El Greco's "Holy Family" (1585 ... is an enconchado, an oil painting inlaid with pieces of nácar, or mother of pearl, to give it a glowing effect.

But thanks to the excellent sherry bodega tours I took, I came away not only having tasted some of the best sherries in the world, but ...

The menu at El Greco is entirely Greek and the menu is cooked from scratch daily. Some ingredients, like olive oil and octopus, are imported from Greece. "I use quality products because that’s ...

WHEN AN OIL painting is dried and finished, it is supposed to stay that way. Yet when Ida Bronken, an art conservator, began to prepare Jean-Paul Riopelle’s “Composition 1952” for display in ...

Venice (Italy) and Bilbao, Madrid (Spain).Current solo exhibitions Two of these are dedicated solo exhibitions, like “Painted Gold: El Greco and the Art Between Crete and Venice” and “El Greco. Santo ...

What has stood out most to me in the reopening of the Frick is the extraordinary response it has elicited,” director Axel ...

The exhibition features 66 oil paintings from the collection of Reims Museum of Fine Arts in France. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan) A woman views a painting at the exhibition entitled "From Corot to ...

Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. A large painting by El Paso artist Hal Marcus that has greeted visitors to the ...

Many of the works in “The Awakening” will be paintings of lotus flowers, which Barrett finds not only beautiful but also resonant in the current moment: “The whole idea of them really moved me.