10 Early Picasso Works You Should Know
Pablo Picasso painted his first works during the early years of his life. According to his mother, his first words were “piz, piz”, a shortening...
Zuzanna Stańska 25 November 2023
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso Celebration 1973-2023, a large-scale transnational...
Ela Bobek 25 November 2023
A Unique Artist Encounter: When Ara Güler Met Pablo Picasso
Whether photography is purely art or a branch of journalism can be a subject of discussion. For photographer Ara Güler, the artistic quality of his...
Merve Parla 25 November 2023
Picasso’s Beach Body Captured by Robert Capa
There is never a wrong time to dream about the summer. Who else would like to dive into the Mediterranean Sea together with a painter who just adored...
Magda Michalska 23 October 2023
How Artists Portrayed Spanish Civil War: Guernica and Bombardment
On April 26th, 1937 the world was shaken by the news of the destructive force that targeted Guernica – a town in the Basque Region of Spain,...
Wendy Gray 21 August 2023
Berthe Weill: The Unknown Gallerist of the Avant-Garde
Do you know the name of the first female modern art gallery owner? Berthe Weill was born in 1865 and died in 1951 in Paris but nowadays she seems to...
Maia Heguiaphal 29 July 2023
Pablo Picasso and Women in His Life
Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most influential and recognizable painter of the 20th century, is well known for his tumultuous (or even abusive)...
Pola Otterstein 1 July 2023
The Dog Days Are Coming – 10 Beaches in Art for Summer Time
In the Northern Hemisphere, we will soon reach the height of summer. The time between 3 July and 11 August is also known as “the dog days.” And...
Joanna Kaszubowska 18 June 2023
What Did Avant-Garde Artists from Midnight in Paris Look Like in Real Life?
In Woody Allen’s 2011 film, Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson plays a nostalgic screenwriter who somehow finds himself transported back in time to...
Rachel Witte 30 May 2023
Artists in Prime Time: Art Featured in The Simpsons
Back in the mid-1990s, a friend of mine showed me a book titled Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life. It was just what the title described, America’s...
Bruno Guerra 5 May 2023
Twelve Most Expensive Paintings Ever (2022 Update)
Can you think of a world in which there would be discounts on works of art? It’s so unreal that I find it hard to imagine. However, I can still...
Magda Michalska 25 November 2022
Art Only Exists Because Death Exists. Skulls in Art
Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated every year across Mexico. A far cry from the Western commercial horror-fest of Halloween, it is a glorious...
Candy Bedworth 2 November 2022
