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#20th century

Design

Form Follows Vision: 10 Iconic Designs from the Bauhaus Movement

As modern life demanded new ways of living at the beginning of the 20th century, the Bauhaus responded with radical designs. We explore 10 iconic...

Lisa Scalone 27 August 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Acapulco Chair

The Acapulco chair, with its unmistakable egg-shaped silhouette and PVC cord weaving, has become synonymous with Mexico’s vibrant culture and...

Lisa Scalone 27 August 2026

Design

Luxury and Mystery—The Row About Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs

There is something magical about the Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs. They are a symbol of the ultimate luxury, but also of an era long gone and...

Joanna Kaszubowska 27 August 2026

Animals

The Bugatti Brothers: One Built Cars, the Other Sculpted Animals

Nowadays Bugatti is a legendary company in the field of automobile technology. However, few people know the history of the man behind the trademark,...

Camilla de Laurentis 26 August 2026

Women Artists

Anna Horska: The Ukrainian Artist Who Defied the Soviet Union—and Paid the Price

Ukrainian artist Alla Horska created dozens of amazing mosaics and paintings while actively fighting against the Soviet authorities’ persecution of...

Nataliia Pecherska 26 August 2026

Women Artists

Mary Blair: The Artist Who Gave Disney Its Modern Magic

Inside the 2022 Wallace Collection’s magical exhibition, Inspiring Walt Disney, was an entire wall of intricate, hand-drawn illustrations from the...

Guest Author 25 August 2026

Painting

The First Abstract Expressionists: Carl Jung and Hilma af Klint

Before the art world embraced her as a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, Hilma af Klint hid her revolutionary works behind layers of secrecy, driven...

Guest Author 24 August 2026

Women Artists

Hilma af Klint: Pioneer of Abstract Art

Who invented abstract art? The advent of abstraction has historically been attributed to male artists. However, Hilma af Klint, a Swedish painter and...

Emily Snow 24 August 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Ten Largest by Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish abstract artist who was way ahead of her time. She might just be the first abstract painter in Western modern art...

Jinnie Stork 24 August 2026

Painting

The Fantastic Four QUIZ! Af Klint, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich—Whose Work Is It?

Catherine Razafindralambo 24 August 2026

Theater & Cinema

The Scenes You Might Know from Anime: Outstanding Prints of Hasui Kawase

Hasui Kawase (1883–1957) was one of Japan’s most important and prolific printmakers and artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a...

Isabella Hill 20 August 2026

Fauvism

Fauvism in 10 Paintings

Can you believe that the now well-known masterpieces created by artists such as Henri Matisse and Maurice de Vlaminck were once called “wild...

Valeria Kumekina 20 August 2026

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