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Van Gogh, The Night Cafe, 1888 via Yale University Art Gallery/Wikipedia

Isabelle Fenwick

Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Tragic Feud and a Sev...

In 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin’s vision of an art utopia in Arles spiraled into madness, betrayal, and one of art history’s greatest feuds.

Peggy Guggenheim via The Guggenheim New York

Hugo Merz

Peggy Guggenheim: The Heiress Who Built Modern Art

Peggy Guggenheim’s lifelong pursuit of daring, innovation, and emotional truth transformed the 20th-century art world, one acquisition at a time.

Marc Chagall, The Concert, 1957 via marcchagall.net

Rowan Whit

8 Masterful Marc Chagall Paintings You Should Know

Discover eight, arguably lesser-known, masterpieces by Marc Chagall that reveal new dimensions of his dreamlike, emotional, and symbolic world.

Dance (II), 1910 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Sable Monroe

Henri Matisse: The Joyful Mastery of Color and ...

From Fauvism to paper cut-outs, Henri Matisse redefined 20th-century art through an uninhibited embrace of color, movement, and the radical pursuit of joy.

Georges Braque, The Studio (L’Atelier), 1939. Oil and sand on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls Collection, 1997. Accession Number: 1997.149.3. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available under Open Ac

Miles Avery

Cubism’s Odd Couple: The Rivalry of Picasso and...

Picasso and Braque co-invented Cubism, but their friendship fractured with time. Discover the complex bond behind modern art’s boldest shift.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495-1498 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Elise Marlowe

Celebrating World Art Day: Da Vinci’s Living Le...

On World Art Day, we spotlight 10 visionary artists who kept Leonardo da Vinci’s legacy alive through science, mysticism, and bold ideas.

Feature image: Arnold Böcklin, Isle of the Dead, 1880 via Wikipedia; Credit: Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. Bühler

Julian Ashford

Was Symbolism the Most Mysterious Movement in Art?

Symbolism emerged as one of the most mysterious art movements, fusing dreams, mysticism, mythology, and emotional depth into visionary masterpieces.

Philip Guston, Flatlands, 1970 © The Estate of Philip Guston via SFMOMA

Lena Whitmore

Philip Guston: Figuration, Fear, and Moral Reck...

Philip Guston rejected abstraction to paint raw, cartoonish scenes of guilt, power, and complicity, art that still dares us to look.

Christ’s Charge to Peter, from The Acts of the Apostles tapestry series. Attributed to the workshop of Hans (Jan) Mattens after Raphael (1483–1520). Glencairn Museum Collection. Image and information courtesy of Glencairn Museum

Miles Avery

Tapestry as Time Machine: When Walls Told Stories

An immersive look at how medieval and Renaissance tapestries like the Bayeux and Unicorn series wove myth, history, and power into art.

Edvard Munch, Melancholy, 1891 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Rowan Whit

Beyond The Scream: Edvard Munch’s Lesser-Known ...

Explore Edvard Munch’s lesser-known masterpieces and artistic process beyond The Scream, revealing his deep emotional and symbolic style.