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Of all the museums in the world that have a Dutch masters collection, the Hermitage takes the prize. There might be other countries that have more, but outside of the Netherlands there is no other single museum with so many Dutch Masters under one roof. After Peter the Great, Catherine the Great (...)

An insightful overview of how Millet influenced and inspired many modernist artists that followed himJean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) was one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School. Through his publicly exhibited works and their critical reception, Millet was of crucial significance (...)

Il fortunato ritorno a casa del Paesaggio con ballo campestre, dipinto già appartenuto alla raccolta del cardinale Scipione Borghese, poi disperso nelle vendite ottocentesche e acquistato dallo Stato italiano nel 2020, è l'occasione per una riflessione originale sulla pittura di paesaggio e sulla (...)

Marc Quinn's eight life-sized sculptural self-portraits were created during a challenging period in his life. In the early 1990's, the artist was processing the transformation brought on by the end of his alcohol addiction, and spent hours visiting the Messerschmidt sculpture The Strong Smell' at (...)