Guernica is the most famous anti-war painting in history, and Picasso’s best-known work. It has gone from a piece that was created in protest at the horrific bombing of a small village in northern Spain, to an icon and a universal...

Modernism; it can be confusing. So, in today's What The Theory? I wanted to provide something of a modernism crash course. We'll be looking at many different forms of modernist art as well as a tiny bit of modernist architecture and...

New ReviewLearn all about the Cubist artist Pablo Picasso: his life, influences, famous works and why he is important in art.

The beginning of the 20th century saw rapid changes to the understanding of the fine arts and the First World War was a big catalyst for all the new art movements of Modernity like Cubism, Expressionism or Impressionism. Countless...

PLEASE FOLLOW MIKOS ON TWITTER='http://TWITTER.COM/MIKOSarts' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>TWITTER Born October 25, 1881, Malaga, Spain, Pablo Picasso, became one...

Simon Shaw and Jeremiah Evarts discuss Pablo Picasso's Flacon et livres and Juan Gris Tabac, journal et bouteille de vin rose, two works exemplifying cubist principals from the Futur! Collection, that will be sold in the Impressionist &...

Rectangles after rectangles after rectangles. Rothko was a truly prolific artist who found his groove painting hazy swatches of color and stuck with it until the very end. Maybe you've wondered what the point of it all is, or why he did...

How Cubist artists used geometry to represent a form in its purest way using geometric shapes such as the cone, cylinder and sphere. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s...

Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...

Chagall combined abstract and figurative painting to create a dreamlike memory of the village where he grew up.

Join us on a captivating journey through the vibrant city of Doha, the regional travel hub connecting cities across Asia and Africa. In this video, we delve into the rich cultural experiences and iconic landmarks that make Doha a...

Showcasing art from each of the six founding members influenced by cubism and abstract expressionism, our upcoming sale Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art (23 October | London) explores a variety of revolutionary works. In this...

From Cubism to Futurism to the Russian avant-garde, the first decade of the 20th century saw a burgeoning artistic creativity seize the European continent along with a foreboding tension that would give way to the First World War. In...

Jacqueline Roque was working at the Madoura Pottery Plant in Vallouris, France when she first met an aging Pablo Picasso. He became enamored with her, sending her a rose each day until she agreed to accompany him on a date. In this...

In the winter of 1913, the American artist Marsden Hartley arrived in Berlin. He found unbridled enthusiasm and a spectacle of color in the city’s many military marches. He also found love in the young Prussian officer Karl von Freyburg....

In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, explore the details of Double Portrait with Wine Glass, an iconic painting from Marc Chagall that resides in the permanent collection of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. Using a synthesis of...

Discover the influence of Cubism on Futurist Umberto Boccioni and explore how his experiments with light and motion achieved both fragmentation and visual clarity of the figure. Learn