Art Movements

Review

Discover 5 of Picasso’s Printing Techniques at the New British Museum Exhibition

The British Museum is hosting a new exhibition of prints by Pablo Picasso. Renowned mostly for his paintings, such as ground-breaking cubist...

Edoardo Cesarino 11 November 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Zeuxis Selecting Models for Helen of Troy by Angelica Kauffman

We’re all Angelicamad here! To celebrate the history painter extraordinaire Angelica Kauffman, let’s discuss her take on one of antiquity’s...

Gabrielle Stecher 11 November 2024

Review

Top 10 Artworks to See at Friends in Love and War in Birmingham

Friends in Love and War - L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es. Showing at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. We choose our favourite exhibits celebrating friendship in contemporary life.

Candy Bedworth 11 November 2024

News

Inspiring the Artemis Generation: Relaunch of the NASA Art Program

With the unveiling of a new space-themed mural in New York, NASA steps into a new age of its art program. The goal of this relaunch? To inspire a new...

Marta Wiktoria Bryll 11 November 2024

Photography

The Women Who Changed Photography: Book Review

Established writer of photography Gemma Padley has created an overview of significant women photographers in her newest book, The Women Who Changed...

Mary Margaret Swets 11 November 2024

Theater & Cinema

Art in Friends: The One with Paintings in Central Perk

Who doesn’t love Friends? Without a doubt, it is one of the most watched and most loved TV series in history. We all know about this group of best...

Errika Gerakiti 11 November 2024

Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso Artist Stories

Miró and Picasso: A Transcendent Artistic Friendship

In the vibrant tapestry of art history, few relationships resonate as profoundly as that of Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. These two titans of...

Celia Leiva Otto 11 November 2024

Post-Impressionism

The Story of an Excessively Electric Friendship Between Van Gogh and Gauguin

People say that you shouldn’t live with your friends because your friendship may deteriorate. The story of the friendship between Vincent van...

Magda Michalska 11 November 2024

Renaissance

Visit Astonishing Halls of Maps and Globes

Cartography is the production of geographical maps and globes. It has evolved both as a science and as an art. This is why powerful people love...

Camilla de Laurentis 11 November 2024

JMW Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed, 1844, National Gallery, London, UK. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Rain, Steam and Speed by J. M. W. Turner

J. M, W, Turner’s Rain, Steam, and Speed is a masterpiece of Victorian Romanticism infused with hopes, fears, and reminisces. It catapults the...

James W Singer 10 November 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Young Bacchus by Mary Beale

Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how...

Catriona Miller 10 November 2024

David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)', 1972, private collection. British Art quiz Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney

David Hockney is an English artist born in 1937. He was a leading force in the 1960s Pop Art movement and a great innovator, considered, to this...

Ruxi Rusu 10 November 2024