Articles

Peacock Chairs

Janine Mae Dela Cueva

The History Behind the Iconic Peacock Chair

One particular chair is known for its regality that well-known celebrities, from the entertainment industry to government officials, have owned or used. This specific chair is the iconic Peacock Chair....

Zodiac Signs as Art Movements

Emma Segrest

Zodiac Signs as Art Movements

Whether you’re an astrology truther or think it’s all fake, finding connections to art is something we can all appreciate. Here’s what art movement you are according to your zodiac...

RECLAIM Collection - Photo taken from Cheyenne Concepcion's website

Janine Mae Dela Cueva

The Peacock Chair: Reimagined

The Peacock chair gained popularity in America, and as a result its origins gradually faded away. Now, Filipino artists are reclaiming the Peacock chair and finding ways to breathe life...

Drawing by artist Kaustubh Samel. Image courtesy of Saatchi Art

Rosella Parra

The Infamous Sketch That Went Down with the Tit...

La Circassienne au Bain, which is also known as Une Buginese, is a Neoclassical oil painting by Merry-Joseph Blondel. The painting is a portrait of a young nude Circassian woman...

Boy and Poodle

Rosella Parra

The Woman Behind the Big-Eyed Paintings: Margar...

Through Women’s History Month, a woman to recognize within the art community is Margaret Keane. She was an American artist known for painting women, children, and animals with very large...

Koons with his balloon dog

Madelyn Kenney

Balloon Dogs and Inflated Price Tags: the Contr...

Jeff Koons is considered one of the priciest artists in the contemporary art space. His famous porcelain and floral balloon dog sculptures landed him a net worth of $400 million....

Bite-sized Beauties: the History and Purpose of Miniature Art

Emma Livingston

Bite-sized Beauties: the History and Purpose of...

The first time the word miniature was used to describe art was in 1586 by Sir Philip Sidney, used to describe the reflections in bubbles of women playing in the...

The Scream

Rebekah Turner

Mental Health Social Commentary

The pressure to look a certain way, think a certain way, and to be a certain way. As far as time is recorded, there are those who are ‘different’ or...

Set of Votive Slips Illustrated with Spooky Objects

Janine Mae Dela Cueva

Yōkai: Scenes of the Supernatural in Japanese W...

Asia Society Texas Center, located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas, is currently showcasing Yōkai: Scenes of the Supernatural in Japanese Woodblock Prints. This collection is a series of...

Hilma af Klint

Emma Livingston

Under the Radar, Ahead of Her Time: the Mysteri...

Af Klint was a future-thinking woman who created over 1,300 abstract artworks in 1906. This was well before “abstract” art was coined by Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Malevich. Af Klint created...