In Édouard Manet’s Olympia, which is making its debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in "Manet/Degas," the artist inserts a black cat to represent what we cannot see, proving…
French Art
Widely recognized as a symbol for love and affection, the heart shape has evolved over centuries.
Bonheur put a year and a half into location-based preparatory sketching for "The Horse Fair" and pulled from a number of unique masterworks to find inspiration for the final product. Unsurprisingly,…
Freeman’s May 11 auction brings an important collection of artworks from a private New York family to market. The sixteen lots offered—almost all works on paper—present buyers with remarkable fresh-…
Following the restitution of Nicolas de Largillière’s 18th century masterwork Madame de Parabère or Portrait of a Lady as Pomona by the Dresden State Art Collections to the heirs of the renowned…
This will be the first-ever exhibition at The Met to explore the work of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ hand-drawn animation. It will examine Walt Disney’s personal fascination with European art and…
This self-portrait, exhibited in Paris in 1895, came with a caption from an unnamed male art critic noting that “this woman” often had critics assume the work had been painted by a man, because no…
