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Laocoön and His Sons (Laocoön Group), ca 200 BCE or possibly 27 BCE - 68 CE. Housed in the Vatican Museums. License

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Women Artists

Squeak Carnwath's studio, February 2022

Squeak Carnwath: Life in Layers of Paint

The Art of “Anonymous Was a Woman”

8 Artists Who Took Their Mothers' Names

LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

6 Art World Events for Pride 2022

Museum

Gallery view of Vermeer's Love Letters

The Frick Sustains its Oldest Affair in Vermeer’s Love Letters

Canyon: A New Kind of Museum to Open in New York

National Museum of Brazil to Partially Reopen After Fires

Gallery

Essere Donna Nell’antica (To Be a Woman in Antiquity). On view until January 31 2026 in the Palestra Grande at the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Credit: Parco Archeologico di Pompei.

To Be a Woman in Antiquity: A Retrospective

A Colorful Exhibition of Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints

Ruth Asawa’s Retrospective of Looped Wires

Design

Ward Lockwood - Horses Grazing, watercolor on paper, 19 x 24 in.

Nedra Matteucci Galleries and Garden: A Must-See Destination

20th-Century Artist-Designer Couples

The Chrysler Building, New York’s Art Deco Monument, Is For Sale

Auction

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, c. 1835, oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Turner’s First Exhibited Painting Rediscovered after 150 Years

Marlene Dumas Painting Expected to Break Auction Record

Artists Protest First Ever AI Art Auction at Christie's

Painting

Belluno, Italy. 2019. License

Painting Returned to Museum After Being Stolen 50 Years Ago

Myths and Darkness in Franz von Stuck’s “The Wild Hunt”

The Surprising Muses of Leonardo Da Vinci

Latin American Art

Frida Stays Forever, 2020. License

Director Carla Gutierrez Examines Frida Kahlo’s Life Through Film

8 Latin American Artists You Should Know More About

ARTBO Celebrates 20 Years of Colombian Art

Drawing

Eggplant- Jean Emmons, “Eggplants,” watercolor on vellum, 2020.

Botanical Illustration: Where Science and Art Meet

The History of Copying Art: A Learning Tool or a Cheat?

A Compilation of Sketches in "Picasso: The Royan Sketchbooks"

Modern Art

Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette, 1875-1880

11 Lesser-Known Women Artists from Art History

Cultural Stays: The Prince Kitano & The Arlo Hotels as NYC Art Destinations

Tensions Rise Between David Zwirner and The Hilma af Klint Foundation

Antiques

Euros bills hanging to dry on a clothes line

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

Maison Gerard Celebrates 50 Years With Historic Art Deco Pieces on View

Renaissance

close up of Sandro Botticelli's Portrait of a Young Woman

The Jewelry of the Renaissance: The Medici Gem Collection

Remarkable Art Collecting Families That Shaped the Art World

How Artists Used The Golden Ratio To Create Masterpieces

Fair

0. Installation view, Ellen Harvey, Winter in the Summer House, 2025. Part of "What's Missing? Artworks in the Olana Landscape," Olana's summer 2025 outdoor site-specific exhibition. Photo: Peter Aaron / OTTO. Courtesy Olana.

Highlights From Upstate Art Weekend 2025

An Overview of This Year’s Hamptons Fine Art Fair

Highlights from Art Basel 2025

Ancient Art

Detail shot of a gold ear-stud: disc decorated with granulation, filigree and beaded wire. 530BC-500BC

Etruscan Jewelry and the Charm of Gold in Antiquity

Archeology in the Movies: What Hollywood Gets Right and Wrong

The Lost Art of Ancient Greece

Sculpture

Four-sided Pyramid by American artist Sol Lewitt (1928-2007), Concrete and mortar, National Sculpture Garden, Washington DC.

Sol LeWitt Sculpture Needs Rebuild After Unannounced Removal

Karen LaMonte's Sculptures at Munson Museum of Art

Heinz Mack on the Fundamentals of Color, Space, and Motion

Asian Art

detail photo of a collection of pottery wares repaired via Kintsugi

Kintsugi Pottery Mending: Fragile Art for the Anxious Mind

Qi Baishi’s Inspiration in Ink: A Culturally Immersive Experience

David Castillo Gallery Showcases Asian Art Through “Alien/ΛᄂIΣП”

Black Artists

Kulimushi "Kuli" Barongozi, Time, 2025. For Mrs. Syla Artis Branch. "She was an original, and people knew it."

An Intimate Exploration of Culture and Memory at NXTHVN

The Life and Art of Noah Davis at the Hammer Museum

Fabiola Jean-Louis on the Language of Fashion

Photography

The Terror of War, June 8, 1972. License

World Press Photo Questions Authorship of “Napalm Girl” Image

These Photographers Stunningly Capture Climate Change

Developing Magic: Unlocking the Secrets of Darkrooms

Contemporary Art

Alex Anderson ceramic sculpture

Collect Like an Expert: How to Find Great Emerging Artists

Highlights from Art Dubai and UAE Biennials

A Brief History of Milan Design Week

Indigenous Art

Merina [Pop Chalee] Lujan, Taos, 1906 – 1993, Yellow Horse, gouache on paper, 13 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (33.3 x 46 cm.) Estimate: 1,000 – 2,000

Indigenous and Native American Art at Santa Fe Auction

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Highlights Inuit Cultural Identity