Tina Modotti—A Woman of Her Time
Tina Modotti was a photographer whose path parallels the great moments of 20th-century history. Her way of making art is a testimony to the world...
Maia Heguiaphal 17 June 2026
Photographer Nan Goldin: Tender Truth Teller
Nan Goldin is an American photographer. She is just as famous for her art as she is for social activism, particularly around gay and transgender...
Candy Bedworth 17 June 2026
Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine
Andreas Gursky’s Rhine is an interesting piece that tells the transformation of a real-life picture into an abstract work of art. The move towards...
Michel Rutten 17 June 2026
Gerda Taro—The Girl with the Leica
Have you ever heard of the photographer Gerda Taro? You may know her as Robert Capa‘s girlfriend and muse, and I’m sure you have heard of Capa at...
Arianna Richetti 17 June 2026
Eli Rezkallah: I Created My Own Fantasy World
We all know the iconic lyrics for the James Brown song “It’s a Man’s Man’s World”. Since 1966, it reminds us that the world has always been...
Guest Author 17 June 2026
Masterpiece Story: One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng
Wang Ximeng’s One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains is a masterpiece of the Northern Song dynasty and of the larger history of traditional...
James W Singer 16 June 2026
Giovanni Segantini: The Tragic Life of a Mountain Lover
Giovanni Segantini was an Italian painter with a deep love for mountains and snow. His stunning landscapes capture the serene beauty and majesty of...
Magda Michalska 16 June 2026
Magnificent Mountain Landscapes by Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler was the most influential Swiss artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hodler’s beautiful mountain landscapes were, in...
Zuzanna Stańska 16 June 2026
Landscape Painters, National Parks, and the American West in Art
The US National Parks are natural and man-made monuments legally set aside for protection and public enjoyment. Yellowstone became the first National...
Alexandra Kiely 16 June 2026
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Divine Beauty of Landscapes: California on Canvas
The beautiful state of California is home to some of the most geographically diverse topography. This makes for the most breathtaking vistas. It has...
Maya M. Tola 16 June 2026
5 Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits You Need to See
Frida Kahlo’s modern persona evokes images of beautiful flowers, elaborate dresses, and the artist’s famous unibrow. However, her work is much...
Theodore Carter 15 June 2026
Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait (Or Is It?)
“I paint landscapes, I paint nudes / I contain multitudes,” Dylan smokily croons on his contemplative 2020 pastiche, Rough and Rowdy Ways. The...
Guest Author 15 June 2026
12 Famous Self-Portraits You Should Know
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Self-portraits are closely tied to the existence of mirrors. Although mirrors have...
Anastasia Manioudaki 21 January 2026
The Beautiful Gardens of Santiago Rusiñol
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats was a prolific painter, draftsman, playwright, novelist, poet, and cultural activist from the late 19th and early 20th...
Maya M. Tola 23 June 2025
Too Much Love Will Kill You—The Death of Raphael
Raphael Sanzio, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, died on Good Friday in 1520. He was only 37 years old and at the peak of his artistic...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 April 2026
J. M. W. Turner in 10 Paintings
If one wanted to impress their friends at dinner with facts about the highly unique painter Joseph Mallord William Turner, I would point them to...
Coleman Richards 10 June 2026
The Saddest Paintings in Art History
Of the broad spectrum of human emotions, sadness is the one that has been a common underlying element of many famous artworks to date. The...
Sam Malone 8 June 2026
Caravaggio in 10 Paintings
Caravaggio is one of the best-known Italian Baroque painters of his time. Seen through his characteristically naturalistic style, his paintings...
Anna Ingram 7 November 2025
Marsden Hartley: An Overlooked Modernist
Marsden Hartley was a ground-breaking modernist, ostracized from the art world at the height of his career. Today he remains sidelined as a...
Louisa Mahoney 7 August 2025
10 Rembrandt Etchings You Need to See This Summer in Amsterdam
In Rembrandt’s prints, you can see the whole of life passing you by, from the cradle to the grave. Every stage of life held something...
Guest Author 12 June 2026
Rosa Bonheur in 10 Paintings
Rosa Bonheur’s paintings are some of the most acclaimed depictions of animals in Western art history, making her one of the most important...
Jimena Escoto 20 November 2025
Is This Unicorn a Dog? Uncovering the Mysteries of Raphael’s Masterpiece
Portrait of a Young Woman with Unicorn by Raphael is one of the gems from the Galleria Borghese in Rome. Long misattributed and repainted, this...
Ela Bobek 6 April 2026
Pieter Bruegel’s Children’s Games Explained
Children’s Games is one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s most famous paintings. Just like in other works of his, it is debatable whether it was just...
Irina Diana Calu 8 June 2026
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 Author 13 March 2026
