Kandinsky’s World of Russian Fairy Tales
155 years ago today, Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow! He is chiefly associated with Der Blaue Reiter, an international group of avant-garde...
Magda Michalska 16 December 2021
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The Link Between Shipibo Pottery and Female Identity: Designs from the Peruvian Amazon
Along the Ucayali River of Northeastern Peru, women from the Shipibo-Conibo villages have been composing striking, geometric designs to cover...
Lauren Dorsey 27 November 2021
Dive into the World of Fairy Tales with Čiurlionis
Wouldn’t it be nice to immerse yourself in a fairy tale: hike among the heroes, fight monsters, visit enchanted lands? It would be a nice break...
Guest Profile 13 September 2021
Scrimshaw: True American Art
Despite the enormity of whales, those pursuing them could go weeks, even months at a time without seeing a single one. With all that time between...
Anthony de Feo 4 June 2021
Romeo and Juliet of the East: Laila and Majnun
Laila and Qays are the Romeo and Juliet of the East. The tragic tale of these ill-fated lovers has been widely featured in Asian and Middle Eastern...
Maya Tola 12 February 2021
Painting of the Week: Cavaliere d’Arpino, Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
The roar of the sea monster blends with the screams of the scared princess! The chained beauty awaits her bloody death as the ugly beast lurches...
James W Singer 25 October 2020
Harriet Powers: A Black Female Folk Artist Who Regained Her Glory
For much of the 20th century, the work of Harriet Powers, an enslaved and later emancipated Black folk artist, remained forgotten. It is especially...
Kristin Urban 10 July 2020
The Intriguing Tale of Shocking Sheela Na Gig and Its Art References
Everyone remembers their first sighting of a Sheela Na Gig. Wandering around an old church, breathing in the architecture, the history, the silence.
Candy Bedworth 29 May 2020
