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Caravaggio’s The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Detail by Detail
Discover the hidden codes inside Malta's most famous painting, from the Turkish dress to the two faces at the bars that predicted the artist's own…
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10 Artists you need to Know 👀 #12
Discover 10 hidden gems of the art world, including Petrus van Schendel, Linnea Strid, Odd Nerdrum & Martin Johnson Heade. Your next favorite artist is…
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Manet and Morisot: The Secret Affair
Édouard Manet painted Berthe Morisot eleven times, then never again. Why? The love story two families worked to erase.
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Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance, Detail by Detail
Vermeer painted his most ambitious secret into a tiny canvas in 1664. Three centuries later, almost no one sees it.
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Was Monet really the first Impressionist?
The question sounds simple. The answer is a detective story spanning three centuries, from the Venice of the Doges to the London fog. Follow the trail.
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10 Artists you need to Know 👀 #11
Discover 10 hidden gems of the art world, including Eugène Boudin, Leonor Fini, Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Lotte Laserstein. Your next favorite artist is here.
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Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Detail by Detail
Fourteen strangers on a riverside terrace in 1880. Several will shape a part of European 20th-century culture.
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St. Sebastian, St. Jerome & St. Francis: Discover the Secrets to Recognize Them
Why is Sebastian the only nude saint? What do the three knots on Francis's rope mean? Master the visual codes and hidden symbols of three art history…
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The Old Masters Were Women Too
Why did their names vanish for 3 centuries? Discover the incredible journey of 4 masters from Antwerp to Amsterdam and how they finally reclaimed their…
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Arles Bedroom: Van Gogh’s Secret Detail-by-Detail
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How famous artists started
Picasso at 8, Dalí at 6, Michelangelo at 12, Frida at 17: the very first paintings of 10 famous artists, made when they were still children.
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10 Artists you need to Know 👀 #10
Discover 10 hidden gems of the art world, including Gerrit Berckheyde, Jeffrey Larson, Rudolf Koller & Bridget Riley. Your next favorite artist is here.
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