Francisco Goya in 10 Paintings
Francisco Goya’s work includes the abundant Rococo style, formal portraiture, anti-war etchings, religious paintings, and the dark and surreal.
Theodore Carter 17 April 2025
#Political Art
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Elizabeth I
The portrait of Elizabeth I is attributed to the workshop of Nicholas Hilliard and showcases the queen in her sixties. Similar to other images of...
Anna Ingram 24 March 2025
This Will Not End Well by Nan Goldin: The International Tour
In her latest solo exhibition, American photographer Nan Goldin immerses viewers in the intimate highs and lows of the human experience—not as...
Emily Snow 20 March 2025
Cecilia Vicuña: Melding Art, Activism, and Indigenous Wisdom
Cecilia Vicuña was the artist to occupy the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern from October 2022 to April 2023. The vast space has previously housed...
Natalia Tiberio 10 March 2025
Interview with Klaire Lockheart: Post-Apocalyptic Feminist Artist
Candy Bedworth explores feminism, colonialism and orientalism with American artist Klaire Lockheart. All this whilst wearing post-apocalyptic costumes.
Candy Bedworth 5 March 2025
Lyubov Panchenko: Remembering the Ukrainian Artist
Despite extreme opposition, Lyubov Panchenko dared to celebrate her Ukrainian identity through colorful folk art collages. Tragically, the...
Emily Snow 19 February 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger is one of those paintings that we know so well we tend to forget to look closer. It’s like the Mona...
Joanna Kaszubowska 27 January 2025
Masterpiece Story: Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps is one of the most famous and politically iconic images of European art history. However, it is a...
James W Singer 26 January 2025
Masterpiece Story: The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David
In a Neoclassicist masterpiece painted on the eve of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David depicts the beginning of an epic Roman story in The...
Coleman Richards 26 January 2025
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Ai Weiwei in 10 Artworks
Ai Weiwei is the world’s most famous art dissident. Here we take a tour of ten of his most significant works.
Candy Bedworth 6 January 2025
5 Works to Get to Know Christelle Oyiri—Tate’s New Infinities Commission
Christelle Oyiri, also known as Crystallmess, is a French interdisciplinary artist, DJ, and music producer of mixed heritage—Ivorian, Guadeloupean,...
Seoyoung (Alyssa) Kim 2 January 2025
Wearing the Message: Changing the World One Outfit at a Time
From the original silk banners worn by the Suffragettes, through to slogan T-shirts, we often quite literally wear our protest message. This...
Candy Bedworth 30 December 2024
