Poor Medusa...minding your own business when along comes Perseus and lops your head off. Our Gorgonian friend might be consoled by the thought that this image has provided … [Read more...] about “Head of Medusa” by Rubens

Take Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf and give them free run of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM). The result of their journey through the collections is a special … [Read more...] about Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin…

Pieter Bruegel the Elder is a rarity in the art world, thanks to the groundbreaking nature of his 16th-century art and the scarcity of major exhibitions of his works. … [Read more...] about Bruegel exhibition

Think of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) as a giant chest of artistic treasures, all tied up in beautiful architectural gift wrap. Numerous world-class works of art live … [Read more...] about Kunsthistorisches Museum

This is where some historical name dropping is called for. Raffael? Titian? Bruegel? Rubens? Holbein? Van Dyck? Dürer? Rembrandt? The Kunsthistorisches Museum's picture … [Read more...] about Picture Galleries (Kunsthistorisches Museum)

These are not the kind of cartoons you find in your local newspaper. Unless the paper dates back to 1550. And was the size of your garage. No, these are Jan Cornelisz … [Read more...] about Vermeyen cartoons (Kunsthistorisches Museum)