Kim VertueinSignifierFrida Kahlo, Keeping it Real… & Surreal?Considering ‘The Two Fridas’ and ‘The Wounded Table’ — key works by the Mexican painter of emotion and imagination.·6 min read·Mar 4, 2024--4--4
Kim VertueinSignifierRosa Bonheur, the AnimalièreRevisiting a technically brilliant realist who endeavoured to reveal the souls of her subjects and celebrate our connection with the land…·6 min read·Feb 8, 2024--2--2
Kim VertueinSignifierLeonardo da Vinci, the Way of WaterHow aesthetics and mechanics flow together in the work of the great Renaissance artist·6 min read·Jan 17, 2024--3--3
Kim VertueinSignifierFor the Love of Water-Lilies: Monet’s Final MasterworksOnce reviled, now revered, Claude Monet’s series of paintings reflect on the tragedy of war, express a hope for peace & celebrate the…·9 min read·Nov 5, 2023--11--11
Kim VertueinSignifierA Peasant WeddingHere is a snapshot of a lively summer wedding reception… painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, in 1567.·9 min read·Sep 30, 2023--6--6
Kim VertueinSignifierDürer and Jerome: Being HumanConsidering Albrecht Dürer’s Engraving of Saint Jerome in His Study and What it Meant in the Northern Renaissance·7 min read·Aug 6, 2023--3--3
Kim VertueinSignifierPaul and Helen, Mountain and SeaConsidering Cézanne and Frankenthaler as landscape, actions, and re-actions meld Impressionism with Abstract Expressionism…·6 min read·Jul 17, 2023--4--4
Kim VertueinSignifierThe Dreamy Realism of Kawase Hasui…and his indelible legacy in anime, manga, and contemporary illustration·7 min read·Jun 29, 2023--11--11
Kim VertueinSignifierArt, Science, and Darwin’s Great Tree of LifeCelebrating ‘Tree’ by Tania Kovats, the first permanent public artwork installed at London’s Natural History Museum…·6 min read·May 28, 2023--1--1
Kim VertueinSignifier“Horseman, pass by!”…or the long legacy of van Dyck’s famous ‘Equestrian Portrait of King Charles I’·5 min read·May 8, 2023--6--6