Art World Art Bites: Inside the Feverish Dream Sequence Dalí Concocted for Hitchcock The director sought out the artist for a surreal scene in 1945's "Spellbound." By Vittoria Benzine, May 28, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Monet Had an Appetite for Destruction (of His Own Paintings) The Impressionist may have wrecked up to 500 "unsatisfactory" canvases. By Brian Boucher, May 27, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How Tamara de Lempicka’s Ashes Ended Up in a Volcano The doyenne of Art Deco projected a life of glamour, from Paris to New York. By Richard Whiddington, May 26, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Tumultuous Friendship Between Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas The pair of Impressionists clearly influenced each other's groundbreaking work. By Richard Whiddington, May 25, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Joseph Beuys Spent Three Days Locked Up With a Coyote The small animal plays an outsize role in various Native American cosmologies. By Brian Boucher, May 23, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Was Leonardo da Vinci the Original Bird Lady? Not only did he try to unlock their secrets of flight, he also advocated for their humane treatment. By Vittoria Benzine, May 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The ‘Psycho’ House Was Modeled After This Hopper Painting Both artists explored the loneliness that results from modernization. By Tim Brinkhof, May 20, 2024
Art World Art Bites: What’s With All the Dogs in Lavinia Fontana’s Portraits? Whether lap dogs or hunting breeds, canines are a motif throughout the painter’s oeuvre. By Vittoria Benzine, May 19, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Matisse Painting That Sparked a Protest A century ago, a group of anti-Modernist art students staged a mock trial for the Fauvist. By Tim Brinkhof, May 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The World’s First Museum, Complete with Wall Labels Europeans with their "cabinets of curiosity" were late on the scene compared to the Neo-Babylonians. By Richard Whiddington, May 15, 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: The Painter Who Sued His Biggest Critic—and Won James Whistler didn't like John Ruskin's review of his painting, so he took the critic to court. By Tim Brinkhof, May 11, 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
Art World Art Bites: Donald Judd’s Obsession With Bagpipes Odes to the Scottish instrument filled the artist’s home and appeared in his work. By Vittoria Benzine, May 9, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How a $20-Million Art Sale Was Won in a Game of Rock Paper Scissors A Japanese firm used this unorthodox gamble to decide which auction house would sell off its art collection. By Richard Whiddington, May 6, 2024
