A Floating World of Claude Monet
One of my greatest surprises of 2018 is Albertina’s monographic exhibition of Claude Monet. My astonishment was caused only by my bias –...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 November 2018
Museum Stories
Crash Course in Impressionism – Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne
The Courtauld Gallery will remain closed for a while, as it is being transformed. But this does not mean we cannot see the Impressionist masterpieces...
Joanna Kaszubowska 8 November 2018
Osvaldo Licini’s Rebel Angels and Sheer Folly
Let Sheer Folly Sweep Me Away is the name of a new retrospective in Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice dedicated to a Modernist Italian artist...
Magda Michalska 7 November 2018
Chihuly Glass at Biltmore Estate – A Spectacular Garden Exhibition
While on vacation this past week, I got to see a real treat – an exhibition of Chihuly glass at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North...
Alexandra Kiely 2 October 2018
The Renoir Restitution — A Moving Experience in the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Renoir painted Deux femmes dans un jardin / Two Women in a Garden in 1919, the last year of his life. By this time, the artist’s vision had been...
Howard Schwartz 26 September 2018
Wanderlust Exhibition – Travel Desire Encapsulated in Paintings
It is the last chance to see Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir – an exhibition on travel desire in the Old National...
Kate Wojtczak 13 September 2018
Emotions Of Rogier Van Der Weyden Restored
Rogier van der Weyden has a very special place in my heart because the first art historical essay that I had ever written at university was on him...
Magda Michalska 6 September 2018
Five Cool Modern And Contemporary Artworks In The Stedelijk Museum Collection
The Stedelijk Museum is a modern and contemporary art and design museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It includes works in many media from the late-19th...
Alexandra Kiely 1 September 2018
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus, has fascinated...
Jean-Marc Rakotolahy 27 August 2018
Becoming Immortal – Michael Jackson: On The Wall
When I hear the phrase the King of Pop only one name comes to my mind. I’m sure the younger generation may argue, but for me, it is still Michael...
Joanna Kaszubowska 21 August 2018
Evoking The Genius Of Brancusi At The Museum Of Modern Art In New York
The sculptures of Constantin Brancusi remind me of being in a sketch class with a model posing. When the length of the poses are one minute, even two...
Howard Schwartz 16 August 2018
Enjoy The Heat Wave With The Great British Seaside
As the United Kingdom experiences one of its hottest summers in the recent years The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the present...
Joanna Kaszubowska 15 August 2018
