The Embroidered Life of Arthur Bispo do Rosário
Arthur Bispo do Rosário is a mythic figure in Brazilian art. He never considered himself an artist and he spent many years living in a psychiatric...
Natalia Tiberio 29 March 2024
#20th century
Richard Serra Dies Aged 85. Discover His Most Iconic Sculptures
Richard Serra, an American artist and sculptor involved in the Process Art Movement, died of pneumonia on Tuesday aged 85. He often constructed...
Caroline Galambosova 27 March 2024
The Queen of Neoclassical Photography: Nelly
For many, photography is merely a sophisticated way of immortalizing the current and carrying that frozen moment – which is impossible to recreate...
Erol Degirmenci 22 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Três Orixás by Djanira da Motta e Silva
Djanira da Motta e Silva pictured a very unusual Holy Trinity made of three deities from the Afro-Brazilian Pantheon. They are accompanied by...
Alicja Gluszek 17 March 2024
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 14 March 2024
Alice Neel: Collector of Souls
In 1950s America Alice Neel painted portraits of one of her neighbours, Georgie Arce, from childhood to adolescence.
Candy Bedworth 14 March 2024
Superfab, Superflat! The Most Renowned Works by Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese artist best known for his collaborations with multiple fashion brands and famous singers. You may know him from his 2019 collab with Billie Eilish, for the music video of You Should See Me in a Crown. His creativity is informed by traditional Japanese arts and modern Japanese pop culture. His artworks appeal both to the masses as well as collectors of fine art.
Rucha Vijay Bodas 12 March 2024
Art and Cinema: The Encounter in the Work of Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was an important figure in the New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague) film movement. She is known for making her own cinema. Her sensitivity...
Dévra Taboada 12 March 2024
Modernizing the Sacrum? The Church of the Three Crosses by Alvar Aalto
When we hear the word “church” the image it evokes is typically either a striking, tall gothic structure or an opulent baroque façade and...
Joanna Kaszubowska 7 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Charles Demuth and the Figure 5
This one-sentence poem by the American poet William Carlos Williams was the inspiration for an incredible abstract work by American artist, Charles...
Wendy Gray 4 March 2024
George Rodrigue and His Blue Dogs
Hailing from New Iberia, Louisiana, George Rodrigue gained international acclaim for painting blue dogs—his favorite subject, as well as something...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 March 2024
Masterpiece Story: Artist’s Studio–The Dance by Roy Lichtenstein
Roy 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...
Magda Michalska 2 March 2024
