Art World Art Bites: Art Used to Be an Olympic Sport Gold medals were given out for juried art exhibitions until 1948. By Verity Babbs, Jul 25, 2024
Art World Artcore: The Movement That Transformed Rhythm Into Color Orphism, the short-lived movement led by Sonia and Robert Delaunay, mined art from music. By Verity Babbs, Jul 17, 2024
Art World Eureka: What Was Helen Frankenthaler’s Soak-Stain Technique? Frankenthaler’s method of thinning and pouring paint was an expansion of Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings. By Verity Babbs, Jul 15, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Gentileschi and Galileo Were Pen Pals The artist's relationship with the scientist may have informed her depiction of blood. By Verity Babbs, Jul 3, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript The uncoded book could be anything from Ancient Hebrew to a lost Roman dialect. By Verity Babbs, Jun 27, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Did Leonardo Use Mirror Writing? ⸮ɘƨɿɘvɘɿ ni ɘɈiɿw ɿɘɈƨɒm ɘɔnɒƨƨiɒnɘЯ ɘʜɈ bib γʜW By Verity Babbs, Jun 25, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The World’s Most Valuable Stolen Painting Vermeer’s domestic scene has an estimated value of $250 million. By Verity Babbs, Jun 16, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Hilma af Klint Predicted Her Own Posthumous Fame The Swedish artist’s legacy was secured several decades after her death. By Verity Babbs, Jun 14, 2024
Archaeology & History Rock Art Found in This Saudi Arabian Cave Offers ‘Rare Glimpse’ Into Ancient Human Life The find at Umm Jirsan includes depictions of sheep, ibex, and goats. By Verity Babbs, Jun 4, 2024
Archaeology & History Sheffield Castle Excavations Yield New Discoveries of an Industrial Past The latest dig is working to uncover the history of the Castle’s medieval gatehouse. By Verity Babbs, Jun 2, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Scandalized French Society With a Smile The artist’s self-portrait with her daughter raised eyebrows with her open mouth. By Verity Babbs, Jun 1, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Is Caravaggio’s $20 Million Nativity Scene Lost to the Underworld? The theft of Caravaggio’s nativity scene is one of art history’s most significant crimes. By Verity Babbs, May 29, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Frida Kahlo Hated the French Surrealists Was Frida Kahlo a Surrealist? She didn’t think so. And she hated them. By Verity Babbs, May 13, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Salvador Dalí’s Nuclear Mysticism Phase The theory was a reaction to the devastation wrought on Japan during World War II. By Verity Babbs, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History Is This Stingray-Shaped Rock the Earliest Animal Carving Ever Discovered? The 130,000 year-old ‘sand sculpture’ found off the South African coast has surprised experts. By Verity Babbs, May 9, 2024
