In Minor Keys: 10 Must-See Pavilions from the 2026 Venice Biennale
Between jury resignations, protests, and strikes, the recently opened 2026 Venice Biennale has already sparked controversy. The 10 pavilions...
Carlotta Mazzoli 21 May 2026
Between jury resignations, protests, and strikes, the recently opened 2026 Venice Biennale has already sparked controversy. The 10 pavilions...
Carlotta Mazzoli 21 May 2026
The Mantegna Tarocchi, also known as the Tarocchi Cards, or Tarocchi in the style of Mantegna is a double series of 50 instructional engravings...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 May 2026
Her life story reads like a script tailor-made for a movie (are you listening, Hollywood?). After all, how often do we encounter narratives of...
Magda Michalska 19 May 2026
Apollo and Daphne, one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s first major commissions, was completed between 1622 and 1625 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a...
Maya M. Tola 17 May 2026
Mithras Slaying the Bull is a compilation of the entire religious and symbolic images of Mithraism. It reflects promised immortality and personal...
James W Singer 17 May 2026
Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum is a shocking phenomenon often omitted from textbooks about ancient history. These famous Roman cities...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 May 2026
The Venetian painter Francesco Hayez is considered a genius of historical Romanticism. In addition to the quality and refinement of his artworks, he...
Rute Ferreira 14 May 2026
On the surface, Fra Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child with Two Angels appears to be another typical Renaissance painting of the Virgin Mary and the...
James W Singer 10 May 2026
Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a multifaceted artist. He is mostly known as a sculptor and architect, but he was also a painter and a city planner. He...
Vithória Konzen Dill 7 May 2026
Venetian Rococo played an important role in 18th-century European art. Rococo covers the period from 1700 to 1799, also called settecento. Many great...
Kateryna Martynova 17 April 2026
Do you know the great Rococo portraitist Rosalba Carriera? She was one of the most famous painters of the early 18th century. Carriera became known...
Maia Heguiaphal 17 April 2026
Ginevra Cantofoli was a Bolognese painter of the Baroque period. Her story speaks to the remarkable power of women supporting one another in the...
Nikolina Konjevod 16 April 2026
