Japonisme: Western Fever for Japanese Art and Culture
During the mid-19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 5 September 2024
During the mid-19th and 20th centuries, Western art saw the birth of Japonisme. The term was coined by Philippe Burty in 1872 and refers to the craze...
Jimena Escoto 5 September 2024
Music and art have long been closely tied together, each taking inspiration from the other (for better or for worse). Some remarkable music has been...
Sarah Mills 27 August 2024
Few things in life are more moving than the night sky on a cloudless evening. Artists have been fascinated by it for so long! The night has inspired...
Ruxi Rusu 22 August 2024
Szymon Jocek 17 August 2024
The story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its founder before the robbery in 1990.
Jennifer S. Musawwir 12 August 2024
After paying a visit to the newly inaugurated Grosvenor Gallery in London, John Ruskin wrote a stinging review of the modernist exhibition. The...
Ruxi Rusu 5 August 2024
Whistler’s 1871 painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1 might not sound familiar. As Whistler’s Mother, on the other hand, it has entered...
Catriona Miller 12 May 2024
Every great person has a prominent woman standing behind them, and that is true as every remarkable person was a child once. The woman standing...
Valeria Kumekina 9 May 2024
Joanna Hiffernan and James Abbott McNeill Whistler met in London in 1861. He instantly fell in love with her striking red hair and outspoken...
Louisa Mahoney 4 April 2024
The idea of birds in art probably brings to mind John James Audubon, the 19th-century ornithologist who wrote and illustrated the landmark series The...
Alexandra Kiely 5 January 2024
In 1878, artist James Whistler sued critic John Ruskin over a bad review. The trial and its consequences, set against the background of the Victorian...
Catriona Miller 14 December 2023
From the dawn of civilization, rivers have been the crux of human life. Most great cities are built around rivers. We use them for sustenance,...
Anastasia Manioudaki 22 March 2023