QUIZ: How Well Do You Know J. M. W. Turner?
Sandra Juszczyk 5 September 2026
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Art History 101: Everything You Need to Know About Romanticism
At the end of the 18th century, artists began to reject the ideas of the Enlightenment which prioritized reason above all. They wanted to consider...
Jimena Escoto 1 September 2026
10 Things You Should Know about the Victorians
What do we think of when we ponder the Victorian era? I, for one, always think of steam trains, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sherlock Holmes,...
Sarah Mills 28 August 2026
The Night Sky: 10 Nocturnal Paintings You Will Love
Few things in life are more moving than the night sky on a cloudless evening. Artists have been fascinated by it for so long! The night has inspired...
Ruxi Rusu 19 August 2026
The Odyssey in Art: Myth, Magic, and Mayhem
Everyone is talking about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but his version of the narrative is just the latest in a long history. From Ancient...
Catriona Miller 17 August 2026
QUIZ: Who Painted This Sky?
Sandra Juszczyk 15 August 2026
Enslaved Black Models in European Art: Anonymous Objects?
Portraits of Black people are rare in European art history. Let’s be clear: they were there, in society, but they rarely made it into art, except...
Candy Bedworth 19 June 2026
QUIZ: So You Think You Know British Art?
Ruxi Rusu 11 June 2026
The British Landscape in Art
The British landscape—where do we start? From Turner to Hogan, the British landscape presents a constant challenge to artists to capture its...
Sarah Mills 11 June 2026
The Poetry in Painting—Turner’s Ovid in Exile
This petite oil on canvas by J. M. W. Turner contains big things: big landscapes, big stories and big skies. It is an imagined scene from 1st-century...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 10 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: Rain, Steam and Speed by J. M. W. Turner
J. M, W, Turner’s Rain, Steam, and Speed is a masterpiece of Victorian Romanticism infused with hopes, fears, and reminisces. It catapults the...
James W Singer 10 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner
Fighting Temeraire by British Romantic painter J. M. W. Turner is a seascape that expresses poetic and patriotic...
James W Singer 10 June 2026
