Masterpiece Story: Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley
Let’s talk about the Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley. Wiley is a Nigerian artist, based in New York, with studios in China and Senegal. He...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 January 2023
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Skulls, Demons, Devils… 13 Creepy Paintings Ideal for Halloween
To properly get into the Halloween mood we couldn’t help but dedicate this article to the most famous creepy paintings! Forget watching horrors on...
Zuzanna Stańska 29 October 2022
All Louvre Masterpieces from Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s APES**T Video Explained
The famous music video shows Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Louvre Museum in Paris. There are shots of them standing in front of the Mona Lisa wearing...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 September 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor...
Clinton Pittman 27 June 2022
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 27 May 2022
One with Nature: Nude Paintings in Natural Settings
Depictions of the nude figurative form is a time-honored artistic tradition dating back to antiquity. Depending on the period in question, the...
Maya M. Tola 21 May 2022
Paris Salon: 101 on France’s First Public Exhibition
If you were an artist in the 19th century, you probably dreamed of having your painting in the Paris Salon. Simply put, this exhibition was the most...
Jimena Escoto 23 April 2022
The Collision of Old and New in American Paintings: 5 Vignettes of Artists
Contemporary American painters experiment with older and more traditional painting techniques and take those methods in new directions, showcasing an...
Guest Profile 28 February 2022
10 Most Scary Paintings
Paintings can represent both real and unreal themes and scary paintings are a mixture of both. Among all the emotions that make up the human psyche,...
Gabriela Hurtado 30 January 2021
