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What Is Contemporary Art? The Global Conversation Defying a Single Style
What Is Contemporary Art? The Global Conversation Defying a Single Style
You walk into a major gallery space. In the center of the first room, a massive pile of brightly wrapped candies spills across the concrete floor. In the next room,... Read more...
The Reality of Less: Understanding Minimalist Art
The Reality of Less: Understanding Minimalist Art
Most people look at a blank canvas or a steel box and ask, "Is that it?" They search for the hidden message, the emotional turmoil of the artist, or the... Read more...
Fauvism Art Movement: How the "Wild Beasts" Rewrote the Rules of Color
Fauvism Art Movement: How the "Wild Beasts" Rewrote the Rules of Color
What happens when you stop using color to describe reality, and start using it to describe how you feel? That is the core question behind Fauvism, a brief but explosive... Read more...
Art Nouveau vs Historicism: The Rebellion That Brought Nature Indoors
Art Nouveau vs Historicism: The Rebellion That Brought Nature Indoors
Why did everything suddenly look like vines and whiplashes in the 1890s? To understand why Art Nouveau matters, you have to look at what it was fighting against. It wasn't... Read more...
How to Identify a Romantic Masterpiece (And Why It’s Not Rococo)
How to Identify a Romantic Masterpiece (And Why It’s Not Rococo)
Rococo wanted to invite you to a garden party; Romanticism wanted to drown you in a storm. If you have ever stood in front of a painting and felt a... Read more...
What is Dada Art? The Absurd Movement That Changed Everything
What is Dada Art? The Absurd Movement That Changed Everything
In the middle of 1916, while Europe was destroying itself in the First World War, a small group of artists crammed into the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. They wore primitive... Read more...
Inside the New York Historical’s $175M Tang Wing
Inside the New York Historical’s $175M Tang Wing
Museums are often seen as quiet vaults for old objects, but the New York Historical is taking a different approach. The city's oldest museum just opened the Tang Wing for... Read more...
The Factory as a Family: Andy Warhol's Obsessive Polaroid Archive
The Factory as a Family: Andy Warhol's Obsessive Polaroid Archive
In the mid-1960s, Andy Warhol purchased his first Polaroid camera. It wasn't a casual purchase. That clunky piece of plastic would quickly become an extension of his own hand, a... Read more...
The Evolution of Modern Art Movements: A Timeline
The Evolution of Modern Art Movements: A Timeline
You stand in front of a giant canvas covered in paint splatters and think, "How did we get here?" We all know what traditional art looks like. But looking at... Read more...
Impressionism vs Post Impressionism Art: How to Choose for Your Home
Impressionism vs Post Impressionism Art: How to Choose for Your Home
You finally decided it is time to bring some classic art into your space. You know you love those beautiful, painterly scenes from the late 1800s, but suddenly you are... Read more...
What is Naive Art? A Complete Guide to Styling It
What is Naive Art? A Complete Guide to Styling It
You're scrolling through interior design photos, and you spot a painting that stops you. It's bright. The perspective is completely wonky. The figures look almost like they belong in a... Read more...
Alla Prima vs Impasto: Two Painting Techniques That Changed Art Forever
Alla Prima vs Impasto: Two Painting Techniques That Changed Art Forever
You're standing in a museum, staring at a Van Gogh landscape. The paint is so thick you can see the actual ridges of his brushstrokes catching the light. Next to... Read more...