Francesco Hayez, The Kiss (1859), Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Did you know that the oldest depictions of kisses date back to Antiquity?

Long before Romantic painters or 20th-century photographers, this intimate gesture already appeared in ancient sculptures and reliefs, serving as a universal way to express connection, love, or desire.

Over the centuries, the kiss has become a motif in its own right in art history. Sometimes passionate, sometimes discreet, sometimes idealized or symbolic, it allows artists to explore the full complexity of human emotions.

From Brancusi’s geometric and frozen kiss to Rodin’s moving and vibrant embrace, from Fragonard’s passionate kisses to Magritte’s veiled and mysterious lips, this selection of videos and podcasts explores the many ways artists have reimagined this intimate gesture.

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