Breaking the Taboo: Slavery Exhibition at Rijksmuseum
The Slavery exhibition at Rijksmuseum is an innovative project. The subject of slavery itself is a rather controversial one, as it constitutes the...
Errika Gerakiti 2 December 2021
European Art
The Amazing Flesh of Chaim Soutine
The flesh in this context means animal flesh. Beef carcasses. Fowl. Fish. Photographs do not do these paintings justice. The thickness and thinness...
Howard Schwartz 28 November 2021
Erwin Wurm: How to See Things in a Different Way
Erwin Wurm is an artist who creates humorous art which is actually either a parody of everyday situations and known objects, or a criticism of our...
Petra Dragasevic 25 November 2021
Masterpiece Story: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret
In the 1890s Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was one of a group of young avant-garde artists whose color lithography was a vehicle for innovative...
Zuzanna Stańska 24 November 2021
Green Vault Theft: Dresden Stolen Jewels
On Tuesday, November 25 2019, burglars broke into the Green Vault museum, at the Royal Palace Dresden, Germany, and stole priceless jewels! This is...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 23 November 2021
These Churches Will Make You Believe In God
Churches are fascinating buildings where time seems to stand still. Allow us to lead you by the smell of incense into the dark Gothic interiors.
Magda Michalska 18 November 2021
Masterpiece Story: The Kensingtons at Laventie by Eric Kennington
The painting The Kensingtons at Laventie, which we present today, is Eric Kennington’s most famous work. It has been described as “one of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 November 2021
5 Artists Who Became Soldiers During the First World War
Today we commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Great War. On this occasion we want to present you with artists who enlisted as soldiers...
Magda Michalska 11 November 2021
Sir William Orpen: The Official Artist of the First World War
Initially known for society portraits, Sir William Orpen (the knighthood came after the end of the war) became an official artist of the First World...
Wendy Gray 11 November 2021
Poppies in Art for the Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a memorial remembering all the soldiers who died in the First World War. It was inaugurated by King George V in 1919 on 11th...
Magda Michalska 11 November 2021
Ecaterina Vrana – Painting as a Diary and a Language
Until the 14th of November, visitors of the Nicolae Minovici Museum in Bucharest could view some of Ecaterina Vrana’s paintings as part of an...
Luciana Craciun 8 November 2021
Eccentric Erotica: Pichard & Lob’s Odyssey
One simply cannot praise Homer’s peerless oeuvre enough. We all read Iliad and Odyssey several times, and surely, a considerable amount of us has...
Erol Degirmenci 4 November 2021
