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Velvet Dark and Blossom Bright: the Art of Flower Brueghel

Flowers from different places and seasons bloom together in meticulous botanical studies by Jan Brueghel the Elder

3d ago

Velvet Dark and Blossom Bright: the Art of Flower Brueghel

3d ago

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Reborn in Fire: Jōmon Pottery

What can the ancient culture of Japan teach us about living in harmony?

May 3

Reborn in Fire: Jōmon Pottery

May 3

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Frida Kahlo, Keeping it Real… & Surreal?

Considering ‘The Two Fridas’ and ‘The Wounded Table’ — key works by the Mexican painter of emotion and imagination.

Mar 4

Frida Kahlo, Keeping it Real… & Surreal?

Mar 4

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Rosa Bonheur, the Animalière

Revisiting a technically brilliant realist who endeavoured to reveal the souls of her subjects and celebrate our connection with the land…

Feb 8

Rosa Bonheur, the Animalière

Feb 8

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Leonardo da Vinci, the Way of Water

How aesthetics and mechanics flow together in the work of the great Renaissance artist

Jan 17

Leonardo da Vinci, the Way of Water

Jan 17

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For the Love of Water-Lilies: Monet’s Final Masterworks

Once reviled, now revered, Claude Monet’s series of paintings reflect on the tragedy of war, express a hope for peace & celebrate the…

Nov 5, 2023

For the Love of Water-Lilies: Monet’s Final Masterworks

Nov 5, 2023

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A Peasant Wedding

Here is a snapshot of a lively summer wedding reception… painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, in 1567.

Sep 30, 2023

A Peasant Wedding

Sep 30, 2023

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Dürer and Jerome: Being Human

Considering Albrecht Dürer’s Engraving of Saint Jerome in His Study and What it Meant in the Northern Renaissance

Aug 6, 2023

Dürer and Jerome: Being Human

Aug 6, 2023

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Paul and Helen, Mountain and Sea

Considering Cézanne and Frankenthaler as landscape, actions, and re-actions meld Impressionism with Abstract Expressionism…

Jul 17, 2023

Paul and Helen, Mountain and Sea

Jul 17, 2023

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The Dreamy Realism of Kawase Hasui

…and his indelible legacy in anime, manga, and contemporary illustration

Jun 29, 2023

The Dreamy Realism of Kawase Hasui

Jun 29, 2023

Kim Vertue

Kim Vertue

Writer on art, film, and food — published in The Scrawl, Signifier, Frame Rated and Plate-up. Fiction published internationally and in translation.

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