Anastasiia Kirpalov

French artist Fernand Léger went from Impressionism and Cubism to abstraction, then returned to traditional figurative art expressed through modernist vocabulary.

Famous designers like Alexander McQueen and Martin Margiela repurposed heritage techniques and garment-making practices in their contemporary works.

The eccentricities of Salvador Dali’s characters were legendary and notorious, and they still present a challenge for both art lovers and professionals.

Fernand Léger’s experience in the trenches changed his perception of art and transformed a bourgeois artist into a fighter for workers’ rights.

Sigmund Freud’s view of the uncanny usually refers to something seemingly familiar yet hiding a hint of unexpected and disturbing secret beneath its surface.

From visual lessons on Christian morality to the joyful thoughtlessness of capitalist consumption, the long history of still-life painting retains an endless array of meanings.

Discover the history and cultural impact of mural painting and how ancient cave art and modern street murals bridge communities and share powerful messages.

From tyrants to exiled students, Ilya Repin depicted so many remarkable characters of all classes.