Art Feature Articles

West African cultures had an unexpected and extensive influence on Medieval Europe.

A vintage address book bought on eBay revived the life story of Dora Maar, a photographer and painter too often seen merely as a famous artist’s muse.

For Peter Saul, the road to his major retrospective at the New Museum was a bumpy one.

Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.

While the word “muse” is often used to describe an inspiration or influence behind an artwork, it usually means we are either idealizing a woman or ignoring a female artist’s accomplishments.

Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights.

Though artists on the cutting edge claimed to revile it, academic art was pivotal in the development of modernism.

Ask the curator, not the concierge in these nine hotels with stellar art collections.

More than just plans for grander works, drawings offer a special view into the artist’s world, and a unique collecting opportunity.

An art form all its own, Japanese tattoos have both been influenced by the history of art, and shaped it.