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19 Famous Paintings So Strange They Could Have Come From A Nightmare, As Shared By These Pages

Artists have been exploiting that fascination for centuries. Monsters, distorted bodies, hybrid creatures, impossible landscapes, and grotesque faces turn invisible fears - temptation, violence, the unknown, even our own irrationality - into something we can actually look at. That may be why the most disturbing paintings are often so difficult…

Bored Panda · Sep 16

A new exhibition explores empire, love and loss through paintings of flowers from 1900

The term “handpicked” suggests a bouquet that has been chosen carefully, each flower selected for its colour, form or meaning and relation to the others. The curators of this new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge have certainly achieved a complex yet complementary arrangement.

The Conversation · Apr 30

Customs check: The dream-like world of Henri Rousseau explored at the Orangerie

Thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the Musée d l'Orangerie in Paris and the Philadelphia-based Barnes Foundation, the life and times of Henri Rousseau are being explored in France. It's a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of the painter, often described as naive.

Euronews · Mar 26

How Picasso Became Big Business

A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators.

Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2022