From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don’t just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces ...

The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such as ...

What happens when AI takes an art history test? We challenged ChatGPT to identify famous artworks, artists, and art movements ...

This stream is a creative deep dive into art history with a live drawing twist. We researche influential artists, important ...

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring." The painting depicts a woman, but it's not ...

Vik Muniz , “Verso (Anatomy Lesson)” (2016) (all photos courtesy Mauritshuis, The Hague) (click to enlarge) A gallery at the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague now appears in the midst of installation, ...

Last month, the Hilma af Klint Foundation had to admit that one of the artist’s abstract canvases may have been hanging upside down for decades. The experts were clued in by an eagle-eyed fan, who ...

Jackson Pollock’s famous painting Number 1A, 1948 looms large, both physically (it measures 172.7 by 264.2 cm) and in the history of modern art. But the blue pigment that Pollock used in the painting ...

Baltimore businessman and architect Edward Joseph Gallagher Jr. donated hundreds of paintings and sculptures to museums in memory of his late son, who died in a boating accident at age 13. He wanted ...