This Art Exhibit Sends You To Spain On American Soil
While it may not be as good as being there, the exhibition and the accompanying catalog help us to eagerly look forward to when we can go back to Spain.
A Secondhand Address Book Unraveled The Life Of Famed French Artist Dora Maar
When Brigitte Benkemoun acquired a used address book, she untangled its fascinating contents to paint a picture of the life and times of the famed owner, Dora Maar.
How Landscape Art Evokes A Universally True Human Experience
Talented artist Rebecca Coffin Anderson hopes landscapes and the concept of ‘place’ can spark important conversations that bring Americans together.
Behold Two Paintings That Show A Miraculous Christmas Meeting
Two historic women, one old and one young, were the first to welcome and praise the Savior of the world. And two glorious paintings communicate the beauty of these wondrous events.
The Top 5 Art Stories Of 2019
You truly haven’t lived until you’ve seen Cate Blanchett wearing a bicycle helmet being spun around inside a giant clothes dryer as part of an art piece.
Alonso Berruguete’s Artwork Marked A Cultural Tipping Point In Renaissance Spain
Berruguete took the fruits of his Italian education and combined them with the tastes and traditions of Spain, resulting in art that, for the first time, was Renaissance in style but unmistakably Spanish in feeling.
Meet Leonardo Da Vinci’s Art Tutor, Andrea Del Verrocchio
‘Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence’ at the National Gallery of Art is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to this artist ever mounted in the United States.
The Little Artist Who Paints Big: Tintoretto Fills National Gallery Of Art
In this single work, Tintoretto manages to demonstrate his astonishing artistic skill, while simultaneously evoking the wealth and power of the Venetian Republic.
At The Frick, A Lesser-Known Old Master Plays With Portrait Conventions
The first major exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Battista Moroni’s work ever mounted in the United States opened recently at the Frick Collection in New York.
See How A Restorer Brought My Old Master Painting Back To Life
What happens when you come to own a very old painting that’s in need of some tender loving care? For pity’s sake, don’t break out the soap and water.
Visit The Rockies And The Alps In One Location At Newark Museum
The Newark Museum’s new exhibition provides an enlightening examination of two simultaneous currents in nineteenth-century American and European art.
Is ‘The Last Da Vinci’ Really Worth $450 Million?
So is Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ worth $450 million? I don’t think that’s the real question—or at least, it’s not the ultimate one.
The West Began Its Decline When Artists Stopped Putting Halos on Jesus
If you’re surprised how we ended up in the philosophical rabbit hole we live in today, you haven’t been paying attention to the licentious parade of narcissistic art for the past 60 years.
Madrid Hosts Splendid 500th Anniversary Bosch Exhibition
Hieronymus Bosch remains one of the most fascinating painters who has ever lived. Madrid’s The Prado is holding a magnificent 500th anniversary commemoration.