The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. But did you know that she has a twin? Covered with multiple layers of dark and cracked...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 October 2026
Sandro Botticelli‘s final painting with a mythological subject is based on a lost painting by an ancient Greek painter Apelles. He ventured to...
Magda Michalska 4 October 2026
If you ask people to name the greatest sculptor, the 15th-century Florentine, Donatello, will not be near the top of the list. Yet throughout a long...
Catriona Miller 28 September 2026
Bronzino was of the generation of artists who had to find a way of following the perfection of the High Renaissance. They pushed the conventions of...
Catriona Miller 28 September 2026
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as Michelangelo, is undoubtedly among the world’s most treasured artists. His connection to...
Maya M. Tola 8 September 2026
The adoration of the male body was an inspiration for many artists and there is no medium better suited to presenting the full beauty and complexity...
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 September 2026
Venetian color often feels immediate: a blue robe, a crimson sleeve, a flash of yellow, a shadow beneath living skin. Yet before these colors became...
Wen Gu 3 September 2026
We know very little about the life of Carlo Crivelli. The basics of life and death, and little else. We do have a collection of awe-inspiring works,...
Candy Bedworth 17 August 2026
One of the greatest masterpieces of Western art, Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, presents Cecilia Gallerani (ca. 1473-1536). Young,...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 August 2026
A masterpiece of the early Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna’s Bridal Chamber has been described as the most beautiful room in the world.
Natalia Iacobelli 11 August 2026
Renowned for its artistic flourishing, Renaissance Florence saw prominent families investing their fortunes into the city’s artistic...
Nikolina Konjevod 11 August 2026
Sofonisba Anguissola is known for her self-portraits and portraits of Spanish royalty. But her most provocative painting is perhaps The Game of...
Anna Ingram 16 July 2026
