Painting Bordighera: From Monet’s Canvases to Call Me By Your Name
Italy experienced a significant cinematic milestone when it was selected as the backdrop for the film Call Me By Your Name (2017, dir. Luca...
Helena Pereira 24 June 2025
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Discover Camille Pissarro’s Unknown Origins: St Thomas Island in the Caribbean Sea
Camille Pissarro, one of the most famous impressionist painters, was born on St. Thomas island in 1830. The exotic island inspired much of his...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 June 2025
Ramón Casas—The Painter of Catalan Modernism
When you think of Catalonia, and especially Barcelona, the first name that comes to mind is, of course, that of Antoni Gaudí, but Catalan art at the...
Joanna Kaszubowska 23 June 2025
The Beautiful Gardens of Santiago Rusiñol
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats was a prolific painter, draftsman, playwright, novelist, poet, and cultural activist from the late 19th and early 20th...
Maya M. Tola 23 June 2025
Movie Scenes Staged as Famous Paintings
In 1911 the Italian film theoretician Ricciotto Canudo defined cinema as “the seventh art”. So it’s quite natural that from its birth cinema...
Arianna Richetti 23 June 2025
Masterpiece Story: Rooftops in the Snow by Gustave Caillebotte
You open your eyes to the early morning light filtering through your windows. You instantly feel the cold air of the bedroom as you see your warm...
James W Singer 22 June 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Red Tower by Robert Delaunay
When people speak of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is probably the first thing that flashes into the imagination. It is the iconic symbol of Paris. Robert...
James W Singer 22 June 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Architect’s Dream by Thomas Cole
The Architect’s Dream is an outstanding example of architectural genre. It was painted by American artist and founder of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole in 1840 for the New York architect Ithiel Town. The painting seamlessly stitches together Egyptian, Graeco-Roman and Gothic styles into a fantastical landscape.
Rucha Vijay Bodas 22 June 2025
Bondage and Freedom—The Protest Art of Two Abolitionists
Since the elites in power like the status quo, social reform is a grassroots movement. How do reformers engage the masses? With art. Should protest...
Helen Jeffery 19 June 2025
Masterpiece Story: At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Tonight the Moulin Rouge is bursting at the seams. Men in dark coats and distinguished women dance and converse on the buzzing floor. Each has a...
Ruxi Rusu 16 June 2025
Loïe Fuller the Magical Dancer of Art Nouveau
Today we meet the performer Loïe Fuller, one of Art Nouveau’s most celebrated performers. She was a dancer and actress best known for her...
Europeana 16 June 2025
Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère: Best Can-Can Paintings in Art History
Can-can paintings depict the most famous dance of the Belle Époque era. Originating in France, the Can-can, associated with skirts, petticoats, high...
Charlotte Stace 16 June 2025
