The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...

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

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It’s not uncommon for families to pass down prized possessions over the years, but it can be quite shocking to learn that one ...

The painting’s distorted figures and intense emotion make it one of the most famous political artworks ... The painting features three women engaged in ritualistic worship, adorned in vibrant ...

"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 ...

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

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

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

Conceptual art puts artistic ideas above their material qualities. It challenges the notions of the uniqueness of artistic ...