The Renaissance and early modern period were both challenging and rewarding for women artists. In this period, a number of ...

He dreamed of becoming an icon painter, but became famous for his vivid images of peasant women and portraits of Lenin and ...

"Hang it in the Louvre" is a well-known turn of phrase, but for one Newry woman it is about to become a reality. Clíodhna ...

In a video sent to AFP by de Robertis, one woman tags Courbet's famous painting with red paint and then another one. They then chant "MeToo" before being dragged away by security guards.

Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art ...

A painting of a naked woman in the front window of a high street ... and place it further inside the gallery. Some of the most famous artworks in the world feature naked women or men, and Ms ...

Naked women or men feature in some of the world's most famous pieces of art leaving Ms Baynham confused over the backlash her work has received, with some labelling it as 'pornography'.

According to Puja Arya, associate professor at Pearl Academy in Jaipur, the earliest references to bandhani can be found in ...

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking ...

"American Gothic" is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a ...

Exactly 150 years ago, Monet, Degas, Renoir and their pals spurred an artistic revolution. Can we still see the defiance ...

Both Elizabeth I and Raleigh have been criticised over their links to the slave trade. The artwork of Elizabeth I that has ...