Girodet’s “Belley” is #fancy
Today we have another portrait to celebrate #fancyfriday, and that’s Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson’s Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley! Painted in 1797, the portrait aims to showcase Citizen Belley’s grandeur, a rare benefit from the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. Jean-Baptiste Belley was a former slave in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, better known today as Haiti. […]
Artist Spotlight: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Summer is just around the bend! With lazy days filled with sun and sea ahead, it’s only fitting to celebrate the fact that warmer days are coming in beautiful California. Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and his wife Jeanne-Claude Danet, better known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were clearly fans of California summers as well. Their […]
Art Reads–Seven Days in the Art World
Confused by just how exactly today’s art world works? Hung up on what this “art world” actually is? Fear not! Sarah Thornton’s engaging and enlightening Seven Days in the Art World acts as your guide to the institutions that make up this tiny, odd, extremely exclusive society that ultimately determines the next big thing in […]
Lord B for #fancyfriday
With all the hubbub in the art world left over from the Met Gala this past week, we’ve decided to step things up for #fancyfriday. Today’s special: Thomas Phillips’ portrait of the notorious George Gordon, better known as Lord Byron! Born in 1788, Lord Byron (or, as I like to call him, Lord B) is […]
Insta-Art!
Tired of scrolling past endless selfies in your Instagram feed? Annoyed by the amount of your friends who are “addicted to the gym lol” and feel the need to share how much more fit they are than you? Sick of pictures of artisan hipster toast and salad clogging up your feed? Fear not–there are plenty […]
Holbein’s Anne of Cleves for Fancy Friday!
After a brief hiatus, Fancy Friday is back and better than ever with this week’s contender, Hans Holbein’s Anne of Cleves! As the last Fancy Friday honoree was the portrait from Holbein’s workshop of Henry VIII, we thought it was only fair to honor a portrait of one of Henry’s wives. He did have six […]
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Why Modern Art Matters
So yesterday I came across a little video Prager University made about modern art, namely why it’s so “bad.” Featuring artist Robert Florczak, the video states that modern art is merely a “competition between the ugly and the twisted” where the “most shocking” artwork wins. While I agree with some of Florczak’s points, I personally […]
London’s V&A Debuts Radioactive Vases
On April 25, London’s Victoria and Albert museum is debuting something you never knew you needed to see—vases made out of radioactive sludge. Featured in the V&A’s exhibition What is Luxury, the ceramic vases were envisioned and created by The Unknown Fields Division, a collective whose website describes them as a sort of “nomadic design […]
Henry VIII Gets Fancy on #fancyfriday
This Friday, we’re taking a moment to honor this portrait of Henry VIII from the workshop of Hans Holbein for this week’s #fancyfriday title! You’ve probably seen this painting of Henry VIII before. It’s generally the most famous portrait of the infamous monarch, and is usually the one that pops up in history textbooks. That’s because […]