Modern Muse: Arpita Shah’s Feminist Take on Mughal Portraiture
Staging an intervention in art history, and specifically in Indian miniature portraiture, Arpita Shah replaces male Mughal emperors with inspiring...
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Photography
The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar
The name Dora Maar reminds most people of Pablo Picasso. But apart from being his muse and lover, she was first and foremost an ambitious and...
Michel Rutten 25 August 2023
Tina Modotti: Photographer Made Revolutionary
Her life story reads like a script tailor-made for a movie (are you listening, Hollywood?). After all, how often do we encounter narratives of...
Magda Michalska 16 August 2023
The Shadow of the Wind: Francesc Català-Roca and His Neorealistic Spain
He was one of the finest photographers of the 20th century, yet not many know his name. He captured the reality of the post-war era through a...
Magda Michalska 3 August 2023
David Wojnarowicz: Love and Rage in the Time of Cholera
Sex, spirituality, love, and loss – for artist, writer, and activist David Wojnarowicz these were the main subjects of the art he created from the...
Zuzanna Stańska 20 July 2023
The Hundred Faces of Kiki de Montparnasse
Kiki de Montparnasse was an actress, singer, and muse of Man Ray. Known as the “Queen of Montparnasse,” she influenced the trajectory of...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 June 2023
The Many Rebirths of Venus
Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus is iconic in Western art. Alongside the Mona Lisa, it is probably a contender for “most famous...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 2 May 2023
Black Motherhood in Photography: Book Review of Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation
Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing by co-editors Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago of the...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 27 February 2023
Anita Steckel: Art, Sex, and Politics
Anita Steckel was a feminist artist of the late 20th century who pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable. Her art and beliefs were...
Errika Gerakiti 17 January 2023
The Most Colorful Places in the World
A masterpiece is not solely an artist’s work, it can also be committed by our wonderful Mother Nature. Mountains, beaches, forests and meadows...
Anuradha Sroha 18 September 2022
10 Photographic Reasons Why You Should Fall in Love with Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. He produced a collection of provocative...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 September 2022
How Would Superheroes Have Looked Like in the 17th Century?
The 17th century was a beautiful time full of people wearing ruffs. Huge, remarkable ruffs. Those ruffs stayed in my memory, like in Peter Paul...
Zuzanna Stańska 28 April 2022
