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Series of History of Art for all y'all non-expert out there who are tired of not understanding how we went from painting bisons in caves to squares on canvas.

28/10/2026

Let’s talk about A Burial at Ornans (L’Enterrement à Ornans), by Gustave Courbet. Painted in 1849-1850, you can see it today at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

For this one, I’m joined by Thomas Schlesser, New York Times bestselling author of Mona’s Eyes and director of the Fondation Hartung-Bergman in the south of France (Antibes).

The painting’s huge, nearly 6.6 x 10 metres, which was shocking at the time since that scale was usually reserved for history paintings, not an ordinary village funeral. It debuted at the 1850 Salon and made Courbet famous almost overnight as the father of Realism.

Enjoy!

26/10/2026

Halloween is around the corner so I wanted a special painting of the week.
So, tell me, what do you see?

See you on Wednesday

23/10/2026

Do you think Picasso did it? 🕵🏽🕵🏽‍♀️🕵🏻‍♂️🫣

21/10/2026

Rest (Hvile), 1905 Artist: Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916) Medium: Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 46.5 cm Subject: The artist’s wife, Ida Ilsted, seated in their quiet home Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

This might be the stillest painting you see all week. Hammershøi painted his wife Ida again and again, almost always like this, turned away, half in shadow, never quite looking back at us.

He painted interiors the way most people whisper, soft greys, muted light, barely any color at all, like a photograph of a memory instead of a room. Some painters want to grab your attention.
Hammershøi wants you to lower your voice.

21/10/2026

an apple a day…

20/10/2026

on my way to the Big Apple…
Which one if your fave?

19/10/2026

2 minutes. No scrolling. Just look. What did you notice that you didn’t see at first?

Tell me below, full story on Wednesday

17/10/2026

Saturday night reminder and an extra motivation to start learning about art

17/10/2026

Everyone’s talking about Frieze this weekend, but wait… why are there two of them?

Here’s the easy version. Frieze London and Frieze Masters are two different art fairs, in the same park, on the same days. Frieze London is the young, bold sister: artists who are alive today, with art made mostly after 2000. Frieze Masters is the elegant older sister: everything made before 2000, from ancient Egypt to Picasso.

Little secret: between the two fairs, giant sculptures are scattered through Regent’s Park, and they’re free for everyone until 1 November.

Going this weekend? It’s open today until 7pm and Sunday until 6pm. And don’t be shy: ask a gallerist “what’s the story behind this one?” They love telling it.

So which sister are you, London or Masters?

16/10/2026

An apple a day...

Perhaps the best way to look at these is as caricature apples, not as attempts at realism, but as playful exaggerations of form, color and style. Caricature has long been a fascinating artistic language, where distortion isn’t a mistake, it’s a tool for expression. It’s also a brilliant exercise for learning to actually see: exaggerating an artist’s style this way makes it easier to recognize their real brushwork, color and structure the next time you stand in front of the real thing.

Sometimes departing from reality is exactly where understanding begins.

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