Norval Morrisseau, The Picasso of the North
The Picasso of the North, as he was known throughout Europe; Copper Thunderbird, as he was known in the Anishinaabe region of Canada. Whatever...
Adam Oestreich 14 October 2024
Get To Know The Marajoara Culture
You have probably heard of the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. These civilizations are called pre-Columbian, a division that includes everything that...
Rute Ferreira 14 October 2024
Discover Indigenous Art of the Northern Pacific—Charles Edenshaw and Haida Art
Charles Edenshaw lived through a period of great change in the history of the Haida Nation. The Haida are the indigenous people of Haida Gwaii, an...
Bec Brownstone 14 October 2024
Minnie Pwerle: A Visionary Aboriginal Artist
Minnie Pwerle stands as a pivotal figure in the realm of contemporary art, leaving an enduring legacy through her vibrant and dynamic works. Her art...
Carlotta Mazzoli 14 October 2024
The Link Between Shipibo Pottery and Female Identity: Designs from the Peruvian Amazon
Along the Ucayali River of Northeastern Peru, women from the Shipibo-Conibo villages have been composing striking, geometric designs to cover...
Lauren Dorsey 14 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Tonight the Moulin Rouge is bursting at the seams. Men in dark coats and distinguished women dance and converse on the buzzing floor. Each has a...
Ruxi Rusu 13 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Feast of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau
Feast of Love is a beautiful painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau that explores the themes of love and impermanence. It holds a polished mixture of urban...
James W Singer 13 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: L.H.O.O.Q. by Marcel Duchamp
This masterpiece, L.H.O.O.Q. (La Joconde), is all about codes, reversals, play with conventions, and provocation. In other words, it’s an epitome...
Magda Michalska 13 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Louis David
Whether you are within an academic environment or at a coffee shop, when the term “Neoclassicism” and its huge influence on the visual arts...
Erol Degirmenci 13 October 2024
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Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Why is art history predominantly focused on male artists? Are there not enough female artists to fill textbooks? Of course, there are enough, but the...
James W Singer 13 October 2024
QUIZ: Famous Art Couples
Zuzanna Stańska 12 October 2024
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Salvador Dalí?
Joanna Kaszubowska 12 October 2024
Edgar Degas in 10 Paintings
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is one of the most famous painters of his generation. His ballerinas are held in many of the world’s most prestigious...
Jimena Escoto 10 October 2024
The Degenerate Art Exhibition: How the Nazis Tried to Destroy Modern Art
In 1937, the Nazi regime organized an exhibition in Munich that marked one of the darkest chapters in art history: the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate...
Javier Abel Miguel 10 October 2024
4 Artists Who Suffered from Mental Illness (And How It Affected Their Art)
Vincent van Gogh is well-known for his iconic works, and for a particular event from his personal life: the artist spent some time in a psychiatric...
Rute Ferreira 10 October 2024
Edvard Munch’s Vampire: A Scary Femme Fatale or a Tender Lover?
Like The Scream or Madonna, Vampire is one of Edvard Munch’s most famous artworks. But what if we view it as something more than a folklore...
Guest Profile 14 October 2024
The Best Landscape Paintings to Greet Autumn
Now that summer is officially over, looking through the window in many places is all about rain and clouds. To inspire us with the more beautiful...
Pola Otterstein 15 October 2024
10 Blue Yves Klein Masterpieces You Must Know
Yves Klein was a French artist and a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau Réalisme. Klein was a pioneer in the development of...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2020
Six Wives Of Henry VIII in Portraits
Henry VIII was the King of England who is best known for having six wives and, in particular, killing some of them. He was also famous for doing...
Zuzanna Stańska 4 May 2021
Harvest Home: 5 Most Beautiful Depictions of Harvest in Art
The leaves are falling here in Wales. The last of the fruit and veg is being taken in, and the nights are getting darker. In the pagan calendar, both...
Candy Bedworth 15 October 2024
Frida Kahlo: The Suffering Behind Her Paintings
The image of Frida Kahlo has become very popular in our society: we can find her face or artworks on colorful and bright t-shirts, earrings, cups,...
Arianna Richetti 10 October 2024
Leonora Carrington and Her Surrealist Life in Her Own Words
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) is considered one of the greatest but most neglected British Surrealists. Her life story is a fascinating one: she...
Magda Michalska 11 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies
An Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies is an enigmatic and highly unusual imaginative portrait made in 1650s England. It reveals a fascinating story...
Nicole Ganbold 14 October 2024
10 Facts to Know About Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) was a visionary whose work transcended the conventional boundaries of Surrealism and abstraction. In this “top...
Errika Gerakiti 11 October 2024