Alphonse Mucha: Beauty as Protest

Alphonse Mucha is often celebrated for his iconic Art Nouveau style, but there’s a much deeper, more radical story beneath the surface.

Rediscovered: The Nazi-Banned Sculptures Found in Berlin

In 2010, eleven modernist sculptures banned by the Nazis were unearthed in Berlin. Learn how these so-called “degenerate” artworks survived decades underground and what they reveal about art under ...

Degenerate Art on Trial: Paris Confronts the Nazi War on Modernism

The Musée national Picasso-Paris has opened its doors to one of the most important and sobering exhibitions of the year: "Degenerate" Art: Modern Art on Trial under the Nazis.

Watch, Read, Remember: Films & Books That Inspired Cynefn

Discover powerful films and books about banned, stolen, and silenced art - curated by Cynefn to honour artists history tried to erase.

The Quiet Resistance of Reijer Stolk

In a world that often favours noise, Reijer Stolk’s resistance was quiet, deliberate, and razor-sharp. Stolk was a Dutch graphic artist and thinker whose work thrived in the early 20th century - a ...

Great British Entrepreneur Awards

We are excited to announce that our founder, Laura Hickman Sell has been recognised as one of the best in the business after being named as a finalist in the Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year categ...

Featured Artist: Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) is one of the more well-known artists in our collection - most famously known for his “Golden Phase” works - but for much of the 20th century his w...

LGBTQ+ Artist Spotlight: Gerda Wegener

LGBTQ+ artist Gerda Wegener (1886-1940) was a Danish illustrator, best known for painting progressive feminist portraits. Gerda attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where she met ...

How Eco-friendly is Your Art Print?

We believe that home comforts and beautiful interiors shouldn’t cost us the Earth, and at Cynefn, they don’t. You can shop in confidence knowing that your purchase isn’t having a negative impact o...

Promoting Female & Minority Artists

Three decades after The Guerilla Girls, a feminist art collective, famously asked “Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met.Museum?” a study of major US art museums found that 87% of artists i...

Female Artist Spotlight: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an American painter who was born in Pennsylvania, although she spent most of her life living in France where she befriended Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. Mary was o...

Female Artist Spotlight: Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed (1874 - 1912) was an internationally recognised graphic illustrator whose work received critical acclaim across America and Europe in the 1890s. She was born in Newburyport and moved to...