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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

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

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 September 29

Caravaggio, The Artists

Portrait of Caravaggio

Caravaggio

How a murderer invented Baroque painting

Ana Mercedes Hoyos, The Artists

Portrait of Ana Mercedes Hoyos

Ana Mercedes Hoyos

Investigating art history in paint

François Boucher, The Artists

Portrait of François Boucher

François Boucher

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