Marion Tubiana’s oil painting, "Néméan," masterfully showcases every stage of her artistic process, from the initial layer to ...

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, “The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil” (1785) Oil on panel; 83.2 x 64.8 cm (32 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.) Johannes Vermeer had a serious thing for books. As it turns out, so did Edward ...

George Rowlett, who has died aged 84, revelled in thick paint more than any other artist working in the present day.

The Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon (all photographs courtesy Harout Bastajian, and used with permission) At the center of downtown Beirut is ...

In 2019, two Persian paintings sold in a private-auction house, in London, for roughly eight hundred thousand pounds each. The paintings were illuminated manuscripts, or “miniature” paintings, and ...

According to four curators and three historians. By Julia Halperin “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” (detail, 1085-1145) by Zhang Zeduan. Pictures of History/Bridgeman Images What it is: ...

THE French nation has led the world in many movements tending to establish exalted ideals and to uplift mankind ; but at no time in its history have its aims and efforts been more noble or more ...

Two-and-a-half centuries after William Shakespeare’s Hamlet came to the stage, the tragic-romantic figure of Ophelia reignited the Victorian imagination in paintings, poetry, and plays. Among the ...

Editor’s Note: Untold Art History investigates lesser-known stories in art, spotlighting unsung and pioneering artists you should know, as well as revealing new insights into influential artworks.

Carl Kahler’s 1891 painting My Wife’s Lovers just might be the most magnificent painting of cats in the history of art—and the story behind it is one incredible tail! The sumptuous portrait of 42 cats ...

Livingston’s first Art Walk of the summer is coming up, and at the Livingston Center for Art and Culture, the theme of their current show is horses since this year, ...