Contours of a World” at the Guggenheim Museum includes paintings as well as photography that suggests an alternate path.

The Hulfish Gallery is back with a new showcase planned by the Princeton University Art Museum. The current exhibition, ‘Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings,’ ...

Classical art usually feels pretty far removed from everyday life — grand paintings, dramatic lighting, and subjects who clearly have no idea what a smartphone is. Artist Alexey Kondakov decided to ...

People of status always dominated in portraits, not only because of their elevated social rank but also because it cost a ...

Iconic artworks have been given a contemporary twist to depict how the subjects would appear if they were painted in today's era. The Mona Lisa, Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Birth of Venus have ...

Installation view of “The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World” at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (December 14, 2014-April 5, 2015). Photo ...

What does it mean to paint now, in an image-saturated world where every moment can be captured in high resolution and consumed within seconds? Recent contemporary painting trends suggest a widespread ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

The beloved painting titled The Carols (Greek: Ta Kalanta) was produced in 1872 by the reputable Greek painter Nikiforos Lytras.