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The Revolutionary Wassily Kandinsky

Gabriele Münter, Portrait of Wassily Kandinsky. Composition VIII, 1923, Expressionism

Wassily Kandinsky in 5 Abstract Paintings

As a visual genius, Wassily Kandinsky revolutionized abstract art and pioneered some of the most influential art movements of the 20th century. His...

Ruxi Rusu 4 December 2024

Artist Stories

What Inspired Kandinsky? Nature, Spirituality and Other Artists

Wassily Kandinsky – a lawyer turned painter, a painter turned lecturer, a green-fingered man for whom a house with a garden was a curse (as he...

Magda Michalska 4 December 2024

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This Looks out of Tune? Finding Dissonance in Kandinsky’s Paintings

Wassily Kandinsky painted some of the most beautiful pieces of art in a style that is instantly recognizable. The flurry of lines, colors, and...

Craig Wakerley 4 December 2024

Kandinsky video: Video

Watch Kandinsky Drawing on a Rare Footage from 1926

In 1926, filmmaker Hans Cürlis, a pioneer of art documentaries, took this rare footage of the abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky on video. The...

Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 4 December 2024

Artist Stories

Kandinsky’s Magic World of Fairy Tales

Wassily Kandinsky, a renowned abstract artist, is chiefly associated with Der Blaue Reiter, an international group of avant-garde artists based in...

Magda Michalska 4 December 2024

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William Merritt Chase, At the Seaside, ca. 1892, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA. North American Art

5 American Impressionists You Need to Know

Impressionism is an art movement that originated in France in the 19th century. Artists associated with this movement are known for their dream-like...

Ruxi Rusu 4 December 2024

Dadaism

5 Myths About Dada Deconstructed

Considered a pivotal moment in art history, a lot has been said about the Dada movement. Rejecting everything (even themselves!) Dada members...

Amélie Pascutto 3 December 2024

Women Artists

Lady Dada? Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and the Revolution of Conceptual Art

When Doja Cat sparkled in 30,000 crimson Swarovski crystals at Paris Fashion Week, the American rapper walked down the red carpet literally a statue...

Kero Fichter 3 December 2024

Claude Monet, Impression Sunrise, 1872, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise is a masterpiece of Impressionism that captures the elusiveness and the impermanence of an autumn...

James W Singer 3 December 2024

Dadaism

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

Theater & Cinema

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

Dadaism

4 Most Scandalous Artworks by Marcel Duchamp

In addition to Marcel Duchamp’s famous readymades, during his life he created less known works that were provocative and caused a scandal among the...

Caroline Galambosova 3 December 2024

Contemporary Art

6 Artists Working with Artificial Intelligence You Need to Know

The subject of artificial intelligence is present in many contemporary debates: science, education, politics, etc. And, of course, art is not going...

Celia Leiva Otto 2 December 2024

Artist Stories

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Impressive Life of an Impressionist

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a leading member of Impressionism, was perhaps the most vibrant painter of color and light in the famous French movement.

Sam Malone 2 December 2024

Contemporary Art

Why You Should Visit the Boros Collection in Berlin

The Boros Collection, alternatively called the Bunker of Berlin, Banana Bunker, and, according to the New York Times, the “Hardest Club on...

Kaena Daeppen 2 December 2024

Photography

Fusion of Photography and Artificial Intelligence by Ivona Tau

Dr. Ivona Tau, coming from Vilnius, Lithuania, is an A.I. artist specializing in generative techniques. She utilizes neural networks and coding as...

Agnieszka Cichocka 2 December 2024

Contemporary Art

Owning Digital Art—What Is the Environmental Cost?

While digital NFT art has experienced a boom and is one of the most widely discussed topics in the art world, this success has also brought attention...

Agnieszka Cichocka 2 December 2024

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Owning Digital Art—What Is the Environmental Cost?

While digital NFT art has experienced a boom and is one of the most widely discussed topics in the art world, this success has also brought attention...

Agnieszka Cichocka 2 December 2024

Piet Mondrian's Composition: Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, 1930, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow by Piet Mondrian

Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a golden example of Abstraction, De Stijl, and Constructivism. It purges the art of individual subjects by...

James W Singer 1 December 2024

Alma Thomas, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, 1969, acrylic on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Alma Thomas

The style of Alma Thomas has been compared to Byzantine mosaics and the Pointillism of Georges Seurat. However, it firmly belongs to the Washington...

James W Singer 1 December 2024

Beatriz Milhazes, Sonho Tropical, 2017, White Cube Gallery, London, UK. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Sonho Tropical by Beatriz Milhazes

Sonho Tropical is a visual feast of abstract art infused with the passion for a Brazilian landscape. Beatriz Milhazes fuses European modernity with...

James W Singer 1 December 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Rhythms by Robert Delaunay

Rhythms was painted by Robert Delaunay in 1934. It was inspired by the round shapes that marked the return of the artist to Orphism and the study of...

Clinton Pittman 1 December 2024

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: The Ten Largest by Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish abstract artist who was way ahead of her time. She might just be the first abstract painter in Western modern art...

Jinnie Stork 1 December 2024

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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Impressionists?

Candy Bedworth 1 December 2024

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QUIZ: The Most Expensive Paintings! Would You Add Them to Your Collection?

Joanna Kaszubowska 30 November 2024

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QUIZ: Do You Know Your Renaissance Painters?

Joanna Kaszubowska 30 November 2024

Vincent Van Gogh, 'Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat', 1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation), the Netherlands. Quiz

QUIZ: How Much Do You Know about Van Gogh’s Life?

Ruxi Rusu 30 November 2024

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Challenging QUIZ for Cat Lovers. Few Can Get All The Answers Correct!

Ela Bobek 30 November 2024

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QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Picasso?

Ruxi Rusu 30 November 2024