Damien Hirst’s Butterflies: From Tea Trays to Mandalas
Damien Hirst—a prominent Young British Artist (YBA) and now a billionaire—creates sculptures, paintings, and drawings. In all of these forms, his...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 16 January 2026
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Like a Flame—Jean-Michel Basquiat in 5 Paintings
He started out a couch-surfing throwaway. One day, a painting of his would sell for the highest price ever for an American artist at a public...
Helen Jeffery 22 December 2025
Masterpiece Story: Madonna by Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch realized the colored lithograph Madonna in 1895. He is considered the precursor of Expressionism, therefore his...
Maia Heguiaphal 11 December 2025
Mary Magdalene in Candlelight by Georges de La Tour
In the 17th century, Mary Magdalene was a popular subject in art, symbolizing sin, repentance, and redemption. Georges de La Tour, the French Baroque...
Kinga Dobosz 7 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch
Death and the Miser is a masterpiece of morbid curiosity. It reflects on the tension between the pursuit of wealth and the inevitability of death,...
James W Singer 2 November 2025
Masterpiece Story: Funeral by Frants Henningsen
Funeral by Frants Henningsen is a Danish masterpiece of emotions. It examines the different psychological reactions to love, loss, and...
James W Singer 2 November 2025
Art Only Exists Because Death Exists: Skulls in Art
Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated every year across Mexico. A far cry from the Western commercial horror-fest of Halloween, it is a glorious...
Candy Bedworth 31 October 2025
Dark Side of Art History in 13 Creepy Paintings
Forget watching horror movies on Netflix—here we have something that will make your jaw drop! Welcome to the eerie realm of creepy paintings, where...
Zuzanna Stańska 31 October 2025
The Evolution of Halloween Aesthetics
When you picture Halloween, a flood of familiar images rushes in: glowing jack-o’-lanterns, fluttering bats, skeletons, and black cats. But the...
Errika Gerakiti 31 October 2025
Symbolism Special: Jacek Malczewski’s Dates with Death
Jacek Malczewski is one of the most important Polish symbolist painters. Malczewski is associated with the Young Poland movement (Młoda Polska), a...
Magda Michalska 29 October 2025
11 Famous Funeral Paintings of Western Art
Funeral practices are deeply ingrained in all cultures. Varied traditions around the globe reflect widespread beliefs and values. On this day when we...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 October 2025
All Souls & Halloween: Death in Art
The feast day of All Souls and the festival of Halloween are celebrated close to each other in the Western calendar, but despite being closely...
Sarah Mills 29 October 2025
