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Jul 24, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Rachel Witte |Candy Bedworth |Kero Fichter |Errika Gerakiti
During the early modern period of European history (ca. 1500-1800), women’s freedoms varied significantly based on their location and local laws. Regulations concerning religion, estates, wills, sex, and politics deeply impacted their daily lives. Lady Anne Clifford’s relentless pursuit of her own success has not gone unnoticed by historians. This is a story about a woman told by her portraits made by artists at various stages in her life as she fought for rights automatically granted to male heirs.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Candy Bedworth |Kero Fichter |Errika Gerakiti |Natalia Iacobelli
Art History 101 The myths and legends of every culture have been mined for comic books and films. Superheroes are nothing new; they were praised throughout antiquity. We all know the big names like Thor, Hercules, and Superman from the Marvel/Disney and DC worlds. But are there more superheroes waiting in the wings? And could they be women?
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May 12, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Kero Fichter |Errika Gerakiti |Natalia Iacobelli |Iolanda Munck
Herstory min Read Art History 101 European Art Women artists’ self-portraits have always struck audiences—no other motive proved as ideal for promoting their careers in a male-dominated business. Famous female artists such as Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun or Angelica Kauffmann cleverly highlighted their professional identity through self-portraiture. Many of their sisters still waiting to be rediscovered followed this pattern.
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Apr 28, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Kero Fichter |Maya Tola |Erol DEĞİRMENCİ
When Netflix cast Black actress Adele James as Cleopatra in a docu-series on the life of the famous Egyptian queen, the world went viral in a heated debate over the monarch‘s race. Was she Black or White? Hollywood’s tradition of casting White women in such roles is certainly shared by Western art in which the representation of Black and Brown people is dominated by the role of servants.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Valeria Kumekina |Lisa Scalone |Joanna Kaszubowska |Kero Fichter
European Art Art Nouveau Art Nouveau Who is Gustav Klimt? His name is associated with gold, women, and eroticism, but is that really all there is from his art? Being the child of the era of changes, he abandoned the academic style and turned to modern art instead. Here are some interesting facts about Gustav Klimt that shaped his iconic image. He Began With Architectural PaintingGustav Klimt’s father was a gold engraver and taught him this craft from an early age.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Lisa Scalone |Valeria Kumekina |Joanna Kaszubowska |Kero Fichter
Asian Art Aubrey Beardsley’s legacy endures, etched into the contours of the Art Nouveau movement. His distinctive style, marked by grotesque imagery and a provocative exploration of societal norms, remains a testament to the complexity of the human experience. In his short life, Beardsley traversed the boundaries of art, leaving behind a body of work that continues to attract and challenge audiences to this day.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Kero Fichter |Natalia Iacobelli |Jimena Escoto |Anna Ingram
When Doja Cat sparkled in 30,000 crimson Swarovski crystals at Paris Fashion Week, the American rapper walked down the red carpet literally a statue made flesh. The idea of a living piece of art, however, is not that new—Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927) already blew up the art world of the interwar period with her costumes of everyday objects. Her performances and sculptures of garbage announced the beginning of a new era of art that challenged all previous rules.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Joanna Kaszubowska |Kero Fichter |Jimena Escoto |Wen Gu
Architecture Architecture When you think of Catalonia, and especially Barcelona, the first name that comes to mind is, of course, that of Antoni Gaudí, but Catalan art at the turn of the 20th century is much more than just Gaudí’s work. Join us today to discover the works of Ramón Casas, one of the leading representatives of Catalan modernism. How It All Started? Ramón Casas was born in 1866 in Barcelona to a wealthy family.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Jimena Escoto |Wen Gu |Charlotte Stace |Kero Fichter
European Art Art Forms Tired of the forever beautification of women in Art Nouveau worlds of flamboyant ornaments and stylized flowers? Then you should be looking at Carl Strathmann, bohème painter and graphic designer in Belle Époque Munich! His palette of grimacing Medusas and partying demigods takes us on a wild merry-go-round ride at the turn of the century.
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Sep 10, 2023 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Kero Fichter |Sandra Juszczyk |Javier Miguel |Maya Tola
For a long time the memory of Viennese flower painter Olga Wisinger-Florian slumbered underneath a duvet of withered petals. Who knew that it was she who became one of the biggest players in the market for flower painting in Vienna’s Golden Age with names as big as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele? Two major exhibitions in the Belvedere and Leopold Museum in Vienna in 2019 brought her back to public attention.
