Museums And Exhibitions
New York City Art Triennial 2021: Do We Dream Together? Are We Fine?
Exhibition review of the Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone...
Chinese art
The Mysterious Zodiac Project: Ai Weiwei Animal Heads Explained
The Zodiac Project is Ai Weiwei’s first major public sculpture. The famous...
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Renaissance
Power, Victory, Glory, and Death: Titian’s Art in Venice
May 30, 2021Titian was the most famous painter of the Renaissance in Venice. Even during his lifetime the artist had been acclaimed as the greatest painter of his age and achieved great financial success, so that his paintings were affordable...
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Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Giorgione, The Tempest
May 30, 2021Giorgione and his masterpiece The Tempest form the rare combination of a mysterious artist and a mysterious painting. This small canvas has puzzled art historians since the 16th century and continues to do so. Who Was Giorgione? Giorgio...
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Renaissance
The Most Pioneering Painters of The Venetian Renaissance
May 29, 2021The Venetian School refers to the painters of the Venetian Renaissance. It developed in Venice in the late 15th century and lasted until around 1580. The city prospered during this time, with booming trade helping to create sound...
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Literature
Passion for Life: Dame Laura Knight. Book Review
May 29, 2021An immense biography of British painter Dame Laura Knight has been updated and re-published in paperback this year by McNidder and Grace. Here we take a look at the book Laura Knight: A Life by Barbara C. Morden...
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Artists' Stories
Mariano Fortuny – A Genius From Venice
May 28, 2021Well, I lied. Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo was not originally from Venice, as he was born in Granada in 1871, a son of a painter also called Mariano Fortuny. However, he is considered a naturalized Venetian as he...
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Architecture
Carlo Scarpa: The Modern Son of Venice
May 28, 2021When you think of Venice you probably first see the Piazza San Marco in your mind’s eye. Then some canals and gondolas, or maybe the other way around. At some point, you may think of the world-famous Biennale...
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Art Travels
The Elephant in the Church and Other Curious Stories of Venice
May 27, 2021With its maze of narrow streets, bridges, and canals linking its splendid architecture and art, Venice is beautiful. It is worth exploring and a wrong turn can be thrilling. Even the elephant was so curious that it went...
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Artists' Stories
Venice in the Eyes of Claude Monet
May 27, 2021Claude Monet fell in love with Venice the first time he saw it. He was 68 years old, and he went on a trip with his wife, Alice Hoschedé. The light and colors of Venice seduced the painter,...
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Middle Ages
The Unbelievable Story of Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts
May 26, 2021If you ever watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you probably remember the scene when the vicious killer bunny (which, as we remember, is a DYNAMITE!) attacks King Arthur and the knights. And as it may look...
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Artists' Stories
Everything You Must Know About Giorgione (Even Though You Don’t Know Yet Who He Was)
May 26, 2021Giorgione was an Italian painter from Venice whose career was cut off by his death at a little over 30. And that is a problem – everyone knows his pal, Titian, who lived for nearly 90 years, but nobody...
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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...
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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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