Perhaps one of the oddest and yet most entertaining spectacles in the art community is the annual Pageant of the Masters at Laguna Beach’s Festival of Arts. If you haven’t heard of it, allow me to enlighten you: the Pageant … Continued
Today’s museum spotlight features the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum! This small but mighty sector of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque is building up its reputation. It helps that it’s part of one of the country’s biggest … Continued
Planning a vacation to Chiang Mai, Thailand, anytime soon? You might want to after hearing about Art in Paradise Chiang Mai. Art in Paradise Chiang Mai is an illusion art museum that allows visitors to really interact with its art. … Continued
We’ve established the fact that Disney definitely has some art historians employed in their animation department (see the entries for The Little Mermaid and Frozen if you doubt this fact). But what’s even more impressive is that Disney doesn’t just … Continued
We haven’t gotten #fancy in a while, so today we’ve decided to bring it back with Edouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère! Manet, better known for his realist paintings, is experimenting with Impressionist trends and subject matter in this … Continued
Today’s featured artist is Alejandro Cesarco! Heads up: today’s article is a shameless plug for one of my favorite artists living and working in the art world today. Alejandro Cesarco’s Conceptually-influenced pieces bring attention to ideas of art historical codes, … Continued
For much of the history of western art, what is considered a “good” painting was judged by how well a painting conveyed a visual narrative—that is, how well a painting told a story. From just before the Renaissance onwards, the … Continued
This Friday, our #fancyfriday champ is none other than Peter Paul Rubens! His Self-Portrait with Isabella Brandt not only shows off the couple’s style, but their #flawless relationship as well. Rubens married Isabella Brandt in 1609 when he had just … Continued
Disney artists are some of the best in the business. As we’ve seen with my post discussing The Little Mermaid, somebody at Disney is a bigger art history geek than the rest and takes the time to carefully insert huge art history Easter … Continued
Today we have another portrait to celebrate #fancyfriday, and that’s Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson’s Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley! Painted in 1797, the portrait aims to showcase Citizen Belley’s grandeur, a rare benefit from the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. Jean-Baptiste Belley … Continued