Articles

Sandro Botticelli, The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti II, ca. 1483. Image via Wikimedia Commons/Artsy

Eleanor Brooks

Sandro Botticelli Paintings Every Student Shoul...

A focused study of Botticelli beyond The Birth of Venus, examining narrative, portraiture, theology, and allegory as foundations for serious art education.

Inka Essenhigh, Dawn's Early Light, 2019 via Kavi Gupta Gallery

Louisa Penrose

Living Women Artists You Should Know and Follow...

Five living women artists whose practices define current visual culture through material rigor, personal language, and sustained formal inquiry.

Henri Matisse, Dance II, 1910 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Louisa Penrose

If You Love Dance, You’ll Love These Famous Pai...

These key paintings from modern art history depict dance as discipline, abstraction, expression, and social ritual through the moving body.

Otto Dix, To Beauty, 1922 via WikiArt/Public Domain

Nathan Cole

A Curation of 20th Century Paintings You Should...

A curated guide to seven twentieth-century paintings that reveal how artists used symbolism, psychology, and myth to reshape modern visual language.

 Joan Miró, The Hunter (Catalan Landscape), 1923-1924

Miles Avery

A Curated Selection of Unexpected Works by Famo...

A curated selection of lesser-known works by famous artists that step outside their familiar styles and reveal quieter, more reflective moments.

Willem de Kooning, Abstraction, 1949-50; via Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Credit: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Copyright: © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Hugo Merz

Eight Underrated Masterpieces by Willem de Koon...

Our curated list of overlooked paintings by Willem de Kooning that reveal the depth of his technique, evolution across decades, and vibrant artistic vision.

Frances Featherstone, Solitaire,© Frances Featherstone 2025. All Rights Reserved via the artist's website

Edward Gray

The Soft Aesthetics of Three Contemporary Visio...

Three contemporary artists explore quiet beauty through painting and photography, creating serenity shaped by light, introspection, and delicate emotion.

Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories, 2017 via IMdB

Isabelle Fenwick

Eight Essential Films on Women Artists to Watch...

A guide to eight essential documentaries that capture the creative worlds of women artists, from studio rituals to bold visions that shaped modern art.

Mulgil Kim, 찬란한 발견, 2023 via the artist's website

Rebecca Levenson

Where We Find New Art Today: Five Contemporary ...

A guide to five contemporary artists discovered through Substack Notes and how their work reflects new pathways of art discovery today.

Helen Frankenthaler, Landscape (Nice, France), 1956 via The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Hugo Merz

Quiet Masterpieces by Art History’s Greatest Names

A selection of rarely seen works by major artists that reveal quiet shifts, private experiments, and moments of pure invention beyond their iconic images.