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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.

Pablo Picasso, Joie de Vivre, 1946 via Pinault Collection

Hugo Merz

Why Did Artists Fall in Love with the South of ...

From Cézanne to Picasso, artists escaped to the South of France for its light, solitude, and sensory richness. This is what they found.

Lee Bontecou in her Wooster Street Studio, 1963. Photo Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs. Art © Lee Bontecou.

Rowan Whit

Legendary Women Artists Photographed In Their S...

A rare glimpse into the creative sanctuaries of eight pioneering women artists who changed the face of modern and contemporary art.

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.

Untitled (Bacchus), 2005–2008 via Christie's © Cy Twombly Foundation

Rebecca Levenson

Not Everyone Gets It: Cy Twombly and the Abstra...

An exploration of Cy Twombly’s life, legacy, and the backlash to abstract art—why his scribbles aren’t nonsense, but modern poetry in motion.

David Hockney, circa 1970s, wearing a checkered suit and signature round glasses. A pioneer of British Pop Art, Hockney's personal style became as recognizable as his paintings.  Image Credit: Photographer unknown. Image sourced from Men's Fashion Magazin

Elise Marlowe

Not Just a Canvas: Artists Who Were Also Style ...

They shaped the art world with their vision and turned heads with their wardrobes. These artists made personal style part of their legacy.

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.