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‘Travis Kelce Devouring His Coach’
Travis Devouring His Coach, 2024 Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Travis Kelce has…
From The Starry Night to a wheatfield: Van Gogh’s darkest symbol
4. Country Road in Provence by Night, May 1890 “It’s the dark…
Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and century since her birth
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The music from “Madame Butterfly” and other major…
From Picasso and Hokusai’s Prussian Blue to Vermeer’s shade of red: A history of art in 7 colours
Colours have a mind of their own. They keep secrets and hide…
The Rossettis: The ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ bohemians who shocked Victorian Britain
(Image credit: Museum of Fine Arts Boston) A new exhibition at Tate…
The Easter Bunny: Evolution of a symbol
These biological traits of rabbits and hares also prompted association with fertility…
From Gainsborough to Hockney: The 300-year-old pet portraits
Another aspect of the canine psyche, consistently affirmed in art, is faithfulness.…
The original and most iconic male model
Speaking to BBC Culture, Jason Arkles, a Florence-based sculptor, teacher and art…
Five hidden symbols in Vermeer’s paintings
5. The glass sphere in The Allegory of Faith (1670-74) Vermeer’s religious…
Matisse’s The Dance: The masterpiece that changed history
His shift from canvas painting to using pre-painted paper cutouts in The…
Vermeer’s secrets: Why we’re fascinated by art fakes
One of the most prolific forgers in US history, Mark Landis, spent…
Trompe l’oeil and the images that fool the mind
These two works capture the essence of the exhibition, which makes a…
ASMR: How whispering took over the internet
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is an intense tingling sensation that some…
The painter who revealed how our eyes really see the world
What Cézanne reveals about the visual processing of the human mind Source…