Städel Museum – Old Masters

Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as a Nymph), Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1480 – 1485

The Städel Museum – Old Masters collection is part of the Städel’s art museum and gallery located in Frankfurt, Germany. It is one of the most important and renowned art museums in the country, housing a vast collection of artworks from the Middle Ages through to contemporary art.… Read the rest

Banksy

Balloon Girl

Banksy. The pseudonymous artist first emerged on the graffiti art scene in Bristol around about 1990. His works gained in popularity through the 1990s and continue to feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with words or slogans.

Banksy’s art often combines humour with anti-war, anti-capitalist, or anti-establishment messages.… Read the rest