The Frame
Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame
Klimt's Secret Obsession: A Guide to His Fifty ...
Why Klimt's landscapes are fine art's best-kept secret Ask anyone to picture a Klimt and they'll describe gold leaf, embracing lovers, a swirling kiss. Almost no one mentions a birch...
Did Klimt Paint Cats? A Look at Art Nouveau Ani...
Short answer: no, Gustav Klimt never painted a single cat. He loved them obsessively, kept up to ten in his studio, and was photographed cradling one called Katze, but no...
A Visual Guide to Klimt's Patterns: Spirals, Mo...
Klimt's patterns are the reason people fall in love with his work, but most shoppers can't name what they're actually looking at. This guide breaks down the recurring motifs across...
Gold Cat Art Prints and the Warm, Maximalist In...
Cold minimalism is over. Warm maximalism, the design world's slow rebellion against beige rooms and beige feelings, has brought back gold, ornament, pattern and personality. Right at the centre of...
Spirals, Gold, and Geometry: Klimt's Abstract P...
Beyond The Kiss: Why Klimt's Pattern Works Deserve Their Own Spotlight Everyone knows The Kiss. Far fewer people stop to look at what's actually happening inside it: the rectangles wrapping...
Room by Room: How to Style Klimt Gold Pattern W...
Klimt's ornamental work is gorgeous and intimidating in equal measure. Buyers fall in love with the gold leaf swirls and Byzantine geometry, then freeze when it comes to actually hanging...
The Complete Guide to Styling Klimt Nature Wall...
Why Klimt's nature work is easier to style than his figurative art Klimt's portraits demand a room. The gold leaf, the symbolism, the intensity of The Kiss or Judith will...
Transform Your Living Room with Klimt Portrait ...
Klimt's portraits are the trickiest of his work to style. The gold, the ornament, the intense gaze of Adele Bloch-Bauer or the dreamy stillness of Judith demand more from a...
Klimt's Portrait Style: How Gold, Pattern, and ...
The collision of decoration and realism in Klimt's figures Stand in front of a Klimt portrait and your eyes do something strange. They dart. They settle on a face, then...
Klimt's Tree of Life: The Story Behind the Icon...
You've seen it on phone cases, yoga studio walls, and tote bags. But the Tree of Life wasn't conceived as a standalone painting at all. It started life as a...
Living Room Klimt Garden Prints: A Modern Styli...
Klimt's gardens get unfairly lumped in with his gilded portraits, and that's why so many people assume they'll look stuffy at home. They won't, if you treat them as the...
Klimt vs Schiele vs Mucha: Which Art Nouveau Ar...
Most people see "Art Nouveau" and reach straight for The Kiss. But Klimt, Schiele, and Mucha created three radically different aesthetics, and the wrong choice can leave a beautiful print...
Beyond The Kiss: Klimt's Secret Life as a Lands...
The Klimt everyone knows vs the Klimt who painted in silence You know the gold. The embracing couple wrapped in shimmering pattern, the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the sensual women...
Stop Spacing Botanical Prints Randomly: A Galle...
Most botanical gallery walls fail for the same reason: they're arranged by instinct. You hold a print up, eyeball the spacing, hammer in a nail, and hope. This guide gives...
Gallery Wall Rules That Work in 2025
The gallery wall has had a glow-up. The mismatched, frame-everything-you-own approach that ruled Pinterest a decade ago now looks like visual noise, and the modern version is quieter, more deliberate,...
Wall Art Sets for Living Rooms: What to Buy, Wh...
You've just moved in, or you've finally accepted that the wall above your sofa has been beige and bare for two years. Below is exactly what to buy, what size...
From Film Fan to Designer: Movie Poster Wall Id...
Film prints get a bad reputation in design circles, and it's usually deserved. Too many, hung too randomly, in too many clashing frames. Done with a bit of restraint, a...
You're Overthinking Your Colourful Gallery Wall
Most colourful gallery walls fail for the same reason: every print is shouting. You don't need ten bold pieces fighting each other, you need one or two that carry the...
Matching Prints for Your Bedroom: Sets That Mak...
You've been in the house six months. The lounge is sorted, the kitchen has its rhythm, and the bedroom walls are still completely bare. The reason is almost always the...
Creating a Gallery Wall with Matisse Prints: Si...
Matisse's cut-outs are the rare bit of art history that works as hard in a modern flat as it does in a museum. The shapes are bold, the palettes are...