Ten Famous Pieces of the Fauvist Art Movement
December 12, 2022
Dubbed the les fauves (the wild beasts), the Fauvism movement, spearheaded by Matisse and Derain, was embodied by bold colors that shook up the art world.
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A Very Norman Rockwell Christmas
December 7, 2022
Few people have captured American culture quite like Norman Rockwell but it’s his warm festive scenes that have linked him to Christmas in the USA.
A Brief History of Urban Art in Five Artists
November 16, 2022
Unencumbered by gallery walls, opening times, and entrance fees, urban art has been illuminating the lives of ordinary people for over 2,000 years.
Anish Kapoor – The Vantablack Feud
November 14, 2022
When Anish Kapoor purchased the exclusive rights to the artistic use of the "blackest black", Vantablack, the art world did not sit idly by.
Seventeenth-Century Selfies: Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits
October 31, 2022
The saying goes, “every painter paints himself,” and Rembrandt's self-portraits made him one of the most prolific self-portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age.
Henri Cartier-Bresson and His Most Famous Photos
October 24, 2022
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photographs are a time machine to exact moments in history, making him a pioneer of street photography.
A peek into Johannes Vermeer’s Painting Techniques
October 18, 2022
From the show-stopping gaze of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer has beguiled generations of 17th-century Dutch Baroque art fans.
Duchamp’s Fountain: A Urinal as a Work of Art
October 17, 2022
2023 will mark 110 years since Marcel Duchamp changed perceptions of art by submitting a urinal to a salon. In so doing he questioned what constitutes art.
5 facts about L.S. Lowry that hint at his private character
October 13, 2022
Some artists can transport the viewer in time and place. L.S. Lowry's depictions of England's urban industrial landscape earned him enduring popularity.
Ten of Annie Leibovitz’s Best-Known Photos
October 6, 2022
Not many photographers emerge from behind the camera to become as famous as the celebrities they’ve photographed. Annie Leibovitz is different.
