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Frida Kahlo, 1926
Self-portrait wearing a velvet dress
Pain defines the portraits of Frida Kahlo. The ravages of bodily damage are on display in The Broken Column and Without Hope, but Self-portrait Wearing a Velvet Dress captures the pain of being abandoned by your first teenage love. read more
Self-portrait wearing a velvet dress, Frida Kahlo
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on June 2
Théo Kerg
Eating the canvas
Esch-sur-Alzette is the second-largest city of the European country of Luxembourg, yet its population would barely fill a modestly large sports stadium. Théo Kerg was born into this small city in 1909, as generations of farming were being thrown off in favor of a new, thriving steel industry—an energetic place to grow up. read more
Théo Kerg, The Artists

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