Image title: Portrait of a Woman Medium: Oil on wood Date: ca. 1520 Source: The Met Collection “ With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. ” — Oprah Winfrey ‘Viral Brushstrokes’: How Memes Are Shaping Contemporary Painting Introduction: When Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. ” — Francis of Assisi When Sculptures Bleed: The Anatomy of Hyperrealism Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity. ” — The Buddha Stitches of Resistance: Embroidery as Read more…
Image title: Erasmus of Rotterdam Medium: Oil on linden panel Date: ca. 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso The Algorithmic Muse: When AI Becomes the Artist Introduction: Creativity Read more…
Image title: Relief from the West Wall of a Chapel of Ramesses I Medium: Limestone Date: ca. 1295–1294 B.C. Source: The Met Collection “ Formula for success: under promise and over deliver. ” — Tom Peters ‘Decolonize This Frame’: Museum Wall Texts Under Scrutiny Introduction: The Quiet Power Read more…
Image title: Portrait of a Carthusian Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1446 Source: The Met Collection “ I can, therefore I am. ” — Simone Weil ‘I Paint Therefore I Am’: Descartes Reimagined Through Self-Portraiture Introduction: Brushstroke Meets Cogito What does it mean to exist? René Descartes famously Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. ” — Alfred North Whitehead ‘Melted Gods’: Climate Change Through the Lens of Contemporary Sculpture Introduction: The Read more…
Image title: Headdress ornament Medium: Gold Date: 100 BCE–700 CE Source: The Met Collection “ To fly, we have to have resistance. ” — Maya Lin Tactile Protest: Textile Art in Global Resistance Movements Introduction: When Threads Speak Louder Than Words Throughout history, textile art has quietly stitched Read more…
Image title: Joan of Arc Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1879 Source: The Met Collection “ To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. ” — John Marshall Celestial Palettes: Astronomy’s Influence on Art from Galileo to James Webb Introduction: Read more…
Image title: Young Lady in 1866 Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1866 Source: The Met Collection “ The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. ” — Alfred Tennyson ‘This Is Not a Nude’: Revisiting the Read more…