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Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles, 1913.

Ignacio Zuloaga: Francisco Franco’s Favorite Painter

How Ignacio Zuloaga went from exiled reject to Francisco Franco’s preferred portraitist

Guernica detail

Guernica: Why is this painting so shocking?

Discover the history and symbolism of Pablo Picasso’s powerful anti-war mural, Guernica, rendered in his signature Cubist style.

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Features

Courtesy Lee Miller Archives

The Domesticity of Evil: Hitler’s Home in American Magazines Before and After the War

Collective house surrounded by sweet- potato leaves, Catrimani region

Who Speaks for the Yanomami? The ongoing Yanomami Struggle told through art

Matt Johnson, Untitled (Swan), 2016.

Public Art’s Major Role on a University Campus

View of Delft File:Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg - Wikimedia Commons (1960-61)/ Mauritshuis, The Hague

Rijksmuseum Stages the Largest Vermeer Exhibition Ever

Lois Dodd, Two Red Drapes and Part of a White Sheet, 1981

Then and Now: Two Artists in Perspective

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Latin American Art

Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.

Why the LACMA’s “Archive of the World” Catalogue Matters

Neo-Concretism: the short-lived but influential art movement

Pre-Columbian Latin America: The Chavín of Ancient Peru

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

Contemporary Art

Gerrit Dou, Sleeping Dog, 1650.

Creature Comfort: Animal Art in the Home

Bisa Butler: The World Is Yours

Artist Amir H. Fallah's Mesmerizing Portraits

Drawing

Jordan Belson Brain Drawing, 1952 Ink on paper 7 13/16 x 7 13/16 inches (19.8 x 19.8 cm) Estate of Jordan Belson, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

The Mystical Tradition: Drawings of Memory and Mystery at the Drawing Center

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

How Santa Claus Has Changed Throughout History

Gallery

Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro

3 Shows by Female Artists to See in NYC This Spring

“People are Strange”: A Conversation with George Condo

'Rear View': A Surprisingly Thoughtful Show on a Seemingly Humorous Subject

Museum

Lucio Fontana, Spatial Concept, Expectations, 1959

How Lucio Fontana's Slashed Canvases Changed Art History

10 Surprising Facts about the Museum of Modern Art

In George Condo’s Mind at the Morgan Library

Renaissance

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Red Hat, 1665-67, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Wikimedia Commons

Three New Theories on Vermeer, Da Vinci, and Van Gogh

The Dark Red Drama of Caravaggio

We Asked an AI What it Thought About Art. Here's What it Told Us

Modern Art

Alexander Calder, Eagle, 1971, painted steel, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA

Alexander Calder's Balancing Act in Art and Life

Monet and the First Forays into Abstraction

J.M.W. Turner: Britain's Greatest Maritime Painter

Fair

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TEFAF Maastrict Dazzles with Old Masters, Gemstones, and Everything in Between

What to See at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022

Jill Bokor Speaks About the Upcoming Salon Art + Design Fair

Women Artists

Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1852–55. Oil on canvas. 96 1:4 x 199 1:2 in. (244.5 x 506.7 cm). The Met. Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1887. 87.25.

Why Rosa Bonheur's "Horse Fair" is a Masterpiece of Realism

Pop Art: 6 Artists Other than Andy Warhol

Female Photographers Who Shaped the Way We Look at the World

Indigenous Art

Benjamin West, The Battle of La Hogue, c. 1778. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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

9 Indigenous Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram

What’s the Deal with Christopher Columbus Monuments?

Black Artists

Nina Simone in 1965, Wikimedia Commons

Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Gains Support to Become a Historic Site

Hilton Als: The Pulitzer Winning Critic Discusses the Art of Curating

12 African American Artists You Should Know More About

Photography

William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows exhibition at The Broad, Los Angeles, November 12, 2022 – April 9, 2023.

In Conversation with William Kentridge

Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear

Photographing Vietnam: The First & Last Uncensored War

Design

The entrance of the cemetery and the Famedio (at centre). Photo by Dani Vander Horst.

The Monumental Cemetery of Milan

Putting up Ancient Columns in Rome

New Excavations at Rome’s Colosseum

Painting

van gogh painting of two small fishing boats on a river in spring with a bridge in the background

The Art of Spring: 10 Paintings to Mark the Season

Green in the 19th Century: A Cultural History

Meet the Femme Fragile, the Femme Fatale's Counterpart

Asian Art

Radha and Hindu God Krishna Celebrating the Festival Holi (1800-1810). ink and color on paper.

Colors as Transgression in the Holi Festival

India's Statue of Unity is the World’s Tallest Statue, Here's Its Story

The Art of the Chinese New Year

Sculpture

Wangechi Mutu,The End of carrying All, 2015 (still). 3-channel animated video, color, sound, 10:45 min.

Wangechi Mutu’s Magically Intertwined World

Phyllida Barlow, Creator of "Non-Monumental" Sculpture, Dies at 78

Hellenistic Sculpture: Realist Art in Ancient Greece

Antiques

Frans Francken the Younger, Kunst- und Raritätenkammer (Chamber of Art and Curiosities), 1636. Oil on panel.

The Cabinet of Curiosities & Colonialism

Wagner Science Museum: Step into 1855 with Contemporary Courses

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Auction

Pablo Picasso, Fillette au bateau (Maya), 1938, oil on canvas, Courtesy Sotheby’s

Cubist Portrait of Picasso’s Daughter Could Fetch Over $15 Million

Phillips 20th Century Evening Auction Brings in Record-Breaking Sales

Standout Art Auctions to Watch Fall 2022

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

Aeneas’s Journey in Ancient Italy

The Iconography of Zoroastrianism, the Oldest Monotheistic Religion