Why is art history predominantly focused on male artists? Are there not enough female artists to fill textbooks? Of course, there are enough, but...
James W Singer 16 April 2022
Art is a serious thing. But sometimes some associations once they pop up in your head just can’t disappear. I didn’t find any scientific...
Zuzanna Stańska 1 April 2022
A book review of The Mirror and the Palette. Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits by Jennifer...
Candy Bedworth 9 March 2022
Heralded as one of the greatest Polish artists of all time, Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) painted the aristocracy in France and the United States in...
Isabella Hill 9 March 2022
History of art is full of fascinating female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Cassatt, Tarsila do Amaral, Tamara de Lempicka… Now, I would...
Rute Ferreira 9 March 2022
When thinking of a self-portrait, the famous names and artworks of Dürer, Rembrandt, or Van Gogh probably come to mind. Here is your chance to...
Europeana 9 March 2022
Although known as a modern day invention, selfies have actually been around for centuries, albeit in the more traditional form of self-portraits.
Charlotte Stace 9 March 2022
Vincent van Gogh created 36 self-portraits in the space of only 10 years. These works are an amazing source of knowledge not only of how Van Gogh...
Zuzanna Stańska 15 February 2022
Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is regarded as the pre-eminent British figurative painter of the last 60 years. Francis Bacon, two decades older, and David...
Guest Profile 10 February 2022
Diego Rivera is mostly famous for his controversial mural for the Rockefeller family and for being the husband of Frida Kahlo. Yet in his lifetime,...
Magda Michalska 10 February 2022
Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art, was born over 415 years ago in Leiden, Netherlands. Today, people...
Zuzanna Stańska 10 February 2022
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Self-portraits are closely tied with the existence of mirrors. Although mirrors have...
Anastasia Manioudaki 10 February 2022
