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Roy Lichtenstein, Whaam!, 1963 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Rebecca Levenson

Reconsidering Roy Lichtenstein’s Borrowed Geniu...

Roy Lichtenstein turned comic panels into Pop icons. This article revisits the artists he copied and the questions of credit, respect, and legacy.

Tammam Azzam, Matisse, Syrian Museum series via The Independent

Edward Gray

When Art Heals: Creativity After War and Displa...

Art helps survivors of war express grief, preserve memory, and rediscover identity. Creativity becomes a language for healing and hope.

Joan Miró, The Farm, 1921-1922 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Miles Avery

Before They Were Icons: The Early Works of Grea...

Every master began somewhere. Discover the early, unrecognizable works of artists who later revolutionized the course of art history.

Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2025 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York via MoMA

Julian Ashford

Dalí’s Obsession with Time: The Persistence of ...

Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory turns time into dream and decay. In honor of daylight savings, we explore how one painting made time surreal.

Leonora Carrington, And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur, 1953 via MoMA

Rebecca Levenson

Here’s Why Leonora Carrington Is the Queen of H...

Leonora Carrington turned witchcraft, dreams, and rebellion into art. Here’s our theory on why her surreal worlds make her the true queen of Halloween.

Anselm Kiefer, Sulamith, 1983 via SFMOMA

Sebastian Moore

How Artists Painted Nightmares Throughout Art H...

From Abildgaard to Dalí, artists have long painted the haunting visions between sleep and reality, turning nightmares into extraordinary art.

Cy Twombly, 8 Odi di Orazio, 1968 via Artsy

Isabelle Fenwick

Underrated Paintings by Cy Twombly You Should Know

Cy Twombly’s poetic and mysterious canvases are often misunderstood. These underrated works reveal the quiet depth behind his mark-making.

William Shiels, A Cheviot Lamb (from Attonburn, Roxburghshire). via WikiArt/Public Domain

Elise Marlowe

The Lamb in Art: Innocence, Faith, and Symbolic...

From Renaissance altarpieces to modern art, the lamb has carried deep meaning as a symbol of purity, sacrifice, and spiritual renewal.

Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross, 1435 via Smarthistory

Adrian Mercer

Rogier van der Weyden’s The Descent from the Cr...

Rogier van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross captures the height of human emotion through exquisite detail and compositional mastery.

Maruja Mallo, La sorpresa del trigo (Surprise of the Wheat), 1936 © Maruja Mallo, VEGAP, Santander, 2024. Private collection via World of Interiors

Edward Gray

Maruja Mallo and the Visionary World of Spanish...

Maruja Mallo’s surreal paintings capture the energy of modern Spain, blending fantasy, symbolism, and freedom into unforgettable images.