Marvel at the ingenuity and skill of this Qing Dynasty scroll as we bring to life a masterpiece revered by artists and collectors for hundreds of years.
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What Monet’s correspondence tells us about the Impressionist master
More than just muses, the models that made Pre-Raphaelite art a success had artistic ambitions of their own.
Unseen since 1949 and set to appear at auction for the first time, this beautiful work is a quintessential example of Henri Matisse’s sensuous odalisques.
Although he made his name in the 1950s and ‘60s as an Abstract Expressionist, Philip Guston is now best remembered for the dark humor conveyed in the cartoon-like figurative paintings and drawings…
Painted in 1996, David Hockney's "30 Sunflowers" is a bold and luscious still life of contemporary times. In this episode of Sotheby's Expert Voices, discover how Hockney was inspired to paint "…
Contemporary Art is coming alive all over Spain, but at the center of it all is Madrid.
A look at paintings that depict interiors and people at home, presented by Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, the Myojin-Nadar Associate Curator of Paintings, 1600–1800, at the National Gallery, London.
Curator of Later Italian, Spanish, and French 17th-century Paintings, Letizia Treves, guides you through the tumultuous life of Caravaggio. She looks at how his innovative style developed from a…
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?
As part of a prestigious traveling exhibit on still life painting, Scott Fraser’s work keeps him in motion.
Following the critical success of Miami Beach, SCOPE New York returns for its 20th Anniversary show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea with a…
Join curator Mary Morton on a tour of highlights from the exhibition True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870. Young artists of the late 18th and 19th centuries developed their skills…
Pregnancy is a common experience of women that is rarely seen in historic portraiture.
