Heirs to Dada: 6 Avant-garde Art Movements Inspired by Dadaism
Dada was certainly the most virulent of European avant-garde art movements. Its members attacked not only artistic creation but society as a whole.
Amélie Pascutto 19 December 2024
Surrealism
The Artist Schindler’s List: How Varian Fry Rescued Artists from Burning Europe
At the outbreak of World War II, Varian Fry, a US journalist, volunteered to travel to Marseille to assist in the repatriation of Europe’s...
Javier Abel Miguel 18 December 2024
Dreams That Money Can Buy: Crazy Visions by 6 Dadaist Artists
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) is a Dadaist portmanteau movie, an unknown cinematographic masterpiece combining surrealistic and experimental...
Caroline Galambosova 3 December 2024
René and Georgette Magritte: A Love Story
You’ve heard of René Magritte—the Surrealist icon behind the famous pipe and bowler hat. But who was the muse who inspired much of his oeuvre?...
Natalia Iacobelli 21 November 2024
14 Weirdest Paintings by René Magritte
I love to watch people looking at his art for the first time. René Magritte’s art became well-known for a number of witty and thought-provoking...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Treachery of Images by René Magritte
As you can see, this painting depicts a pipe. Underneath it, there is a French sentence that says “This is not a pipe”. You may ask, what...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Lovers by René Magritte
You must have already encountered René Magritte’s series of paintings on lovers marked by his unmistakable surreal style and renowned wit.
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2024
QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Degenerate Art?
Javier Abel Miguel 16 November 2024
Discover 5 of Picasso’s Printing Techniques at the New British Museum Exhibition
The British Museum is hosting a new exhibition of prints by Pablo Picasso. Renowned mostly for his paintings, such as ground-breaking cubist...
Edoardo Cesarino 11 November 2024
Miró and Picasso: A Transcendent Artistic Friendship
In the vibrant tapestry of art history, few relationships resonate as profoundly as that of Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. These two titans of...
Celia Leiva Otto 11 November 2024
Lee Miller—Photographer of the Extremes
Lee Miller (1907–1977) was a fashion and war photographer, a model, a muse, and a gourmet cook. She lived life to the fullest with all its bright...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 November 2024
Claude Cahun—A Surrealist Queer Prophet
—Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” Photographer,...
Candy Bedworth 4 November 2024
