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Artist Stories

The Best of Lucian Freud – Hotheaded Narcissus and Brilliant Painter

Lucian Freud was born on this day in 1922. It’s a perfect occasion to take look at some of his greatest paintings. He was conventional in a...

Piotr Policht 8 December 2016

The Young Pope – All 10 Paintings From The Opening Explained

The Young Pope is a new drama television series created and directed by one of my favorite directors – Paolo Sorrentino (known for Great...

Zuzanna Stańska 5 December 2016

Masterpiece Stories

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night (Painting Of The Week)

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is one of those iconic painting everyone recognizes. But not everyone knows it’s story! Today we will try...

Zuzanna Stańska 3 December 2016

Museum Stories

Juice Bar, Gym and Human Extinction: Welcome to the DIS World

New York-based DIS collective works with popular culture, music, and fashion as much as with art. But what they do isn’t always easy to...

Piotr Policht 1 December 2016

Painting

Fortune-tellers: Art of Superstition

St Andrew’s Day is not only a Scottish holiday. In Poland we have this old and pagan tradition of fortune-telling on the night of the 29th of...

Magda Michalska 30 November 2016

Museum Stories

5 Gems of the National Gallery in Edinburgh

Happy St Andrew’s Day! St Andrew, one of Jesus’ disciples, is Scotland’s patron because the Scots believed to have descended from...

Magda Michalska 29 November 2016

Art Nouveau

The Romantic World Of M(a)cdonald’s Art (No Burgers Included)

(Sorry for this inappropriate pun in the title, I simply couldn’t stop myself.) I’m not going to serve you any reheated burgers, on the...

Magda Michalska 28 November 2016

Museum Stories

15 Paintings From Shchukin Collection You Must Know

Probably the name of Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin won’t tell you much now. Shchukin was a Russian businessman, a textile merchant who lived at the...

Zuzanna Stańska 27 November 2016

Artist Stories

Tangled Up in Blue: The Art of Edward Krasiński

In Tate Liverpool, up to March 2017, you can see an exhibition of Edward Krasiński’s work. Krasiński was one of the most interesting and...

Piotr Policht 23 November 2016

Lady Gaga Is Art – A Post Not Only For Her Fans

Since Lady Gaga won the Best Look and Best Female Act prizes at this year’s MTV EMAs, we want to congratulate her by showing you yet another...

Magda Michalska 19 November 2016

Art State of Mind

Feeling Under the Weather? Art Is the Best Medicine

November is a month of runny noses, sniffing and coughing (at least in cold parts of Europe…). If you’re lying in bed with a fever, we...

Magda Michalska 15 November 2016

Contemporary Art

Camille Henrot’s Flower Library

What would you take if you were going to move to the other side of the globe? French artist Camille Henrot apparently brought a little. But she was...

Piotr Policht 13 November 2016