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Author: Cecilia Blotto

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
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
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
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
The missing $500 million- What happened in the Boston art heist?

The missing $500 million: What happened in the Boston art heist?

The largest art heist ever

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 15, 2025
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm - Sculptor - Artist - 1860s

How did an affair kill the sculptor Joseph Boehm?

Queen Victoria’s favourite artist

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 14, 2025
How artist Andrew Masullo got Marilyn Minter’s attention by filling cocaine vials with semen

How artist Andrew Masullo got Marilyn Minter’s attention by filling cocaine vials with semen

“Shocking and disgusting”.

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 13, 2025
Rembrandt - Self Portrait - Artist - 1606–1669

Did Rembrandt reveal a murder plot in one of his paintings?

A conspiracy theory or a genius analysis?

Cecilia Blotto
Apr 12, 2025

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