How Yves Klein Played with Gold
Yves Klein made blue a trademark. The International Klein Blue (IKB) was coined by Klein, even though the color existed before the name. But don’t...
Piotr Policht 29 July 2024
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All The Glitters: Gold of Nubia
The ancient African civilization of Nubia thrived along the banks of the Nile, encompassing present-day Sudan and southern Egypt. Nubia gained renown...
Maya M. Tola 29 July 2024
Social Media Giant Censors Leopold Museum Artworks
Vienna in Austria is currently the unlikely location of a David and Goliath battle, where the small (but perfectly formed) Leopold museum is taking on the global social media giant, Meta.
Candy Bedworth 29 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is Gustav Klimt’s most significant work of portraiture. The famous Lady in Gold has as many eye-catching...
Emily Snow 29 July 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
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
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
Masterpiece Story: Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent
On December 29th, 1888, John Singer Sargent went to the Lyceum Theatre in London to watch the premiere of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Henry...
Catriona Miller 28 July 2024
Banishing the War: The Etchings of Otto Dix
When the First World War, also known as the Great War, broke out, everyone was thrilled. The soldiers went happily to fight for their countries. All...
Errika Gerakiti 26 July 2024
The Degenerate World of Otto Dix
A short haircut, a monocle, sharp facial features with pale skin and dark red lipstick, a plain, figure-disguising dress, and a cigarette casually...
Wendy Gray 26 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: Manhattan by George Grosz
Manhattan is a masterpiece by George Grosz that expresses the grandeur and struggle of 1940s New York...
James W Singer, 26 July 2024
Splendor and Misery: New Objectivity at the Leopold Museum in Vienna
Within a plethora of avant-garde movements in the Western art of the 20th century, New Objectivity stands unique as one of the few using realist...
Szymon Jocek 26 July 2024
