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Léon Spilliaert - 1903 - Self Portrait - Artist

Léon Spilliaert: how to paint insomnia

“There was something about that isolation and solitude…”

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 25, 2025
Benjamin Franklin - 1785 - Polymath - Portrait - Joseph-Siffred Duplessis

‘Fart Proudly’: Benjamin Franklin’s satire about geniuses

The most intelligent American man was equally silly.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 24, 2025
Han Van Meegeren - 1945 - Artist - Koos Raucamp

Han van Meegeren: The painter who mastered forgery

Vermeer’s twin, born two centuries later.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 24, 2025
Pablo Picasso - Artist

Unveiling the mystery of ‘The Old Guitarist’ by Pablo Picasso

Infrared scans revealed other figures in the painting…

Will Howard
Apr 22, 2025
J M W Turner - 1799 - Painter - Self Portrait - Tate Britain

How JW Turner inspired abolitionism through one painting

The absence of figures makes it a more powerful message.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 21, 2025
Heronimus Bosch - Dutch Painter - Portrait - 1550

What makes the work of Hieronymus Bosch so surreal?

Deep down, we know genuine Surrealism when we see it.

Will Howard
Apr 19, 2025
Maud Wagner- the first western tattoo artist  - 1907

Maud Wagner: the first Western tattoo artist

A contortionist by day, tattoo artist by night.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 18, 2025
Andy Warhol at the Jewish Museum - 1980

‘Business art’: how trauma made Andy Warhol a machine

Cold, commercial safety shield.

Lucy Harbron
Apr 18, 2025
Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo - 1512 - Vatican City

How did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Four years worth of back-breaking work.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 17, 2025
Leonardo Da Vinci - Self-portrait - Circa 1512 - Artist - Royal Library of Turin

Is there a hidden Lenardo Da Vinci mural? 

“Seek and ye shall find”.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 16, 2025
Why was Egon Schiele sent to prison for his art?

Why was Egon Schiele sent to prison for his art?

An inherent sexual and power imbalance.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 16, 2025
Sylvia Plath

What was Sylvia Plath’s fascination with the occult?

Magic led to her tragic death.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 15, 2025

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