8 Paintings That Capture the Quiet Beauty of Melancholy Some emotions don’t ask to be seen byKomalAugust 5, 2026
Mandy Ross’s photography documents tribal traditions in a changing world For Mandy Ross, every portrait begins with a conversation, even when no words byAyesha MalikAugust 5, 2026
Why Every Art Collector Should Keep Detailed Collection Records Keeping detailed collection records is one of the simplest ways to protect your byAmna RaufAugust 5, 2026
The Most Radical Thing Marina Abramović Did Was Look at You When was the last time someone looked at you for a full minute without checking byPrerona MaityAugust 5, 2026
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Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artists Editor’s Pick: ArtworksAugust 3, 2026 8 Paintings That Capture the Dark Imagination of Zdzisław Beksiński There are paintings that you admire for their beauty byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Fairs, Festivals & Events Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Galleries Opinion & CommentaryAugust 1, 2026 When Women Painted Women: 7 Masterpieces For centuries, women have been among the most enduring subjects in art byKomal16 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artists Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 30, 2026 9 Edward Hopper Paintings That Celebrate the Beauty of Solitude When was the last time you spent a few quiet moments completely alone? byKomal13 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artists Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 29, 2026 7 Childhood Artworks by the World’s Greatest Artists What does creative genius look like before the fame, the masterpieces, and the byKomal10 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artists Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 28, 2026 The Beauty of Paris Through 7 Timeless Paintings Some cities preserve their history in museums byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 26, 2026 The Skull Was Never Just About Death: 8 Hidden Stories in Art A skull tucked beneath a table byKomal12 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 23, 2026 Banned, Attacked, Mocked: 8 Art Controversies That Became Masterpieces What makes a work of art truly controversial? byKomal12 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artworks Film, Fashion & Pop Culture Through Art Opinion & CommentaryJuly 22, 2026 From the Cyclops to Penelope: 10 Artworks That Tell the Story of The Odyssey More than 2,700 years after Homer first chronicled Odysseus’s legendary byKomal19 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 21, 2026 Why Do These Paintings Look Like They’re Judging You? Have you ever walked past a painting and felt as though it was looking back at byKomal13 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJuly 20, 2026 7 Paintings That Capture the Beauty of Rain Few things transform a landscape as completely as rain byKomal10 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artworks Film, Fashion & Pop Culture Through Art Opinion & CommentaryJuly 19, 2026 From Ancient Myths to Modern Art: 7 Vampire Artworks That Tell the Story Long before vampires became the stars of blockbuster films, binge-worthy byKomal10 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJuly 17, 2026 From Pompeii to Modern Masters: 7 Dog Paintings Every Art Lover Should Know Long before dogs curled up on our couches or eagerly waited by the front door, byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artworks Film, Fashion & Pop Culture Through ArtJuly 16, 2026 How Do You Paint Something That Never Stops Moving? 7 Famous Dance Paintings Dance is one of the most beautiful forms of human expression, and one of the byKomal8 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 15, 2026 The Secret Life of Hieronymus Bosch’s Owls At first, you probably won’t notice them byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Creative Column Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 13, 2026 8 Paintings That Will Remind You of Someone You Miss Some paintings tell us exactly what’s happening byKomal14 minute read
Art & Society Art & Technology Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Business Column Museum & Institutional News Opinion & CommentaryJuly 12, 2026 The Art World’s Biggest Forgery Scandals A masterpiece hangs quietly on a museum wall byKomal23 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artists Opinion & CommentaryJuly 10, 2026 7 Artists Who Believed Spirits Guided Their Creative Process Where does creativity come from? byKomal 0 0 6 Shares 6 13 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Creative Column Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 9, 2026 These 8 Paintings Prove Crime Has Always Inspired Art Picture a detective arriving at a crime scene byKomal18 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJuly 8, 2026 Why Kawase Hasui Is Still the Master of Rain, Snow, and Silence What if the most unforgettable part of a painting wasn’t the landscape, byKomal20 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJuly 7, 2026 The 8 Most Haunting Stares Ever Captured in Art Before we notice a painting’s colors, composition, or symbolism, we almost byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJuly 5, 2026 You Know Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” – But Have You Seen These 10? Ask someone to name a famous painting of the night sky, and chances are byKomal23 minute read
Art & Society Art & Technology Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJune 28, 2026 What X-Rays Revealed About the Secret History of Famous Paintings For centuries, paintings have guarded their secrets well byKomal16 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Creative Column Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJune 26, 2026 8 Masterpieces That Find Beauty in Doing Nothing In a world that celebrates productivity, busyness, and constant achievement, byKomal10 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: Artworks Opinion & CommentaryJune 24, 2026 8 Legendary Female Warriors Artists Never Stopped Painting Some warriors are remembered through monuments byKomal14 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Editor’s Pick: ArtworksJune 17, 2026 10 Sunset Paintings That Make You Fall in Love With Evening Again There are few sights more universal than a sunset byKomal17 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & Genres Film, Fashion & Pop Culture Through Art Opinion & CommentaryJune 16, 2026 The Art World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries Art history is often presented as a story of discoveries, masterpieces, and byKomal13 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Film, Fashion & Pop Culture Through Art Opinion & CommentaryJune 13, 2026 The Hidden Art History Inside Your Favorite K-Pop MVs For years, people dismissed K-pop music videos as nothing more than flashy byKomal 0 0 16 Shares 16 15 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & GenresJune 11, 2026 The Masterpieces Their Artists Never Finished 10 Paintings Frozen in Time Every great work of art tells a story byKomal19 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & GenresJune 10, 2026 The Artist Van Gogh Never Stopped Learning From Before Vincent van Gogh became one of the most recognizable artists in history, byKomal13 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Opinion & CommentaryJune 7, 2026 The Strange Stories Behind 10 Paintings People Believed Were Cursed Art is often celebrated for its beauty, creativity, and ability to capture byKomal14 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History EssentialsJune 3, 2026 7 of the Most Dramatic Love Stories in Art History Love has inspired some of the world’s greatest works of art, but not every byKomal11 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Art Styles & GenresJune 2, 2026 The 9 Most Haunting Depictions of Hell in Art History For centuries, artists have been fascinated by hell byKomal17 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History EssentialsJune 1, 2026 The Woman Who Painted Abstract Art for the Future At the center of the Guggenheim Museum, beneath the curve of its spiraling byKomal14 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMay 30, 2026 The Secret Language of Hands in Famous Paintings Before we notice the faces in many famous paintings, we notice the hands byKomal 0 0 19 Shares 19 13 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History EssentialsMay 27, 2026 The Artist Behind Art History’s Strangest Cats Long before the internet transformed cats into global celebrities, one Victorian byKomal13 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History Essentials Editor’s Pick: ArtworksMay 19, 2026 The Saddest Paintings in History and the Stories Behind Them Some paintings are admired for their beauty byKomal 0 0 8 Shares 8 13 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art Styles & Genres Opinion & CommentaryMay 18, 2026 How 10 Artists Captured the Feeling of Sunlight Sunlight has long fascinated artists not simply because of how it transforms a byKomal 0 0 15 Shares 15 15 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMay 10, 2026 What Motherhood Looks Like Through the Eyes of Artists Motherhood has appeared in art for centuries, but never in just one form byKomal15 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Opinion & CommentaryMay 7, 2026 The Masterpieces That Spent Decades Hidden in Attics There is something almost mythical about the idea of masterpieces remaining byKomal8 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Opinion & CommentaryMay 6, 2026 The Hidden Stories Behind Some of History’s Most Famous Artworks Some artworks become so famous that we stop truly seeing them byKomal 0 0 8 Shares 8 11 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingApril 30, 2026 The Most Mysterious Goddesses in Art History Throughout art history, goddesses have appeared as far more than mythological byKomal15 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingApril 29, 2026 How Witchcraft Became One of Art History’s Darkest Fascinations Few figures in art history have undergone as many transformations as the witch byKomal16 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingApril 28, 2026 Why smiles in art history are so hard to Read Walk through the halls of almost any museum, and a quiet pattern begins to byKomal9 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingApril 5, 2026 10 of the Greatest Art Heists in History There’s something strangely compelling about an art heist byKomal12 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMarch 27, 2026 The First and Last Paintings of 8 Iconic Artists Most artists are remembered through a handful of defining works, paintings that byKomal11 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMarch 23, 2026 The World’s Most Famous Missing Paintings There is something uniquely compelling about a painting that cannot be seen byKomal8 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMarch 15, 2026 The First Artists in Human History: How Art Began Long before museums, galleries, or art markets existed, long before anyone spoke byKomal8 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingMarch 5, 2026 The Million-Dollar Mistakes of the Art World From a forgotten Leonardo to overlooked masterpieces, some of the most expensive byKomal7 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingDecember 10, 2025 How Juliano Mazzuchini Turns the Human Figure Into Presence and Gesture Some creative paths begin with a sudden decision, a moment of clarity that byAyesha Malik12 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History EssentialsNovember 29, 2025 How 30,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Evolved This Artist’s Work I Caroline Absher For Caroline Absher, painting begins with feeling, not ideas byAyesha Malik6 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Art History EssentialsNovember 3, 2025 5 Most Inspiring John Constable Landscapes to Study Today They say you can read the weather in a painting the way you read a familiar byAmna Saleem6 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingNovember 2, 2025 Why Is Geometry More Than Math for These 4 Artists? We’ve always associated geometry with math, but these brilliantly talented byAyesha Malik6 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical WritingOctober 28, 2025 5 Kandinsky Paintings Every Art Lover Should Know Color was never just color for Wassily Kandinsky, it was sound, motion, and byAmna Saleem7 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Creative ColumnOctober 25, 2025 Why Does Nicola Bennett’s Art Feel So Edible? Meet Nicola Bennett, a New Zealand-born artist who turns taste into texture and byAyesha Malik8 minute read
Art & Society Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Creative ColumnOctober 25, 2025 Can a painting carry the voices of our ancestors? Jamaican artist Melissa Lyn explores ancestry, faith, and identity through byAfsheen Adnan11 minute read
Art Historical Analysis & Critical Writing Artist Interviews Artist Q&A SeriesOctober 11, 2025 Why Do Birds Keep Inspiring Artists? In conversation with illustrator Zoe Zhao, we explore how her time in Edinburgh, byAfsheen Adnan6 minute read
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