Rebel, Rebel: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
If I asked for your top 10 political artists, does Claude Cahun spring to mind? Marcel Moore? No, I guessed as much. But these two art activists had...
Candy Bedworth 17 October 2025
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Karlo Zvirynskyi: A Spiritual Teacher of Ukrainian Underground Art
Karlo Zvirynskyi (1923–1997) was the true epitome of an underground artist. Having rejected the Soviet Union’s official socialist realist style,...
Guest Author 16 October 2025
Agnes Martin: Grids, Silence, and the Language of Abstraction
Agnes Martin, often labeled a Minimalist, created serene grids and subtle abstractions that extended far beyond formal reduction. Her work, rooted in...
Carlotta Mazzoli 13 October 2025
Documenting the Internment Experience: Miné Okubo and Citizen 13660
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly placed in concentration camps. Artist Miné Okubo was in two of...
Lauren Kraut 13 October 2025
The Most Beautiful Country in the World According to the Group of Seven
The Group of Seven were monumental in shaping Canadian art through the 20th century. They sought to create a new national identity for the country...
Bec Brownstone 13 October 2025
Making Something Beautiful: An Introduction to Inuit Artist Kenojuak Ashevak
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2013) is the most globally recognized Inuit artist. Pioneering the way, she was among the first Inuit artists to garner...
Iolanda Munck 13 October 2025
Masterpiece Story: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Sometime between 1948 and today, Christina’s World evolved from a painting into an icon. There are only a handful of American paintings that have...
Guest Author 12 October 2025
5 Paintings by Piet Mondrian You Wouldn’t Believe Were His
Piet Mondrian, one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl, is mostly known for his pure abstractions from the 1920s, reduced to lines,...
Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 9 October 2025
Where is Ana Mendieta? The Unresolved Mystery
“Where is Ana Mendieta?” was shouted in 1992 by over 500 protesters in front of the newly-opened Guggenheim Museum site in SoHo, New York (the...
Magda Michalska 7 October 2025
Growing Up Between Two Artists—Enchanting Portraits of Claude and Paloma Picasso
Ever wondered what it’s like to be raised by two world-famous artists? Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot shared a decade of creativity and family...
Szymon Jocek 6 October 2025
From Flash Gordon to Postmodernism: The Daring Designs of Helmut Jahn
In the world of architecture, there are those who follow established styles and norms, and then there are those who break the mold and blaze their...
Joanna Kaszubowska 6 October 2025
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 5 October 2025
