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A Piece of Winter: The Most Beautiful Fabergé Egg
It is always a joy to discover artifacts that capture the zeitgeist of particular historical periods. The Winter Egg designed at the House of...
Guest Profile 20 December 2024
10 Pop Art Paintings You Should Know
Dominating the 20th century with iconic imagery, pop art’s effects on the art world are still being felt today. Here are 10 of the most significant...
Guest Profile 19 December 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 12 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Phoenix Portrait of Elizabeth I
One of the most famous depictions of Elizabeth I is Nicholas Hilliard’s Phoenix Portrait, depicting the Queen with a pendant shaped like a mythical...
Guest Profile 5 December 2024
Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain and Why It Matters
Few artists have been as versatile and as bold as Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). He was a painter, a sculptor, and a photographer; he was a seminal...
Guest Profile 3 December 2024
Did Pieter Bruegel Play Dice? The Story of Seemingly Insignificant Detail
Pieter Bruegel The Elder was a prominent Flemish painter of the 16th century, famed for his vivid, often humorous depictions of peasant life and...
Guest Profile 2 December 2024
QUIZ: Highlights from the Mauritshuis in the Netherlands
Guest Profile 23 November 2024
The Story of Norman Rockwell’s Forgotten Model
Much has been written about Norman Rockwell’s neighbors who posed as models for his illustrations and Saturday Evening Post covers. Now 89, but...
Guest Profile 28 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Sometime between 1948 and today, Christina’s World evolved from a painting into an icon. There are only a handful of American paintings that have...
Guest Profile 27 October 2024
