Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Eduardo Paolozzi, I was a Rich Man’s Plaything
Eduardo Paolozzi’s 1947 collage I was a Rich Man’s Plaything, which can...
Photography
Black Is Beautiful: Kwame Brathwaite at the Skirball Center
Let’s play a game: pick up any magazine from a U.S. newsstand...
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Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden
May 5, 2019The swirling crowds and electric lights of the modern city. This is the subject of today’s painting of the week, created by one of the greatest German Expressionists, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kirchner was a member of the group...
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Nature
The Hudson River School: Celebrating Nature, American-Style
May 4, 2019The Hudson River School was a uniquely American art movement – the first to develop after the country gained its independence in 1776. It was a painting style that celebrated the American landscape. During the mid-19th century, dozens...
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Expressionism
Die Brücke’s Magician: Otto Mueller
May 3, 2019Do we talk enough about Die Brücke? Its importance for the development of modern art is undoubted. But lost between various movements and -isms that we encounter when we read or talk about the art of the beginnings...
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Religious Art
Mormon Art: Painting the Gospel
May 2, 2019The Church of the Latter Day Saints (also known as the LDS or Mormon Church) was founded by Joseph Smith in the 19th Century and currently has over 12 million members across the world. It has its headquarters...
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Special Occasion And News
First of May Celebrations in Painting
May 1, 2019Happy May 1st to all workers and to all who have fought and still fight for their rights. I hope you’ll celebrate by doing nothing and chilling (hopefully outdoors, wishing everyone a sunny day!). First of May en...
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Art State of Mind
Hell Hath No Fury. The Merry Murderess of Early Modern Art
April 30, 2019Hell hath no fury like a murderess scorned and, boy, you better believe it! If you were to take a moment and google ‘murder in art’ your computer screen will be filled with the gruesome images of man...
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Art State of Mind
6 Rooms from Famous Paintings Brought to Real Life
April 29, 2019Paintings of historical interiors are fascinating hybrid images – midway between the work of a great artist’s imagination and a document of the past. Thanks to the project Atelier Décor held by HomeAdvisor we can learn how rooms...
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Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Albert Eckhout, Mameluca Woman
April 28, 2019For readers in the northern hemisphere, spring has just begun. For those of us in the southern half of the globe, it’s the fall that presents itself. And if there is a painting that brings me back to...
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Artists' Stories
William Strang: Portraitist, Printmaker, Scotsman
April 27, 2019I used to live in Scotland and when I stumble upon a Scottish artist I’d had no idea about before, I really want to share their art with you. William Strang was a comprehensive artist with a gift...
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Museums And Exhibitions
Wim Delvoye, When Art and Craftsmanship Meet Science and Technology
April 26, 2019Have you ever seen a pig covered in an oriental carpet, a cement truck with Gothic motives or a silver DNA string with crucifixes? These are the utopian constructions of Wim Delvoye, a Belgian conceptual artist with an...
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Cinema
ALL Art In BoJack Horseman We Could Find Gathered In One Place (5th Season Update)
September 13, 2018We love it when pop culture is adopting, using and remixing art history, especially when that...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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