The Sistine Chapel recently celebrated its 500th Birthday and, along with a huge party, it also got a warning — it may soon have only a limited amount of visitors.
Read More"642 Things To Write About" by The San Francisco Writers' Grotto
Write a short story that is set in Argentina in 1932, in which a teacup plays a crucial role. Describe the greatness of sandwiches. You are a pirate — describe your perfect day. What is a character holding a blue object thinking right now? Write ten new cheers for a high school cheerleading squad.
Read MoreThe Story Behind the Art World's Most Famous Kiss by Gustav Klimt
You don’t have to be an art expert to recognize this painting by Gustav Klimt. Next to the Mona Lisa, The Kiss is one of the most replicated images in the art world.
Read MoreAncient Art: The History of the North American Totem Pole
Imagine that you are one of the first explorers to North America’s West Coast.
It’s early morning, and after a paddle through the still ocean water, you have docked your canoe on a grey pebble beach. The sun has yet to pierce through the thick fog, and you can see your breath in the crisp air.
There is not a soul in sight.
Read MoreWhat Is Art?
A watercolour painting? Packing tape on the wall? A painted square of colour? A bicycle wheel drilled to a stool? A marble sculpture?
Are all of these things really considered art?
What is art?
Read MoreReads For The Road: "Hot Art" by Joshua Knelman
Joshua Knelman is an award-winning journalist and editor who has created a major work of investigative journalism in this fast-paced, fascinating book.
Hot Art traces Knelman’s immersion in the shadowy world of art theft where what he uncovers takes him all over the world, through a web of corruption, secrecy, and violence.
Read MoreSigmund Freud's Surreal Influence On Art
When Sigmund Freud started writing and teaching about the importance of exploring memory and the unconscious mind, he intended to revolutionize the medical world, not the art world.
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