Lee Miller – Photographing the Extremes
Lee Miller (1907-1977) was a model, a fashion photographer, a war photographer, a muse and a gourmet cook. She lived the life to the fullest with all...
Joanna Kaszubowska 12 March 2019
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Celia Paul and Her Art in the Shadow of Lucian Freud
I arrived to Celia Paul via Lucian Freud's portraits. In one of them her face is difficult to define: is it an expression of pain and distress, or is...
Magda Michalska 23 February 2019
Summer Interior and Edward Hopper’s Women – Learning the Ropes of Romance
Summer Interior: A solitary woman at the centre of an unknown crisis. Edward Hopper's women appear frequently within his artwork. Most notably...
Tony Heathfield 13 February 2019
Dick Ket: The Artist with Drumstick Fingers
The extraordinary self-portraits by Dick Ket, many of which are unknown to the world, quietly invite their viewers into a silent life spent in a...
Maria Frazzoni 12 February 2019
Making Meaning: Charlotte Salomon Painting Her Childhood
The artist Charlotte Salomon was tragically killed in the gas chamber at Auschwitz at the age of 26, whilst 5 months pregnant. She left behind two...
Candy Bedworth 9 February 2019
Intersection of Coffee and Creating: Coffee Shops and Their Purpose
The actual art of coffee making has steadily been growing for years. We have surpassed and moved past instant coffee, on to specialty coffee shops...
Rachel Witte 5 February 2019
Margherita Sarfatti at Museo del Novecento in Milan
Margherita Sarfatti: Segni, colori e luci in Museo del Novecento in Milan is an exhibition devoted to the life of one of the most influential female...
Maria Frazzoni 4 February 2019
Aristarkh Lentulov’s Cubist Russia
Recently I showed you views of typical wintery Russia by Korovin, which you can see here. Today we'll see instead something out-of-ordinary. Although...
Magda Michalska 2 February 2019
Carnivalesque Man Ray and His Masks
Since the carnival is officially on, I thought of writing an article about masks. The first artist that comes to mind if one says 'masks' is James...
Magda Michalska 29 January 2019
The Practical Side of Modernism – Aino Marsio-Aalto
Aino Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer, she was also the wife of Alvar Aalto, which is why you may not have heard about her. They...
Joanna Kaszubowska 28 January 2019
Bauhaus Turns 100! Yahoo! This is your celebration!
As one of my fav bands Kool&The Gang sings in their hit Celebration, I want to "celebrate good times" of Bauhaus in "a celebration to last...
Magda Michalska 25 January 2019
Leonor Fini: I’m Not A Muse, I’m An Artist
Leonor Fini didn't agree with Andre Breton about the role of women in art: the father of Surrealism saw women solely as muses inspiring male genius,...
Magda Michalska 24 January 2019
