The Many Rebirths of Venus
Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus is iconic in Western art. Alongside the Mona Lisa, it is probably a contender for “most famous...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 2 May 2023
Surrealism
Max Ernst’s Collaged Memories
In 1919, Max Ernst worked together with Jean Arp in Cologne where they founded a branch of the Dadaist Movement: Surrealism. It became a new niche...
Magda Michalska 21 July 2022
Discovery of Salvador Dalí’s Lost Wax
On 11 May, 2022, Harte International Galleries announced the discovery of a long-lost bas-relief wax sculpture of the original Christ of St. John of...
Caroline Galambosova 6 June 2022
Heirs to Dada: Surrealism, Fluxus and Pop Art
Dada was certainly the most virulent European avant-garde movement. Its members attacked not only artistic creation, but society as a whole.
Amélie Pascutto 16 January 2022
Scandalous World of Hans Bellmer: Dolls, Ropes, and Erotic Photography
“I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me”, said Terence, Roman playwright sometime in the 2nd century BCE. I think that art...
Magda Michalska 18 August 2021
The Scenographic World of Elena Antonopoulou
Elena Antonopoulou is a young artist from Greece. She has studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Also, she has participated in several artistic...
Errika Gerakiti 13 January 2021
The Art of Mia Makila: 13 Important Questions
Viewing the art of Mia Makila is like walking into a labyrinthine psyche masquerading as a shop. You open the door, the bell rings, and you realise...
Sarah Mills 30 October 2020
Dior AW 2020-21: Deconstructing Art References
Maria Grazia Chiuri is famous for creating spectacular collections and phantasmagorical shows. Each show is unique, not just for the beautiful...
Errika Gerakiti 15 September 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Primitivism
Primitivism was a facet of Modern art inspired by the works of untrained artists in non-industrialized societies, namely tribal Africa and Oceania.
Alexandra Kiely 10 June 2020
Agostino Arrivabene – A Modern Alchemist
Agostino Arrivabene (born in 1967) is a visionary yet secluded Italian contemporary artist who continues to produce outstanding surrealist works from...
Caroline Galambosova 28 April 2020
Gradiva: What Did Freud and the Surrealists See in Her?
A woman who walks. That’s what Gradiva (the name of an anonymous woman from an antique bas-relief) means, as given by a fictional character...
Magda Michalska 27 April 2020
Art of the Spanish Civil War: Political Propaganda and the Modernist Avant-Garde
April 1, 1939 marked not only the end of the Spanish Civil War but also the fall of the Second Spanish Republic. The victory of General Francisco...
Kacper Grass 1 April 2019
