How does Ana Mendieta’s Flowers on Body both subvert and epitomize feminist art? – Outsider gets inside the earth – Culture and nature without gender ...

Why does the mural Ancient Mexico: Conquest to 1930 by Diego Rivera matter? Invaders, Animals, & a Sun God A Marxist makes his mark on Mexico Techniqu...

What makes Kehinde Wiley’s painting Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps a masterpiece? Strategic opposition in casting War bleeds – Africa glitter...

How did the 1977 painting Marilyn (Vanitas) help pioneer Superrealism/Photorealism?   Time, death, and masks Candle in the Wind 1973 & 1977 A real wom...

How did the sculpture Object – Luncheon in Fur impact the art world? The MOMA’s broken glass ceiling Object – Luncheon in Fur: a rarity among men Give...

What makes The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo an important painting? Aztec hearts bleed for Mexico Clothes don’t make the woman Feminist protest and divorc...

What makes the Aaron Douglas painting From Slavery Through Reconstruction significant? – Harlem Renaissance revival murals – The watermarks of yestery...

What’s the story behind Ernst Barlach’s Floating Angel sculpture? – Twofold path to serenity – A complex gate encircles death – Floating Angel makes a...

What makes The Night by Max Beckmann a masterpiece? – War gusto tempered by trauma – Angularity, violence, and absurdity in The Night – Futurist art l...

Why’s the Migrant Mother photograph by Dorothea Lange so iconic? Defining the Great Depression Strength, vulnerability, and shame in Migrant Mother As...