Masterpiece Story: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault completed The Raft of the Medusa when he was 27, and the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It is a direct precursor...
Clinton Pittman 27 June 2022
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David Hockney and His iPad Landscapes
David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He is perhaps best known for his depictions of swimming pools,...
Zuzanna Stańska 26 June 2022
More Than Fifty Shades of Grey in the Grey Life of Romaine Brooks
The story of Romaine Brooks could have been a story of success, luxury, and the easy life since she was born into a very wealthy American family (her...
Magda Michalska 23 June 2022
Gwen John: A Converted Artist
Have you ever heard of Gwen John before? She was a painter from Wales following the Post-Impressionist style. The compositions of her artworks are...
Magda Michalska 22 June 2022
Rik Wouters – Genius of Light and Color
Have you heard of Rik Wouters? He is Belgium’s best-known Fauvist, renowned for the stunning colors in his paintings. His works have often been...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 June 2022
Anselm Kiefer’s Burning Writings in Doge’s Palace in Venice
Apart from the Biennale that is taking place in the Venetian Giardini at the moment, Venice never ceases to offer stunning exhibition spaces for...
Magda Michalska 20 June 2022
Masterpiece Story: Fish Magic by Paul Klee
Fish Magic is a mysterious and very fascinating work by Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee, a painter who balanced on the verge of a few modern art...
Kate Wojtczak 19 June 2022
The Dreamlike, Queer and Femme Paintings of Marie Laurencin
Most art fans know the names of the male avant-garde artists in the early 1900s, but fewer people know of the women who mastered the craft. Marie...
Guest Profile 13 June 2022
You Give Me Fever: Egon Schiele’s Orange Obsession
Recently I found myself asking: why have I never realized Egon Schiele’s orange obsession? Clearly, there are many of his paintings that...
Magda Michalska 12 June 2022
Seven Haunting Town Paintings by Egon Schiele
Austrian artist Egon Schiele is best known for his shamelessly erotic and frank representations of human form. But alongside his startlingly...
Jon Kelly 12 June 2022
Double, Double Toil and Trouble: Witches in Art and Modern Media
One of my favorite parts of the Halloween season are the scary and cult classic movies shown on repeat all month long. The fact is, we can actually...
Rachel Witte 31 May 2022
Hags and Slags? A History of Witchcraft in Art
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 31 May 2022
