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Image title: The Brioche Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1870 Source: The Met Collection   “ All is flux; nothing stays still. ” — Heraclitus Paint What You Eat: Culinary Still Lifes from Uncolonized Perspectives   Introduction: A New Appetite for Still Life Still life painting often evokes images of gleaming grapes, porcelain bowls, and Dutch cheese delicately arranged on a linen-covered table. These works, steeped in European artistic tradition, reflect prosperity, trade, and imperial Read more…

Image title: Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1652–53 Source: The Met Collection   “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter ‘Land Art’ on Mars? Speculative Futures for Art Beyond Earth   Chapter 1: From Earth to Orbit – A New Canvas Emerges Art has long mirrored the environments in Read more…

Image title: Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1891 Source: The Met Collection   “ Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. ” — Johann Kaspar Lavater Tattooed Icons: Body Art as Visual Protest from Polynesia to Punk   Introduction: Skin as Canvas, Skin as Voice For millennia, the human body has served not only Read more…

Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection   “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Tattooed Saints and Painted Shamans: Body Art as Sacred Symbolism Across Cultures   Introduction: The Canvas of the Divine From cave walls to cathedrals, humans have always used visual art to converse with the sacred. Yet one of the oldest and Read more…

Image title: Christ Healing the Blind Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1570 Source: The Met Collection   “ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ” — Friedrich Nietzsche ‘Eyes Like Ours’: Self-Portraits by Blind Artists Through Tactile Media   Introduction: Seeing Through Touch When we think of self-portraiture in art, we often imagine the piercing gaze of Rembrandt or the vibrant introspection of Frida Kahlo. But what happens when the visual is no Read more…

Image title: The Annunciation Medium: Oil on panel, transferred to canvas Date: 1480–89 Source: The Met Collection   “ Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. ” — Alfred Adler From Lagos to London: The Neo-Afro-Surrealist Movement Changing Global Art Narratives   Introduction: A New Visual Language Emerges A quiet revolution is reshaping contemporary visual culture, driven by a generation of African artists who are reimagining their Read more…