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Art Blogs, art columns or art reviews? How ever labeled, our international team of volunteers review art exhibitions on the fine arts and often visit hidden gems that deserve more attention than they get in general. Smaller museum with an impressive collection of paintings, drawings and/or prints; international renowned museums with world-famous masterpieces, whatever the case the Kunstpedia bloggers will not hesitate to give their personal thoughts on the exhibition or collection.

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Bringing Landscape to Life – Impressionism and Open-Air Painting at the Thyssen-Bornemisza

When we think of landscape painting, the vanguard is not what comes to mind. We picture hillsides rolling into a tranquil sea of green that blends into the background, becoming nothing more than a superficial decoration. However, landscape paintin...


Paris 1900 in Sofia - Revisiting the Grand World Fair at Bulgaria’s National Gallery for Foreign Art

Étienne Tourrette opera spectacles made of real gold; decadent Lalique Art Nouveau jewels; Clairin’s brooding portrait of the grande dame Sarah Bernhardt; little known Bulgarian paintings of a freshly post-Ottoman life; extensive Les Nabis lithogr...


A Hopping Exhibition: Edward Hopper at the Grand Palais, Paris

When I found out the Grand Palais museum in Paris was holding an Edward Hopper exhibition, I was delighted. But my delight quickly turned to dismay at the massive crowds—lines snaked round the block, and queues of at least four hours were expected...


Where Past and Future meet: Duchamp and his Legacy is elebrated at the Barbican this Spring

It’s a controversial decision, it always is, to curate an exhibition centered around Marcel Duchamp. There are few out there who have not formed an opinion on the 20th century artist; some worship his pioneering genius and others hold him responsi...


De droom van een man en zijn moeder - Museum Mayer van den Bergh toont de collectie van een prijsbewuste verzamelaar

Midden in Antwerpen staat een merkwaardig museum. De bekendheid is zeker in Nederland nog niet zo groot. En toch is het de moeite waard er binnen te lopen. Sinds 1956 maakt het deel uit van de Stedelijke Antwerpse Musea. Niet alleen de collectie i...


‘Constable, Gainsborough and Turner and the Making of Landscape’ at the Royal Academy: Where Printmaking Steals the Show (and the Wall-Space)

The Royal Academy’s 'Constable, Gainsborough and Turner and the Making of Landscape' exhibition is an attempt to explore the development of the British school of landscape painting through the leading 18th and 19th century figures of John Constabl...


Frida Kahlo: Appearances can be Deceiving

Spanish version >> Frida Kahlo, is recognized worldwide as one of Mexico’s leading icons. Her image has been plastered on anything and everything marketable, from pins to notebooks and t-shirts, bags aprons and lighters, to an extent that ca...


Frida Kahlo: Las Apariencias Engañan

English version >> Frida Kahlo es reconocida a nivel mundial como uno de los principales iconos Mexicanos. Su imagen ha sido usada en cualquiera y todas las cosas que se pueden vender, desde pins y cuadernos hasta camisetas, bolsas, mandiles...


The Young Van Dyck: The Evolution of a Master

Anton Van Dyck’s artistic development remains an enigma to this day, thanks to the artist’s eclectic style and our limited knowledge of his early life.   By the age of 22, Van Dyck had produced over 160 known paintings. His accomplished body of wo...


A revolutionary road to Van Eyck

Medieval master Jan van Eyck at museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Last Sunday I went to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and visited the museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The much acclaimed exhibit The Road to Van Eyck was the reason for me to visit the port ...