PinnedPublished inSignifierWhat Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?A new interpretation of the famous painting of ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’Jul 247Jul 247
PinnedPublished inSignifierLiving the Nightmare with Saint AnthonyTemptation, hallucination, and inspiration — a saint’s misfortune ignites the creativity of artists through the ages.Aug 157Aug 157
PinnedPublished inCounter Arts.How to Read Delacroix’s ‘Liberty Leading the People’Why did a painter who was nostalgic for Napoleon and in favour of a monarchy produce this painting?Aug 117Aug 117
PinnedPublished inCounter ArtsThe Sad Fate of the Sámi PeopleOur total ignorance of a long-subjugated people whose culture is now in dangerAug 2622Aug 2622
Published inCounter Arts‘Marguerite’, the Moving Quest for the Sublime“Because we all need illusions to live, Marguerite is like us.”Dec 2222Dec 2222
Published inSignifier‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ — Seeking Meaning in the Famous PaintingThe Romantic landscape as an allegory of existential tormentNov 2510Nov 2510
Published inCounter ArtsDiscovering Artists in the Arctic CircleI didn’t expect to find contemporary artists in the Finnish Arctic Circle.Oct 25Oct 25
Published inAge of EmpathyApproaching Wild Animals: Between Reason and HubrisWhen you travel, do you have to give up your beliefs to fulfil your dreams and desires?Sep 193Sep 193
Published inSignifierScene of a Deluge: Painting Pre-Romantic PerilThe surprising story of a radical pre-Romantic painting that was misunderstood in a Neoclassical world…Sep 115Sep 115
Published inCounter ArtsPrehistoric Art, Between Discovery and UncertaintyWhat do we really know today about prehistoric art and how it first appeared? Every new discovery upsets our certainties.Jul 211Jul 211
