Art World Art Bites: How the Art World Rediscovered Judith Leyster Works by the supremely talented Dutch master have often been wrongly attributed to men. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 7, 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
Art World Art Bites: Who Was Degas’s ‘Little Dancer’? Meet the young ballerina who posed for Degas's controversial sculpture. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 2, 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
Art World Art Bites: Inside Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Recipe Collection A posthumously published cookbook includes directions for making stewed eels, rum punch, and a dessert known as 'The Convent Serpent.' By Andrew Russeth, Jun 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Marcel Duchamp Had a Thing for Chess He turned the game into Dadaist performance art. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 20, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Manet and Morisot’s Creative—and Complicated—Bond The pair of impressionists had an intense relationship and were possibly lovers. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 19, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Louise Bourgeois Loved Spiders The artist is known for her towering arachnids, but where did the inspiration come from? By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 17, 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
Art World Art Bites: Was Leonardo a Vegetarian Before It Was Trendy? The evidence isn’t conclusive, but the man had definite opinions on how animals should be treated. By Brian Boucher, Jun 13, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Where Did the Paris Salon Come From? Beginning in 1725, the French exhibition format was the ultimate arbiter of taste. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2024
Art World Art Bites: What Was Leonora Carrington’s Surrealist Survival Kit? The painter proposed these kits to help anyone, artist or not, survive modern society By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 10, 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
Art World Art Bites: Paul McCarthy’s ‘Humiliating’ Christmas Tree Paris asked the artist for a Christmas tree. He gave them a giant butt plug instead. By Tim Brinkhof, May 30, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How the Met Got Its Ancient Egyptian Temple Winning the temple was game of art, money, and politics. By Richard Whiddington, May 29, 2024
