Art

Still life has been a cornerstone of art history, evolving from meticulously detailed Baroque paintings to modern abstract interpretations.

The strangest colors in art history can be produced from gross and unsafe substances like cow urine, crushed bugs, or radioactive materials.

Obsidian was the first form of glass known to mankind. Over the centuries, humans mastered the production of colored glass art from minerals and chemicals.

Ilya Repin’s “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan” hides an unsettling story of violence, death, and madness.

Rembrandt’s artistic evolution from the precise detailing of the visual world towards a more tonal approach to painting divided opinion in his own time.

Understand American film noir with 11 genre-defining films from the 1940s and 1950s featuring cynical storylines and dark expressionist visuals.

Edvard Munch’s anxiety-filled paintings were provoked by his traumatic childhood experiences and troubled mental health.

Offering fresh insights and rare images, the full-color catalogue accompanies the ongoing exhibition ‘Hiroshige: artist of the open road.’