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Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait (right) and Portrait of Theo van Gogh (left). Collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Image courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum.

Hugo Merz

Famous Siblings Who Shaped Art History in Surpr...

Behind many great artists are equally fascinating siblings. From letters to lifelong sacrifices, these relationships helped shape art history.

Kandinsky, Yellow, Red, Blue, 1925 via Singulart

Rowan Whit

Underrated, Must-Know Paintings by Wassily Kand...

A look beyond the color theory charts and concentric circles reveals lesser-known Kandinsky works that showcase his wild, spiritual, and deeply personal side.

Yun Shouping, Album of flowers, bamboo, fruits, and vegetables © Phoenix Art Museum. All rights reserved. Photo by Ken Howie.

Isabelle Fenwick

The Refined Power of Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting

Explore the poetic, spiritual, and rebellious worlds of six Qing Dynasty painters who reshaped tradition into personal expression.

Rembrandt, The Blinding of Samson, 1636 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Rebecca Levenson

Shadow, City, and Self: Why Rembrandt Still Fee...

Rembrandt painted what it means to be human: grief, grace, aging, and light. From self-portraits to biblical dramas, his works remain deeply moving.

Alexander Calder, The Ghost, 1964 © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York

Sable Monroe

How Alexander Calder Brought Joan Miró’s Art to...

Joan Miró painted dreams; Alexander Calder gave them form. Discover how Calder’s mobiles brought Miró’s whimsical world into kinetic 3D.

Mark Rothko, Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, 1944 © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York via MoMA

Lena Whitmore

Before the Color Fields: Rothko’s Forgotten Ear...

Before the floating rectangles, Rothko painted myth, melancholy, and men. Discover the haunting beauty of his often-overlooked early work.

 Barbara Hepworth in her studio, 1963. Photograph by Val Wilmer. © Bowness, Hepworth Estate.

Miles Avery

The Legacy of Barbara Hepworth and Why Her Work...

While history often spotlights Henry Moore or Brancusi, Hepworth shaped modern sculpture with equal force and far greater subtlety.

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.