Genres Explained: Still Life in Painting
Let’s explore the history of still life through a selection of 10 paintings corresponding to two key moments: the 17th century in the...
Soledad Castillo Jara 11 August 2021
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Cincinnati Art Museum Staff Picks
If you’re a frequent visitor to a museum, for sure you must have a certain favorite piece from that place, right? The same is true for the...
Nicole Ganbold 21 July 2021
Suffered a Break-up? See This Art
Who hasn’t suffered a break-up may be the first to cast the stone at all of those who don’t sleep at night and cannot stop crying at a...
Magda Michalska 23 June 2021
Body Positivity in Art: Paintings That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Body
If you happen to feel negative about your body size, your weight, or your shape from time to time (or at all times, like me), then have a look at...
Magda Michalska 20 April 2021
Birdies, Flowers and Virgins: the Real Meanings of Spring in Art
Spring is my favorite season and it seems to have been a favorite season of many artists throughout art history. Is it for its blossoming flowers,...
Magda Michalska 19 March 2021
The Story of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom and Its Three Versions
The Bedroom(s) are among the most famous paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Why the plural? There are three similar paintings of the same title. All...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 January 2021
The Summer Feels So Far Away! – Ten Beaches in Art
In the Northern Hemisphere, we have now the gloomy dark time of the year, where our only consolation is waiting for Christmas. The summer feels so...
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 December 2020
John Ruskin: Painter, Prophet, Pervert. ‘Unto This Last’ by Rebecca Lipkin
We review the novel Unto This Last by Rebecca Lipkin and investigate the myth behind the great John Ruskin. Which Ruskin camp do you fall into? Are...
Candy Bedworth 3 December 2020
5 Artists Who Likely Suffered From Syphilis
Also known as the French disease or great pox, syphilis was a common sexually transmitted disease in Europe in the 1800s. In fact, 10-15% of...
Kelly Hill 31 July 2020
Boys with Plants in Art (Hotties Alert!)
Boys and men posing with plants and flowers is a popular theme in art. The concept was revisited on Instagram, a social media platform on the account...
Anuradha Sroha 18 May 2020
Paul Gauguin – Master or Monster?
When Paul Gauguin visited Tahiti in the 1890’s was he a genius in search of paradise, or a seedy sex tourist? A painter, printmaker,...
Candy Bedworth 16 November 2018
Crash Course in Impressionism – Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne
The Courtauld Gallery will remain closed for a while, as it is being transformed. But this does not mean we cannot see the Impressionist masterpieces...
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 November 2018
