5 Greatest Baroque Painters and Their Works
Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Nicolas Poussin–they were the five greatest painters of the 17th century.
Pola Otterstein 5 October 2026
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Top 10 Strange and Bizarre Paintings
For every picturesque painting, there is at least one strange and bizarre counterpart. We usually gloss over the oddities, because, well, they’re...
Abreeza Thomas 28 September 2026
Fernando Botero and His Remakes of Classic Masterpieces
I must tell you something in secret – I love Fernando Botero’s works. Many of his works were inspired by classic art. Or maybe...
Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 17 September 2026
Mirrors in Art: Reflections of Femininity
The mirror has functioned as a recurring symbol throughout art, particularly in representations of women. Historically, its presence in art has often...
Martha Teverson 24 August 2026
Come Dine with Art History: 7 Famous Feasts in Art
Socrates said that “We eat to live, not live to eat” (although his wife must have thought differently since, according to legend, she was...
Magda Michalska 22 July 2026
We Chose Our Favorite Masterpieces for DailyArt Magazine’s 10th Birthday
This July, DailyArt Magazine turns 10. On this occasion, we asked people who create it for symbolic artistic gifts. We asked for artworks that are...
Kate Wojtczak, Szymon Jocek 21 July 2026
The Evacuation That Saved Spain’s Artistic Heritage
In November 1936, the Prado Museum became a temporary refuge while Madrid was under bombardment. Its galleries were emptied, its masterpieces were...
Javier Abel Miguel 13 July 2026
8 Artistic Inspirations That Shaped Balenciaga
Cristóbal Balenciaga was “the master of us all,” as Christian Dior said, and “the only couturier in the truest sense of the word,”...
Errika Gerakiti 9 July 2026
Cooking in Pictures—The Food in Art and the Art of Food
Long before Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking, artists had already made the connection between food and art. But how to...
Ledys Chemin 28 May 2026
15 Famous People and Their Doppelgängers in Art
Doppelgänger is a word of German origin (doppel- meaning “double,” and -gänger meaning “goer”). In old German folklore, it was believed...
Vithória Konzen Dill 1 April 2026
Spanish Bodegones of the 17th Century
Looking at a painting and getting hungry? It might be a bodegón! Here we define the genre of Spanish bodegones in the context of 17th-century...
Soledad Castillo Jara 23 March 2026
