Claude Monet in 10 Paintings
We prefer to be sincere; the title is simply intended to catch your attention. Claude Monet painted throughout his life, from adolescence to his...
Tommy Thiange 7 August 2024
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Anne Vallayer-Coster: A Life of Still Life
The still life genre often seems less interesting than other art forms, so perhaps it is unsurprising that 18th-century French painter Anne...
Catriona Miller 5 August 2024
Whistler vs. Ruskin: How to Fling a Pot of Paint and Win a Trial
After paying a visit to the newly inaugurated Grosvenor Gallery in London, John Ruskin wrote a stinging review of the modernist exhibition. The...
Ruxi Rusu 5 August 2024
Augusta Savage: The Woman Who Defined 20th-Century Sculpture
Augusta Savage was a sculptress whose name is often missing from the list of illustrious Harlem Renaissance artists. Throughout her life, she merged...
Anastasia Tsaleza 5 August 2024
Pre-Raphaelite Sisters: Five Female Painters to Know
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an all-male artistic fraction active during the second half of the 19th century, has become synonymous today with...
Anastasia Tsaleza 5 August 2024
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 4 August 2024
Spanish Bodegones of the 17th Century
Looking at a painting and getting hungry? It might be a bodegón! Here we define the genre of Spanish bodegones in the context of 17th-century...
Soledad Castillo Jara 29 July 2024
Emma Amos: The Story of Postmodernist African-American Artist
Emma Amos (1937-2020) was a postmodernist artist whose thought-provoking works have left an indelible mark on the art world. Amos emerged as a...
Arianna Richetti 29 July 2024
Opera: A Brief History of the Total Work of Art
When we think of opera, art is not the first thing that comes to mind. Opera simply means “work” and it can sometimes seem over-the-top and...
Ledys Chemin 29 July 2024
See Monuments Turn into Sport Arenas for the Paris 2024 Olympics
The forthcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will bridge the worlds of art and sport, with equestrian competitions at the Palace of Versailles, fencing...
Ledys Chemin 25 July 2024
Fernando Botero in Colombian Museums
Fernando Botero’s artworks are probably among the most recognizable in art history. It is enough to look once at one of his plump, “voluminous”...
Anthony Royer 22 July 2024
Frauhaus: Gunta Stölzl and the Women of the Bauhaus
The women of Bauhaus, attracted to the school by a lie, were marginalized by their male masters and forced into a single workshop. Under the...
Geoffrey Bunting 22 July 2024
