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10 Snowy Paintings to Combat Winter Blues: December Pick of the Month
10 Snowy Paintings to Combat Winter Blues: December Pick of the Month

Here are 10 of our favourite snowy paintings to brighten up the gloomy days.

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Nicola JenningsDecember 5, 2023
Africa & Byzantium: November Pick of the Month
Africa & Byzantium: November Pick of the Month

This landmark exhibition centres, for the first time, the huge impact that the art of Medieval Africa had on the visual culture of the Byzantine Empire and beyond.

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Nicola JenningsNovember 21, 2023
John Vanderlyn’s Jane McCrea: Love, Death, and America
John Vanderlyn’s Jane McCrea: Love, Death, and America

Paul Staiti explores John Vanderlyn’s The Murder of Jane McCrea.

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Nicola JenningsOctober 24, 2023
13 Spooky Paintings: October Pick of the Month
13 Spooky Paintings: October Pick of the Month

Here our some of our favourite spine-chilling paintings to get you in the mood for the spooky season!

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Nicola JenningsOctober 10, 2023
Elisabetta Sirani: Maestra Of Baroque Bologna: September Pick of the Month
Elisabetta Sirani: Maestra Of Baroque Bologna: September Pick of the Month

‘Elisabetta Sirani: Maestra Of Baroque Bologna’ at Robert Simon Fine Art in New York, is the first solo exhibition for the works of the 17th century artist outside of Italy.

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Nicola JenningsSeptember 20, 2023
Tree & Serpent: August Pick of the Month
Tree & Serpent: August Pick of the Month

We explore the recently opened exhibition Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, which is on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

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Nicola JenningsAugust 2, 2023
Luxury and Power: July Pick of the Month
Luxury and Power: July Pick of the Month

Drawing on dazzling objects from Afghanistan to Greece, this exhibition moves beyond the ancient Greek spin to explore a more complex story about luxury as a political tool in the Middle East and southeast Europe from 550–30 BC.

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Nicola JenningsJuly 13, 2023
Athena turns 2!
Athena turns 2!

Some reflections on our second birthday…

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Nicola JenningsJune 28, 2023
Touch Wood: The Roman Phallus as a Lucky Charm
Touch Wood: The Roman Phallus as a Lucky Charm

Images of the phallus in Ancient Roman art had many different meanings, although viewers today may find them shocking.

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Nicola JenningsJune 22, 2023
Paul Gauguin and the 'Other': June Pick of the Month
Paul Gauguin and the 'Other': June Pick of the Month

‘Paul Gauguin: The Other and I’ at Museo De Arte De São Paulo in Brazil is the first exhibition to have Gauguin’s relationship with the ‘other’ as its central critical focus

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Nicola JenningsJune 1, 2023
Drawing On Arabian Nights
Drawing On Arabian Nights

We recently met with the curators of The Courtauld’s remarkable drawings and prints exhibition

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Nicola JenningsMay 30, 2023
Living Portraits: Jem Belcher
Living Portraits: Jem Belcher

Watch the 19th-century bare-knuckle boxer come to life in our collaborative digital project

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Nicola JenningsMay 23, 2023
Second meeting of the Women in Museums network
Second meeting of the Women in Museums network

Read more about our second event with our recently launched Women In Museums Network, this time in New York…

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Nicola JenningsMay 17, 2023
Our Favourite Spring Paintings
Our Favourite Spring Paintings

We have selected some of our favourite paintings of Spring - and you have the chance to vote for your own favourite!

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Nicola JenningsMay 11, 2023
Giovanna Garzoni: May Pick of the Month
Giovanna Garzoni: May Pick of the Month

We explore the life and works of 17th-century still life painter and miniaturist Giovanna Garzoni

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Nicola JenningsMay 2, 2023
Searching for Pierre Louis Alexandre
Searching for Pierre Louis Alexandre

This new article by Mats Werner was written exclusively for Athena Art Foundation, including previously unseen paintings of the Black artist model Pierre Louis Alexandre.

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Nicola JenningsApril 27, 2023
Introduction to Juan de Pareja in under 2 minutes
Introduction to Juan de Pareja in under 2 minutes

Watch our new short video about The Met’s new exhibition, ‘Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter’

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Nicola JenningsApril 10, 2023
A Pearl-Encrusted Account of ‘The Conquest of Mexico’: April Pick of the Month
A Pearl-Encrusted Account of ‘The Conquest of Mexico’: April Pick of the Month

La Luz del Nácar: Reflejos de Oriente en México, on at the Museo de América in Madrid until 25 May 2023, is a rare treat for anyone interested in the innovative art of early Modern Mexico.

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Nicola JenningsApril 3, 2023
Are you a woman working in the museum sector?
Are you a woman working in the museum sector?

We have joined with art dealer Mercè Valderrey to create a platform for curators, gallerists, conservators and others to meet and support each other...

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Nicola JenningsMarch 23, 2023
Fifty women artists from pre-modern art history
Fifty women artists from pre-modern art history

We created this short video to help you discover a range of amazing women artists from pre-20th-century art history.

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Nicola JenningsMarch 10, 2023
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