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...
19th Century
Klimt’s Unknown Portraits You Would Never Guess Were His
July 15, 2020Some of Klimt’s portraits have already gained the status of ‘iconic’, for example his portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer soaked in gold. Yet, before Klimt became the head of the Secession movement in Vienna in 1897, he painted in...
Religious Art
Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo, the Warrior Pope and God’s Bottom
July 15, 2020No, I am not indulging in casual profanity, in this painting we are actually looking at God’s bare bottom and it graces the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, courtesy of Michelangelo. When I gaze at this world-famous chapel,...
Art History 101
Art Nouveau Explained
July 14, 2020Art Nouveau is one of the most distinguished styles in art. Even though its duration was brief, it quickly became a fetish of the elite. It spread through all social groups and classes. It was an urban phenomenon...
History
Bastille Day in Paintings
July 14, 2020Fête nationale or 14 Juillet are the official names of Bastille Day in France. This national French holiday commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution of 1789. Let’s see how French artists have celebrated it in their paintings....
Special Occasion And News
DailyArt Magazine Turns Four! Our Impressions of the Impressionists
July 13, 2020July 13th, we as an online magazine reach another milestone. Four whole years of bringing you articles on hundreds of topics relating to art history! To celebrate this birthday, members of our team contributed their thoughts on a...
Museums And Exhibitions
Masterpieces from the Frick Collection
July 12, 2020The Frick Collection in New York is one of my favorite art museums! In honor of DailyArt Magazine’s July 2020 collaboration with this illustrious institution, enjoy ten of its most celebrated masterpieces. The Flagellation of Christ by Cimabue...
Painting of the Week
Painting of the Week: Roy Lichtenstein, Artist’s Studio – The Dance
July 12, 2020Roy Lichtenstein was a famous American Pop artist, most well known for his original technique of mixed media on canvas, which was meant to remind the viewer of comic strips and movies of the 1950s. His work is...
Art Nouveau
Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère: Best Can-Can Paintings in Art History
July 11, 2020Can-can paintings depict the most famous dance of La Belle Époque era. Originating in France, the Can-can, associated with skirts, petticoats, high kicks, splits, and cartwheels became popular in the 1840s. Although originally danced by both women and...
Art State of Mind
VIPs… or VICs (Very Important Colors)? Iconic Hues in Art History
July 11, 2020Every person probably dreams of leaving a legacy to the world. For artists this is a central goal and they try to do it through their masterpieces of course. Some people even went further though… They gave their...
Artists' Stories
Edgar Degas and His Most Beautiful Ballerinas
July 10, 2020Edgar Degas was one of the founders of Impressionism, however, he didn’t like the term and preferred to call it “Realist” or “Independent”. Ballet dancers were one of his main subjects. “People call me the painter of dancing girls,” Degas...
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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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