The multi-talented designer is often overlooked in art and design history. The Cooper Hewitt, which has a large collection of her eclectic works, has sought to change that.
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The William Blake Gallery is only the second-ever gallery devoted to the artwork of the radical, visionary printmaker from the Romantic period, William Blake (1757-1827).
Corrie and Nat discuss the Bayeux Tapestry which, spoiler alert: is not even really a tapestry! Listen to this Art History Babe Brief to learn more about this unique depiction of the Norman Conquest…
Conspiracy theorists are citing Georgia O’Keeffe as an example of the so-called Mandela Effect.
The award-winning documentary filmmaker brings Robert Mapplethorpe to life in the first feature-length film about the provocative artist.
The ancient world was actually really colorful. Learn the history behind how we came to think of ancient statues as being white.
The Allentown Art Museum is reporting that their Portrait of a Young Woman (1632), long attributed to the workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn, is, in fact, a true Rembrandt.
As museums increasingly question the practices of the colonial past, human remains that were once prized collectibles are increasingly an anachronistic embarrassment.
Once considered a great impressionist, why has Marie Bracquemond remained unknown to much of art history?
The work, which depicts a girl shooting a slingshot of flowers, was vandalized less than 48 hours after being revealed.
The first Art History Babe Brief of 2020 focuses on the work of Mariko Mori, including her famous 90s works titled Nirvana and Pure Land.
Peter Frederick Rothermel, De Soto Raising the Cross on the Banks of the Mississippi, 1851, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, funds provided by the Henry C. Gibson…
This week, visitors to the Vatican in Rome have the rare opportunity to see some of Raphael's greatest and most delicate works: the tapestries he designed for the Sistine Chapel.
While the struggling Vincent van Gogh was just trying to pay the rent, he unwittingly shaped his work and art history.
Here are 10 artists whose work transcends a momentary Valentine’s Day infatuation to become celebrated odes to love.
