On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...

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Founded in 1805, PAFA is the oldest art institute and museum in the United States. At the time, studying art was prominently ...

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Having paved new paths for established art genres turned stale, and sometimes even created their own genres, Polish female ...

This spring, the art world turns its gaze on London, where one of the most significant rediscoveries in recent Orientalist ...