Rediscovering H. C. Westermann
Horace Clifford Westermann is often overlooked in the history of American art. Described as "an artist of genuinely American sensibility...
Crossing the Threshold: Rembrandt's Painted Portraits
More than any other genre of painting, portraits catch our eyes because they are often looking back at us, drawing the viewer into their pai
100 Years of the Bauhaus
The Bauhaus is considered one of the most important modernist art schools of the 20th century. Drawing from earlier movements such as Art No
The Fire of Notre Dame: A Tragedy Reminds Us of the Importance of Preserving Cultural Heritage
On Monday the world watched as Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most internationally famous cathedrals and cultural landmarks, tragically...
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Fabergé
A brief history of the Fabergé family beginning with their ancestor's exodus from France in 1685 to the eventual downfall of the famous
A Swiss Painter Comes to Light
A recent exhibition of paintings at the Dounan Art Museum in Kunming, China, has shed new light on the previously underrecognized Swiss...
Vincent van Gogh’s influence of Serenity and the Loving Vincent Movie
There are artists whose styles are admirable and those who know how to handle color, but it takes a well-rounded human to motivate...
Lee Godie: An Art Institute Icon
A woman sidled over into a black and white photo booth – it was the 1970s, and she was dressed in an overly furry coat with a spread of...
Understanding Porcelain
We have all heard of the stone age and the bronze age, but such a thing as the “porcelain age” is something that is not always...
Vivian Maier: Uncovered Street Photographer
Walking down the street in a big city, like here in Chicago, one often notices nothing at all. We are often consumed in where we’ve come...