July 24, 2020Sculptor, ceramist, artist, teacher. Valentine Schlegel was a headstrong individual with fervent, creative independence who carved out her own path in history. Despite these achievements, her work was kept in the dark until just a few years ago....
Sport And Entertainment
Football in Art and Art in Football
July 24, 2020Art History and Football are not commonly linked together. However football is a beloved and reflective part of culture. Firstly, artists choose to contemplate football to show their love for the beautiful game. Secondly, the art of football...
Sport And Entertainment
Time For Golf! Golf Paintings
July 23, 2020I used to live in St. Andrews, a small town in Scotland which is a legendary cradle of golf in the UK. Once, when I was strolling on a golf course, I wondered whether there were any golf...
Special Occasion And News
Hagia Sophia Becomes a Mosque – What You Need to Know
July 23, 2020According to recent news, the President of Turkey has converted Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. His decision is highly controversial, given Hagia Sophia’s reputation as a major monument of human history. Here is the historical,...
Literature
Best Books for Little Art Historians
July 23, 2020Can you remember what your first experience with art was? Books can be an easy and fun way to stimulate children’s abilities and interests. We have selected four great art books for different ages for small art historians!...
Chinese art
Modern Sports Played in Ancient China
July 22, 2020The history of Chinese sports can be traced back over thousands of years, revealing many achievements, innovations, and surprises. We think about some of the sports as modern, however, they were played in ancient China. For example, the...
Museums And Exhibitions
Art Fair for Emerging Artists: Interview with REA! ARTE
July 22, 2020Article presenting the entreprise of young women who created an art fair focusing on the promotion of emerging artists
Women Artists
Artist Interview: Introducing Lauren Baker
July 21, 2020Lauren Baker (b. 1982) is an established multi-disciplinary artist based in London who creates significant, large-scale installations. Her work explores the human connection and the expansiveness of the universe. We asked Lauren about her art and inspiration! Overall she aims...
History
Helene Kröller-Müller: Life Between Love and Art
July 21, 2020The Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands holds the second-largest Van Gogh collection in the world. Furthermore, there are masterpieces by modern masters such as Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, and Piet Mondrian. However, there would be no...
Sport And Entertainment
Art History Reveals: Women in Sport
July 20, 2020With sport considered as a male activity throughout history, it is no surprise that the history of art follows this same ideology. However, a rare few paintings reveal a reversal of these roles and show women participating. Manet’s...
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Just Weird
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (6th Season Update)
May 5, 2020We love it when pop culture adopts, uses, and remixes art history, especially when that mixture...
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...
Ancient Greece
Six Ancient Greek Sculptures Everyone Should Know
October 25, 2016Greek art and sculpture has had a profound effect for art throughout the ages. Many of...
Bodies And Erotic Art
All You Must Know About Japanese Erotic Art, Shunga (18+)
February 16, 2017“Ukiyo-e” pictures, pictures of the “floating world.” are famous among everyone interested in art history. Everyone knows Hokusai’s...
Artists' Stories
4 Artists Who Suffered Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
April 4, 2018The painter Vincent Van Gogh is well-known for his artworks and for a particular aspect of...
20th century
Frida Kahlo And The Symbolism In Her Art
August 8, 2017Frida Kahlo who lived during the first half of the 20th century changed the art history...
Ancient Greece
Greek Mythological Creatures That Combine Female Beauty And Beastly Ugliness
December 8, 2017Gods, goddesses, demigods, horrible monsters and beasts of hybrid forms roam the world of Ancient Greek...
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...
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...
21st century
The Story Of Damien Hirst’s Famous Shark
September 4, 2017This shark is considered the iconic work of British art in the 1990s, and has become...
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