All posts tagged: VISUAL ARTS

the most beautiful and evocative paintings about spring

The Most Evocative and Beautiful Paintings about Spring

Published by Abbie Martin Greenbaum

OK, we have to admit it. As much as we love snow, we’re kind of itching for the start of the spring season. So we decided to take a journey through the world of paintings to find the most influential, beautiful, famous and evocative masterpieces – both historical and contemporary – on the season of spring and the joys of springtime. Our correspondent Abbie Martin Greenbaum has curated a list of some of the most stunning paintings we could find that will help you get in the mood for the arrival of the spring.

the most evocative and influential paintings about love and romance

The Most Evocative and Influential Paintings about Love

Published by Abbie Martin Greenbaum

As Rihanna once sang, we’ve got love on the brain. So it seems to be the perfect moment to take a journey through the world of famous portraits in search of the most beautiful, moving, tender, sexy, subversive, evocative and influential works on paper about love and romance in all of its many guises and forms. Our correspondent Abbie Martin Greenbaum has curated a list of some of the most influential and evocative paintings throughout history on the subject of love and romance. See for yourself.

famous works of art about food, simple meals and feasting

The Most Famous and Provocative Works of Art About Food

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

With the feasting season upon us, it seemed like the perfect moment to turn our attention to how brilliant artists throughout history have portrayed food, simple meals, and feasting. What role has food and dining played in great art? And how about art that’s actually made of food? Hungry for knowledge? Come along, dear reader. Here are some of the most famous and provocative works of art about food, simple meals and feasting that caught our eye when we went exploring.

Richard Serra Equal sculpture Museum of Modern Art MoMA New York

Feeling The Weight of Richard Serra’s Equal at the MoMA

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

There’s a lot to see at the new Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. We’re sharing what we saw on our first visit after the museum reopened in fall 2019 after a major expansion, one exhibit at a time. After seeing Betye Saar: The Legends of Black Girl’s Window and David Tudor’s Rainforest V (variation 1), we popped in to spend a few minutes with Richard Serra’s monumental sculpture Equal (2015) at the new MoMA New York.