PinnedSamuel Belleville-DouelleinSignifierWhat Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?A new interpretation of the famous painting of ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’Jul 246Jul 246
PinnedSamuel Belleville-DouelleinSignifierLiving the Nightmare with Saint AnthonyTemptation, hallucination, and inspiration — a saint’s misfortune ignites the creativity of artists through the ages.Aug 157Aug 157
PinnedSamuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter 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 118Aug 118
PinnedSamuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter ArtsThe Sad Fate of the Sámi PeopleOur total ignorance of a long-subjugated people whose culture is now in dangerAug 2622Aug 2622
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter ArtsDiscovering Artists in the Arctic CircleI didn’t expect to find contemporary artists in the Finnish Arctic Circle.Oct 26Oct 26
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinAge 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
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinSignifierScene 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
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter 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
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter ArtsWho is Botticelli’s Venus?Who is Boticelli’s Venus? A muse, a goddess or a symbol?Jul 86Jul 86
Samuel Belleville-DouelleinCounter ArtsHow ‘Potsdamer Platz’ Reveals The Hidden Face of Pre-war GermanyAn emblematic painting of German Expressionism.Jun 253Jun 253
