Art Styles &amp; Genres

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October 25, 2026

5 Paintings on Our Heart list This Week

What makes a painting stay with you?

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October 22, 2026

Why Artists Choose to Paint Dogs

Why does an artist choose to paint a dog?

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October 18, 2026

5 Paintings on Our Heart list This Week

Every week, we come across more art than we could possibly share, but a few

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October 15, 2026

The Story Behind American Gothic

At first glance, Grant Wood’s American Gothic seems simple enough to understand

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October 11, 2026

What’s Happening in the Art World? From Rare Artworks to New Cultural Spaces

What happens when a rock legend’s private painting resurfaces, a Pop Art icon

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October 11, 2026

5 Paintings on Our Heart list This Week

From childhood memories and quietly mysterious interiors to scenes of

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October 7, 2026

The Story Behind The Great Wave off Kanagawa

The Making of an Image That Changed the Way We See the Sea Few works of art have

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October 4, 2026

5 Paintings That Made to Our Heart list This Week

This week’s Heart List brings together five paintings from five very different

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October 3, 2026

What’s Making News in the Art World This Week

The art world rarely stays in one place for long

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Golden Light Artwork by Featured Artist Joseph Harrold

October 1, 2026

The Stories Behind Why Artists Paint Dogs

Behind every dog artwork is a story

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September 30, 2026

The Story Behind Guernica

The painting that turned one devastating day into a lasting image of war

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September 27, 2026

5 Artworks That Made Our Heart list This Week

Five artworks, five completely different stories

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September 23, 2026

The Story Behind Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Girl We All Recognise The face we all recognise, the girl we cannot name,

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September 20, 2026

5 Paintings That Made Our Heart list This Week

This week’s Heart List brings together five artworks that caught our attention

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September 17, 2026

Surrealism in Five Paintings: When Reality Starts to Bend

What if reality is only one version of the world?

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September 13, 2026

5 Paintings That Landed on Our Heart list This Week

Five paintings made their way onto our Heart List this week, each for a

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Artwork by Featured Artist Gultakin Nasibova

September 10, 2026

What Is It About Dogs That Makes Artists Want to Paint Them?

Not every artist paints a dog because they love dogs

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September 6, 2026

5 Paintings We Fell in Love With This Week

These are the five paintings we kept sending to each other this week, the ones

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September 1, 2026

Impressionism in Five Paintings

What happens when artists decide the world doesn’t need to look perfect to

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August 30, 2026

5 Sculptures That Made Our Heart list This Week

What happens when art leaves the flat surface and begins to occupy the space

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August 25, 2026

The Story Behind The Starry Night

What if the most famous night sky in art never actually existed?

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August 23, 2026

5 Artworks We’re Keeping on Our Heart list This Week

What makes a painting stay with you?

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August 22, 2026

The Latest in the Art World: Discoveries, Exhibitions, and Auction Highlights

The art world is moving into another busy stretch of the season, with museums,

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August 20, 2026

The Many Lives of Dogs in Contemporary Art

More than 100 artists

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August 20, 2026

Women Artists Who Were Written Out: 7 Stories Art History Almost Forgot

What if the artists we call “forgotten” were never actually

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August 19, 2026

The Barcelona Chair: A Design That Outlived Its Time

The Barcelona Chair was designed for a building that no longer exists

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August 17, 2026

Elsa Schiaparelli, the Designer Who Put Surrealism on a Dress

A lobster spread across an evening gown

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August 16, 2026

5 Paintings We Are Absolutely Loving This Week

There is always more art to discover, but some paintings stay with you a little

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August 13, 2026

The Work, Wonder, and Routines That Shape an Artist’s Day

We often see the finished painting but rarely the life that surrounds it

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August 12, 2026

The Strange Beauty of Cats in Art

There’s something about a cat that makes it hard to look away

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August 11, 2026

Why Do So Many of Modigliani’s Portraits Have Empty Eyes?

Most portraits ask you to meet the sitter’s eyes

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August 9, 2026

Before They Became Memories, They Were Just Ordinary Days

Eight paintings about the small moments we never think to hold onto

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August 9, 2026

5 Surrealist Artworks That Made It To Our Heart List This Week

Sometimes the best art is the kind that makes you stop and think, What am I

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August 5, 2026

8 Paintings That Capture the Quiet Beauty of Melancholy

Some emotions don’t ask to be seen

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August 3, 2026

8 Paintings That Capture the Dark Imagination of Zdzisław Beksiński

There are paintings that you admire for their beauty

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August 2, 2026

6 paintings we completely fell in love with this week

Looking for inspiring contemporary art?

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August 1, 2026

When Women Painted Women: 7 Masterpieces

For centuries, women have been among the most enduring subjects in art

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July 30, 2026

Why dogs hold such a powerful place in contemporary art

Dogs have inspired artists for centuries, but today's contemporary artists are

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July 28, 2026

How Schiele, Bacon & Van Gogh inspired Tomáš Jetela’s figurative paintings

For Tomáš Jetela, figurative painting has never been about depicting the human

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July 28, 2026

The Beauty of Paris Through 7 Timeless Paintings

Some cities preserve their history in museums

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July 26, 2026

5 paintings on our Heart list this week

Every week, countless artworks cross our screens, but only a few stay with us

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July 25, 2026

The Most Powerful Hugs Ever Painted and the Stories Behind Them

There are very few gestures that everyone understands without needing an

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July 23, 2026

The unseen hours that shape every artist’s creative practice

Creative practice rarely looks the way people imagine it

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July 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

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July 20, 2026

7 Paintings That Capture the Beauty of Rain

Few things transform a landscape as completely as rain

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July 19, 2026

7 landscape paintings we’re keeping on our Heart list this week

From psychedelic countryside scenes and dreamlike horizons to dramatic

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July 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

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July 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,

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July 16, 2026

6 artists share their favourite Netflix shows for every creative’s watchlist

The best creative inspiration doesn't always come from museums or studios

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July 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

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July 15, 2026

The Secret Life of Hieronymus Bosch’s Owls

At first, you probably won’t notice them

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July 12, 2026

6 skyscape paintings we are completely loving this week

The sky has inspired artists for centuries, and contemporary painters are still

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July 10, 2026

7 Artists Who Believed Spirits Guided Their Creative Process

Where does creativity come from?

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July 9, 2026

These 8 Paintings Prove Crime Has Always Inspired Art

Picture a detective arriving at a crime scene

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July 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,

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July 7, 2026

The 8 Most Haunting Stares Ever Captured in Art

Before we notice a painting’s colors, composition, or symbolism, we almost

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July 6, 2026

From Photography to Performance: 10 Art Exhibitions to Experience This July

There was a time when visiting an exhibition meant simply standing before a

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July 5, 2026

8 animal paintings that made It onto our Heart List this week

From powerful wildlife portraits to thoughtful paintings that explore memory,

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July 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

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July 3, 2026

8 Revolutionary Art Movements That Changed Art Forever

Every masterpiece you’ve ever admired is part of a much bigger story

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July 2, 2026

7 Famous Artworks That Explored Madness Before Modern Psychology

Throughout history, madness has been one of humanity’s greatest mysteries

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July 1, 2026

The 7 Art Films That Every Artist and Art Lover Should Watch

Most of us experience art at its final destination: perfectly lit museum walls,

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June 30, 2026

8 Paintings That Feel Like a Perfect Summer Day

Ask ten people what perfect summer day looks like, and you’ll probably

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June 28, 2026

7 Seascapes we’re absolutely loving this week

The sea has inspired artists for centuries, yet every painter finds something

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June 21, 2026

5 food paintings we’re savouring on our Heart List this week

Food is more than something we eat

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June 17, 2026

10 Sunset Paintings That Make You Fall in Love With Evening Again

There are few sights more universal than a sunset

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June 16, 2026

The Art World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries

Art history is often presented as a story of discoveries, masterpieces, and

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June 15, 2026

10 Ocean Paintings That Changed How Artists Saw the Sea

The ocean has always been more than a subject in art

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June 14, 2026

7 Floral Paintings We’re Loving This Week

From lush rose gardens and botanical studies to sculptural acrylic blooms and

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June 11, 2026

The Masterpieces Their Artists Never Finished

10 Paintings Frozen in Time Every great work of art tells a story

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June 10, 2026

The Artist Van Gogh Never Stopped Learning From

Before Vincent van Gogh became one of the most recognizable artists in history,

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June 2, 2026

The 9 Most Haunting Depictions of Hell in Art History

For centuries, artists have been fascinated by hell

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May 25, 2026

8 Art Books to Read This Summer That Capture the Chaos of Creative Life

There’s a reason art novels and emotionally charged art writing feel especially

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May 18, 2026

How 10 Artists Captured the Feeling of Sunlight

Sunlight has long fascinated artists not simply because of how it transforms a

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May 12, 2026

10 Iconic Cinematic Shots Inspired by Famous Paintings

Long before cinema learned how to move, paintings had already mastered how to

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May 5, 2026

2026 Met Gala Turned the Red Carpet Into an Art History Museum

For years, the Met Gala has borrowed from the language of art history

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Art Styles & Genres

April 22, 2026

What Is It About the Night That Artists Haven’t Been Able to Ignore for Centuries?

Before the street empties and the last light fades, there is a moment painters

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Art Styles & Genres

April 20, 2026

10 Unfamiliar Photographs by Famous Artists

Photography is often expected to document reality, to present the world as it

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Art Styles & Genres

April 11, 2026

8 Iconic Dresses in Art History

In art history, dresses have never been just about fashion

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Art Styles & Genres

April 8, 2026

The Secret Lives of Cats in Art

Cats appear in art more often than you’d expect

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Art Styles & Genres

April 6, 2026

In Full Bloom: The Beauty of Flowers in Art

Flowers are everywhere in art

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Art Styles & Genres

March 19, 2026

10 Beautiful Paintings That Capture the Spirit of Spring

Spring has long been associated with renewal, growth, and the quiet return of

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Art Styles & Genres

March 12, 2026

10 Most Famous Horse Paintings in Art History

Every twelve years the Chinese zodiac returns to the Horse, but far more rarely

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December 22, 2025

Barbara Felix on making Art Rooted in Dance and Community

In this interview, San Antonio based artist Barbara Felix talks about painting

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Art Styles & Genres

December 21, 2025

These Artists are Bringing Fresh Life to One of Printmaking’s Oldest Forms

In a world that moves fast and rewards immediacy, linocut asks both artist and

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December 16, 2025

How These 5 Artists Are Turning Fabric into Contemporary Art

Textiles have always lived close to us

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December 8, 2025

How Old Photos Speak Differently Every Time We See Them

In this conversation, Mara talks about moving from acting into photography and

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Art Styles & Genres

December 6, 2025

Why Does Her Work Look Like Painting but Isn’t Paint at All? I Yulia Brodskaya

For Yulia Brodskaya, creating begins with intuition, not paint

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December 4, 2025

5 Netflix Movies Artists Should Watch This Christmas

You know that feeling when the holidays finally roll around and everything just…

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November 30, 2025

5 Oil Painters to Watch If You Love Thoughtful Art

At Arts to Hearts, we are continually inspired by the artists who choose oil

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November 22, 2025

Why do her images feel like memory learning to breathe again

In this interview, Moník Molinet speaks about the long thread running through

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November 17, 2025

How this painter uses fabric and wax to question the body

This interview with Melanie Vera explores how she builds her work, why certain

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November 15, 2025

4 Lessons from Malevich’s Art Every Mixed-Media Artist Can Use

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879–1935) was a radical avant‑garde painter and

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November 10, 2025

7 Ways to Break Free from a Creative Block

You ever sit down to make something and suddenly forget how to do the thing

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November 8, 2025

5 Most Breathtaking Claude Monet Landscapes You Must See

Light has a way of sneaking up on you, spilling over a pond, glinting off

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October 29, 2025

Meet The Sculptor Who Sees in Dimensions, Not Colours I Mario Chiodo

In this week’s Best of the Art World feature, we honour Mario Chiodo a visionary

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October 28, 2025

How These 6 Artists Show The Many Moods Of The Sea

From gentle coastlines to stormy horizons, these six artists reveal how deeply

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October 21, 2025

6 Artists Who Make You Fall in Love with Mixed Media

Some stories are too big for one medium to tell and that’s where mixed media

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October 17, 2025

Our Art Star Stephano Anselmi Will Make You See The World Through Water

This September, we’re honored to feature Stefano Anselmi as our Art Star of the

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October 12, 2025

These 5 Artists Turn Glass into Radiant Art

This week at Arts to Hearts Project, we spotlight glass artists whose work turns

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October 4, 2025

How this painter brings memories of India into her textile designs

In this Arts to Hearts Project interview, Sumana talks about her journey from

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October 1, 2025

From Shanghai’s 5G Installations to London’s Live Sets | Tong Niu

In this conversation for the Arts to Hearts Project, Tong Niu shares how sound,

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September 30, 2025

How Do These 4 Artists Show us the Limitless Possibilities of Acrylics?

Each week, Arts to Hearts honours and highlights artists whose work sparks

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September 28, 2025

5 Artists Who Proved Collage Is More Than Cut and Paste

This week, we turn our gaze to collage artists the ones who gather what’s

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September 21, 2025

These Artists Turn Flowers into Stories of Love and Memory

At Arts to Hearts Project this week, we turn our gaze to the gentle poetry of

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September 16, 2025

These Artists Make You Walk Through Fields Without Leaving Home

At Arts to Hearts Project this week, we turn our attention to the quiet magic of

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September 14, 2025

4 Abstract Artists Who Paint What It Feels Like to Be Human

At Arts to Hearts Project this week, we turn our gaze toward figurative

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September 7, 2025

5 Artists Who Remind Us Why Gouache Is Timeless

At Arts to Hearts, we celebrate every medium for its unique power to tell a

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September 6, 2025

Why This Artist Writes Poems Next to Her Photos

In this interview for the Arts to Hearts Project, Ulrike Pichl talks about her

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September 5, 2025

Collage Through the Eyes of Artists Worldwide

Have a look at the incredible submissions pouring in from artists all around the

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September 3, 2025

How This Artist Changes Stillness with Colours I Elena Baron

Elena Baron art emerges from a place where the visible dissolves into the

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September 3, 2025

This Artist Creates Portraits That Hold Time Within Them

In this interview with the Arts to Hearts Project, Macu shares how discipline

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September 2, 2025

6 Ceramic Artists Who Let Their Hands Speak Through Clay

At Arts to Hearts Project, we celebrate creativity in its many forms

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September 1, 2025

How This Artist Turns Stage Performance into Painting

Colombian painter and performer Susana Gomez Laverde brings her theater

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August 10, 2025

Art Star of the Month: Ashwin Kumar — The Hyperrealist’s Mind: Where Logic Meets Creativity

From running a digital agency in Mumbai to painting hyper-realistic landscapes,

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August 8, 2025

A Conversation on Dreamscapes and Demons with Lisa Lach-Nielsen

In today’s interview, we take a plunge into the preciously tender world of

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August 6, 2025

A Conversation on Cubism with Dipayan Ghosh

In today’s interview, we welcome Dipayan Ghosh, a Kolkata-born artist whose work

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August 5, 2025

How to Photograph Your Artwork Like a Pro

Why Great Photos of Your Art Matter More Than You Think Your artwork might be

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August 4, 2025

Inside the Anatomy of a Surrealist Who Traded Science for Storytelling | Rye Watts

"I guess working with cats as subjects has taught me to embrace my

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August 2, 2025

You Need to Follow These Gifted Abstract Artists

Abstract art is more than brushstrokes it’s a dialogue between heart and canvas

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Art Styles & Genres

July 30, 2025

Get to Know These Inspiring Muralists & See Colour Differently

These muralists don’t just paint walls they transform them into living stories

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June 19, 2025

Re: How She Built a Life Around Showing Up Even When It Was Hard | Andrea Ehret

How do you find your creative voice when so many others have shaped it?

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June 16, 2025

How Claire Juttet Finds Comfort in Nostalgia and Longing Through her Art

“I’m drawn to painting the in-between moments—those quiet, emotional spaces we

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June 12, 2025

Re: What No One Tells You About Being an Artist | Natalie Featherston

"I think everyone deals with imposter syndrome — it just changes shape," says

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June 11, 2025

Printed vs. Online Portfolios: Which One Should You Choose?

As an artist or creative professional, your portfolio is your passport

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January 29, 2025

Inside the Heart of a Mother and What it Means to Care| Emma Rytoft

Emma Rytoft’s art turns everyday moments into something extraordinary