Art Histories of The World

Copenhagen: A History of its Art
Long before Copenhagen became the cultural and political center of Denmark, it was a modest fishing village known as Havn, whose…

Hawaii: The History of its Art
The story of Hawaiian art begins not in galleries or royal courts but in quarries, forests, and shorelines, where the first…

Sydney: The History of its Art
The first art ever made in what we now call Sydney wasn’t painted with oils or exhibited in white-walled galleries. It…

A History of Czech Art
Nestled at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Czech Republic has long stood as a cultural intersection where Germanic, Slavic, and…

Iowa: The History of its Art
A thousand years before Iowa’s grid of roads and farmsteads appeared, its river valleys and wooded ridgelines bore witness to a…

South Dakota: The History of its Art
The land that would become South Dakota was a studio long before it was a state. Carved into cliffs, painted on…

Nebraska: The History of its Art
The story of Nebraska’s art begins long before it was called Nebraska—before homesteads, railroads, or counties divided the land into grids.…

Brisbane: A History of its Art
Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, occupies a distinct position in Australia’s artistic ecosystem. Often overshadowed by the larger and more internationally…

Kansas: The History of its Art
Before there were towns in Kansas, there were measurements. Before there were artists, there were maps. The first visual records of…

Buenos Aires: The History of its Art
Buenos Aires is often described as the most European city in South America, and nowhere is this more visible than in…
Cairns: The History of its Art
The artistic story of Cairns begins not in galleries or studios, but in the terrain itself—an unruly collision of sea, rainforest,…











