Tamara de Lempicka: The First Woman Artist to Be a Glamour Star
Tamara de Lempicka, star of the Art Deco world, was described by her Hollywood clients as the “Baroness of the Brush.” If one wanted to...
Magda Michalska 9 July 2022
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Extensions of Nature and Memory: Interview with Bianca Lee Vasquez
Bianca Lee Vasquez is a multidisciplinary artist based in France. Working primarily across photography, performance, installation, and clay, she...
Marga Patterson 4 July 2022
Choose Your Destination: Best Vacation Spots for Art History Lovers
As we are all in the full swing of summer and ready to explore, we look at the best destinations to visit for art history lovers for holidays. Get...
Nina Relf 30 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor...
Clinton Pittman 27 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: Maman by Louise Bourgeois
Maman is one of the most iconic sculptures ever created. Its dimensions are monumental, and it can only be installed either outdoors or in an...
Errika Gerakiti 23 June 2022
The Original Guerilla Girls: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Book Review
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 23 June 2022
Gwen John: A Converted Artist
Have you ever heard of Gwen John before? She was a painter from Wales following the Post-Impressionist style. The compositions of her artworks are...
Magda Michalska 22 June 2022
My Great-Grandmother Tamara de Lempicka: An Interview with Marisa de Lempicka
You may not know her name but you surely know her works. Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) is the icon of a modern woman, the epitome of Art Deco. She...
Lauren Kraut 18 June 2022
Why Are Cigarettes So Sexy? A Story of Art Nouveau Posters
Just to make it clear: smoking is bad. But… why do all those people look so sexy with cigarettes? Like Marlene Dietrich with her cigarette holder,...
Magda Michalska 16 June 2022
Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries
While today, tapestries are seemingly minor works of art, during the Renaissance, nothing was declared more spectacular than a set of tapestries...
Anna Ingram 14 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Gabrielle d’Estrées and One of Her Sisters
To a 21st century viewer, the portrait of Gabrielle d’Estrées might seem homo-erotic. However, pictured with her sister, the Duchess of Villars,...
Anna Ingram 14 June 2022
10 Things You Must Know About Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka was many things: a successful artist, a society darling, and an expat. She knew how to create interest in herself and capitalize...
Joanna Kaszubowska 13 June 2022
