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Henri Rousseau: A Painter's Secrets, 2025. The Barnes Foundation, installation view.
The Secrets of Henri Rousseau: A Painter We Thought We Knew

The Barnes Foundation's Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets…

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907. Oil, silver, and gold on canvas, 138 cm x 138 cm (54 in x 54 in), Neue Galerie, New York City, New York.
Gustav Klimt & the Art Nouveau Woman's Fighting Spirit

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was born and died in Vienna, where he helped found the Vienna Secession, a contemporary art movement closely related to Art Nouveau. …

European Masterpieces at David Barnett Gallery

Founded in 1966, the David Barnett Gallery has become Wisconsin’s premier fine art gallery, representing over 600 artists. Originally showcasing works by local college students, it now features…

Grandma Moses, A Country Wedding, 1951, oil on pressed wood, Bennington Museum, Museum purchase, 1998.79
A Depiction of Rural Life in Grandma Moses’ Folk Art Paintings

Famously known as Grandma Moses, American folk artist Anna Mary…

Art at Hotel Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia, Candido Pazos Brixida y Breogan
Art Meets Wine at Portugal's Kopke Hotel

Step into the Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel in Portugal, and step back in time…

Tom Burckhardt, Semi Circa, 2018, oil on linen, 48” x 56"
How Abstract Art Gets Titled

The title creation process for abstract art can be fascinating.…

Installation view of Man Ray: When Objects Dream, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, Courtesy of The Met
Man Ray’s Objects on Film at the Met

In a mysterious photograph from 1922, a pair of shadowy figures hold…

Intersection of Broad Street and Wall Street with New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Hall. Wikipedia.
A Slice of Vermeer: The Rise of Fractional Art Ownership

Stock exchanges have been offering the public a piece of corporate earnings since the Dutch East India Company opened one in 1602, but only recently has art become a tradable…

DEl Kathryn Barton [Australian b. 1972] the more than human love , 2025 Acrylic on French linen 78 3/4 x 137 3/4 inches 200 x 350 cm Framed dimensions: 79 7/8 x 139 inches 203 x 353 cm
The Divine Femininity of Del Kathryn Barton’s Creations

Acclaimed Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton (1972)– two-time winner of the Archibald Prize, the…

Armand Guillaumin (French,1841–1927). Breuillet, 1890, oil on canvas. The Smith-Naifeh Collection.
Renaissance, Romanticism, and Rebellion at Mint Museum Uptown

The Mint Museum is proud to present a major exhibition exploring the artistic and cultural revolutions of 19th-century Europe. …

Leonora Carrington, Les Distractions de Dagobert, 1945.
Record Breaker: The Fantastic Journey of Leonora Carrington

Born in England, formed as a surrealist in Paris, residing in Mexico since 1942,…

Frankenthaler in her Third Avenue studio with Alassio (1960, in progress), New York, 1960. Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Archives, New York.
The Beauty Behind Helen Frankenthaler’s Art

The exhibition, Painting Without Rules, is not only an immersion into American …

Sam Moyer Installation Photos - Gary Mamay
Sam Moyer’s Marble “Paintings” Confront the Mysteries of Nature

Alone, occupying a single wall in the Parrish Art Museum’s light-drenched first gallery space in Water Mill, NY is an improbably massive (10 feet by 20 feet by 1 inch), strangely…

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Life and Art of Edgar Degas
Considered a founder of Impressionism, Edgar Degas actually disliked the label, preferring Realist or Independent. Best known for his paintings and bronze sculptures, Degas was also a printmaker and…
Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872. Oil on canvas.
Art 101: Impressionism
Considered one of the first major art movements of the modern era, Impressionism was a radical revolt against the contemporary standards of academic painting.