His best and favorite student, Carel Fabritius, had (at most) 15 years to develop his artistry, dying at the age of 32. He left only a dozen paintings and nine drawings. Born in 1622 during the ...

Carel Fabritius (Dutch, 1622–1654) died at age 32 in a gunpowder explosion in Delft, a disaster that presumably destroyed many of his paintings.

But if you’ve ever found yourself chuckling at the angry man-heads on human babies in medieval art, the joke is actually on you: These painters wanted the babies to look like Boomers.

The Denver Art Museum is taking a genuine risk with its new solo show by painter Kent Monkman, though not for the reasons you might think. Kent Monkman's "Protecting the Medicines,” from 2023.

Despite being perhaps the best-known artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci was not a prolific painter. He created thousands of drawings in his notebooks in which he wrote obsessively, and while ...

A painting once hailed as Paul Gauguin’s final self-portrait is now under renewed scrutiny after an amateur art sleuth raised doubts about its authenticity—sparking a fresh scientific ...

Diego Rivera was one of 20th Century art's towering figures—the Mexican icon who brought mural art onto the world's biggest stages. On the surface, these facts would seem to be unrelated—but ...

Paintings created by Abdul Wahhab are now on display at the Islamic Center of the Capital District. Dr. Abdul Wahhab and his wife, Zarina, stand before a small number of the floral paintings ...

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A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for $13.6 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. “Miss January” is Dumas’ “magnum opus” and stands ...

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He recalled that ...