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Masterpiece Stories

Holy Night by Correggio

The Holy Night by Correggio also known as Nativity or the Adoration of the Shepherds, was commissioned by Alberto Pratoneri for his family chapel in...

Zuzanna Stańska 25 December 2016

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

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

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

Masterpiece Stories

John Singer Sargent, Gassed – Painting Of The Week

Yesterday we were commemorating Remembrance Day. Also known as Armistice Day, it marks the day when World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of...

Zuzanna Stańska 12 November 2016

WTF Art History

Paintings For The US Election Day 2016

Remember, remember, the 8th of November… Uh, it’s today, that important date which is going to decide about the situation in the United...

Magda Michalska 8 November 2016