The best Art History newsletters

A newsletter exploring connected histories of South Asian art and architecture, from ancient Indian sites to Mughal-era tombs and cross-cultural encounters between India and the wider ancient world. Written by a historian, it offers long-form, richly illustrated essays for readers interested in history.

Studying History is a personal newsletter that tells engaging stories from history, art, science and classical culture, with a Greek-language version alongside the English text. Recent issues cover the origins of modern art, the Nobel-winning discovery of channelrhodopsins, and the ancient Greek idea of xenia.

Brown History is a weekly newsletter that revisits South Asian and broader non-Western history, from Indo-Greek kingdoms and colonial-era art to modern social issues. Readers get long-form essays, visual history pieces, and recommended reads aimed at reframing the past from non-colonial perspectives.

A newsletter by art historian Katy Hessel celebrating women artists, with guides to art fairs and exhibitions and short profiles of artists from different countries. Readers get curated lists of what to see in major art weeks alongside historical context on overlooked figures.

A newsletter exploring overlooked figures and history in animation worldwide, from Japanese studio pioneers to independent American animators. Each issue combines long-form profiles drawn from interviews and archival detail with brief news roundups.

Weekly drawing lessons and assignments from illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mixing art history, personal reflection and hands-on prompts. Paying members get full assignments plus access to a creative community and gallery.

A weekly-style art appreciation newsletter that uses famous paintings, sculptures, and art history anecdotes to teach readers how to look slowly and closely at artworks. Issues are partly teasers for reader-funded subscriber articles, with no ads.

A reader-supported newsletter that makes art history accessible through close readings of individual paintings, reader Q&As, and a step-by-step guide to slow looking. Each issue pairs artworks with context, history, and personal reflection in a warm, approachable voice.

A weekday newsletter that profiles one artwork or artist per issue, covering attribution stories, biography and stylistic development. Each issue pairs images with accessible narrative commentary on art history.

An artist's studio journal exploring religious art, especially icons and the Pieta and Trinity images, with notes on commissions and art history. Readers get reflective, personal essays on Christian iconography, theology and the artist's own practice.

A serialized art-history newsletter that retells the stories behind famous artworks, such as a female Impressionist's hidden history and the mystery of the Venus de Milo's missing arms. Each issue is a narrative preview with paywalled full stories and promotional calls to subscribe.

A personal art newsletter that offers opinionated commentary on exhibitions, art history and art-world news in plain language. Each issue also includes curated links, videos, images and a list of must-see exhibitions.