art history

10 Things to Know About Jean-Michel Basquiat

“I’m not a real person. I’m a legend.” — JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 1. Basquiat learned anatomy because of an accident At...

February 27, 2023

Last time we built our five araneariums and now it’s time to learn how to use an aranearium. Here we...

January 19, 2023

Salvador Dalí was a super weird wildly eccentric person. Ten seconds of Google will net you dozens of articles outlining...

January 17, 2023

Georgia O’Keeffe had such a prolific career and interesting life that one little blog post would not nearly be enough...

November 29, 2022

When I first saw the work of Marie Laurencin I wanted to melt into each painting and become part of...

October 21, 2022

Romare Bearden was born on September 2, 1911 to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1914,...

September 29, 2022

Romare Beardon was an artist that could do anything. He drew cartoons, painted, collaged, designed costumes, wrote songs, and authored...

September 2, 2022

Sorry for the cringy title. I put it down as a placeholder figuring I’d come up with something better by...

August 31, 2022

The first thing I noticed when researching the life of Kjartan Slettemark is that there aren’t many sources to reference....

August 30, 2022

Kjartan Slettemark was a name I’d never heard until a month ago when I was asked if I would cover...

August 2, 2022