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Ever felt inspired by autumn? Good. So were Osslund, Tchaikovsky, and Rohmer, among many others. Read this article to find out how the season appears in art, music, and film, and why its briefness makes artists notice things they ignore the rest of the year.
Seventy-eight may seem like a late start. But for Grandma Moses, it was the beginning of a prolific career as an artist. Read the article to find out how she went from a farm wife to one of Americas most prolific primitive painters.
Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini was an award-winning goldsmith and sculptor lauded by Pope Clement VII—and also a man who killed more than once. He supposedly decapitated his brother’s murderer and stabbed his rival Pompeo de Capitaneis to death. Did he receive the punishment he deserved? No. Read on to find out why.
For centuries, landscapes were mere backdrops—symbolic, sublime, or decorative. But in the nineteenth century, a revolution took place. Through the Barbizon School and the Impressionists, landscapes captured internal and external reality, sealing transitory beams of light, atmosphere, and sensation into eternity. Read the article to find out more.
In art, life, and social media, food does more than tempt: it signals status. TWoA looks at how lobsters, lemons, Erewhon smoothies, and untouched piles of fruit became a visual shorthand for luxury—and why this is a trend that keeps resurfacing. Read on.
Ever wondered how sight and sound collided in post-war America? The Abstract Expressionists—Jackson Pollock above all—absorbed the improvisational logic of jazz musicians. How, why, and when? Read on.
John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Madame X didn’t just scandalise the 1884 Paris Salon—it reshaped the possibilities of modern portraiture. Beyond capturing Paris’s infamous “it girl,” Virginie Gautreau, the painting exposed subtler tensions: artist versus sitter, authenticity versus artifice, ambition versus expectation. Read on to explore its reception and enduring cultural reach.
How do artists choose to see the world, and what do their landscapes reveal about us in return? From ancient frescoes to Turner’s tempest and Lucas Arruda’s meditative pseudo-horizons, this timeline traces how painters have reimagined nature across centuries. Read on.
Degas treated the family portrait as an incision point—clean, controlled, and made to reveal. Through The Bellelli Family and Henri Degas and His Niece, he turns the domestic interior into a stage where the anatomy of family life—resentment, duty, longing—can finally bleed out.
“As a Finnish person, when I think of Finnish art, I think of Helene Schjerfbeck. Exhibited at the Finnish National Gallery, the presence of her art punctuated my every visit there. I would always go to her and take a moment to stare at her striking self-portraits.”
The Swing, explained. Fragonard’s brush captures the rush of infidelity—before the fall, before the consequence.
The 2025 Oscars came and went, and with no shortage of excellent films nominated from this past year. What many of the films have in common is a stunning and real focus on multifaceted architecture within their stories and cinematography.
The Medici mastered money—but their real genius was in perception. When too much grandeur could kill you, the Medici built smarter—not bigger.
Istanbul’s location between Europe and Asia makes it one of the most special cities in the world. Experience the city’s special vibe in our correspondent’s letter from Istanbul, and find out how Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota and Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson draw inspiration from the city’s location.
Canned seafood has transformed from cheap staple to a vibrant luxury that is quickly becoming a bespoke influence on the culinary and aesthetic world. There is another element that has been snatching the attention of small businesses, social media users, and consumers: the artwork that the fish comes wrapped in.
Almost forty years ago, in 1986, the Soviet authorities destroyed the largest work of art in Europe, The Wall of Memory. The Ukrainian artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnychenko had spent thirteen years constructing the monument in Kyiv, just to find it forbidden by the Soviet authorities. Today, the AVRM foundation is still working for its restoration, against the backdrop of the war that started on 22 February 2022 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
When it comes to art and culture, there’s hardly a city as hecticly eclectic as London. In this exclusive letter, TWoA spills the tea on all the going-ons in the London art scene, giving you insider information into the British art world, its peoples, and its dramas.
The rise of imperfection as a new aesthetic challenges Renaissance ideals, but Botticelli’s Venus reminds us that beauty is more than skin deep—it’s a gateway to the divine. To find out why, read this article and discover how her beauty is just as moral and philosophical as it is physical.
Los Angeles is experiencing a tragic series of wildfires. California houses multiple biospheres as well as the San Andreas fault, leaving the state prone to natural disasters such as wildfires, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Roughly 200 kilometers south of LA, various 20th-century architectural structures line La Jolla’s rugged coastline. Although they are not located in a fire risk zone, these structures must withstand earthquakes, tidal waves and erosion, and could be affected by tsunamis.
In the recently released Wicked film, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, belts out, “As someone told me lately: Everyone deserves a chance to fly!” But when it comes to witches in art history, not everyone shared this sentiment.
The price of stardom? For Warhol, it meant obscuring his experiences with disease and disaster.
With winter in full swing, add extra vibrancy to New Year’s eve with some beautiful pieces of art. Let us celebrate the life and art of Leon Bakst, a multifaceted master famous for innovative theatrical designs.
In our modern urban (and increasingly technological) lives, it is all too easy to feel overwhelmed. Wellbeing gurus suggest getting out, feeling our feet in the dirt, and bathing in the vibrations of nature. But a trip to the woods is not always feasible. So how about we try a form of forest bathing at home? Through art perhaps.
To understand Finnish art and the development of the Finnish style, one must first understand the history of Finland. Traditional Finnish Art found its roots in the need to develop a Finnish identity and detach the country from the control historically exerted by either Sweden or Russia. The illustrated Kalevala is a particularly important work because of its major role in developing Finnish art and Finnish national identity .
Ever wondered what it’s like to work at London’s buzzing and fashionable Frieze Art Fair ? Find out from Georgia Dougherty, currently a student at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Georgia attended Frieze Masters as an intern with James Cohan Gallery, a contemporary art gallery based in New York.
What does it mean for an artist to become the artwork itself? In her 2010 performance entitled The Artist is Present, Marina Abramović spent three months sitting on a simple wooden chair in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, inviting audience members to sit across from her. Participants were required to follow three simple rules: remain silent, maintain eye contact, and avoid physical contact.
When you think of models for fashion magazines like Vogue, you may not immediately imagine them as also being a major war correspondent. For Lee Miller, however, this reality was her living truth.
Thomas Gainsborough’s iconic Mr and Mrs Andrews depicts a serene countryside scene as the happy couple sits in front of their expansive estate. Now imagine these figures had no heads. Yinka Shonibare’s Mr and Mrs Andrews without their Heads (1998) transforms this tranquil scene into a radical critique of colonialism.
Guest artist Emma Cormier Simola is a French–Finnish artist currently studying Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Arts in London. She is passionate about gender inequalities and the political role of art.
If you've been captivated by TikTok's obsession with the “uncanny valley,” you'll recognise it immediately in Eastern European Surrealism. Read on for more.