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Is a 1768 painting the real birth of modern art?

While many argue that "modern art" began in the 1800s, could it actually have started with Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air...

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The Soviet artwork that spied on the US

A listening device hidden in an artwork in 1945 was undetected by US security for seven years – and it's not the only example of art having been...

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The cryptic symbolism of Van Gogh's Sunflowers

They helped to make Vincent van Gogh among the most famous and influential painters in the history of art. Why did sunflowers obsess him and so many...

27.06.2025 100

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Why this iconic 1839 painting is not what it seems

As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, it's time to reappraise his beloved and celebrated painting, The Fighting...

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Is a 1768 painting the real birth of modern art?

Matt Wilson

The Soviet artwork that spied on the US

Matt Wilson

The cryptic symbolism of Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Matt Wilson

Why this iconic 1839 painting is not what it seems

Matt Wilson