Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
: art : design : media
Prehistoric
Classical
Renaissance
Romantic
Modern
Design
Contemporary
: six : shot : gallery
Follow
Living the Nightmare with Saint Anthony
Living the Nightmare with Saint Anthony
Temptation, hallucination, and inspiration — a saint’s misfortune ignites the creativity of artists through the ages.
Samuel Belleville-Douelle
Aug 15
Signifier 🟦 Bluesky
Blue Mountains, Blue Riders
Blue Mountains, Blue Riders
Gabriele Münter and the evolution of an extraordinary sense of colour and form
Kim Vertue
Aug 9
Embracing Tomorrow — ‘Deny’ by Utaha • 詩羽
Embracing Tomorrow — ‘Deny’ by Utaha • 詩羽
A potent, heartfelt mini-movie that speaks to teenage loneliness and empowerment.
Remy Dean
Aug 2
Heroic Proportions: Michelangelo’s ‘David’
Heroic Proportions: Michelangelo’s ‘David’
The return to colossal sculpture presented a paradigm of masculine beauty…
Remy Dean
Jul 30
What Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?
What Does this Brueghel Painting Really Mean?
A new interpretation of the famous painting of ‘The Fight Between Carnival and Lent’
Samuel Belleville-Douelle
Jul 23
A Realist in an Age of Imagination: Charles Ethan Porter
A Realist in an Age of Imagination: Charles Ethan Porter
The talented nineteenth-century painter from Connecticut who took a big gamble to perfect his craft
Kerry Dooley Young
Jul 17
Are you Signified? Get our Newsletter.
Sample & Subscribe
celebrating 5️⃣ years of Signifier : spotlight (popular & trending)
The Nymphs and Satyrs of William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Nymphs and Satyrs of William-Adolphe Bouguereau
How a ‘scandalous’ French Romantic painting was bought by a murderer and became a nineteenth-century feminist emblem…
Remy Dean
Oct 2, 2022
Choco l’art
Choco l’art
What do mutton pies, a new format for portraits, the protestant monarchy of England, poster art, and chocolate snack bars have in common?
Remy Dean
Jan 17, 2021
Merian’s Metamorphosis
Merian’s Metamorphosis
A closer look at the art and science of illustrator and pioneering entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian
Kim Vertue
Jan 24, 2021
Klimt’s Tree Paintings
Klimt’s Tree Paintings
Though best known as a Symbolist for his portraits with burnished gold, Gustav Klimt’s landscapes were a big step toward ‘the Modern’.
Remy Dean
Mar 6, 2022
Signifier : six : shot : gallery — Global ‘Freeview’
Signifier : six : shot : gallery — Global ‘Freeview’
Friends-of-the-gallery free-to-view links for all our previous exhibitions and artist showcases — please share this story.
Remy Dean
Feb 18
About Signifier
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams