Art History 3 Things You Should Know About ‘Island of the Dead,’ a Once Wildly Famous Now Obscure Painting Full of Mystery Created by Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin, the haunting work still has some secrets. By Annikka Olsen, Dec 28, 2023
Art History Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ Captures the Isolation of American Modernity. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About It A Hemingway short story may have inspired Hopper's iconic scene. By Bobby McGee, Dec 28, 2023
Art History Art We Love: An Exuberant Altar to New York’s Art World On Florine Stettheimer’s 'Cathedrals of Art' (1942). By Caroline Goldstein, Dec 25, 2023
Art History Art We Love: An Impressionist Snapshot of Summer’s Simple Pleasures On Albert Edelfelt's 'Boys Playing on the Shore' (1884). By Annikka Olsen, Dec 25, 2023
Art History Art We Love: The Everlasting Enigma of Manet’s Balcony Scene On Édouard Manet’s 'The Balcony' (1868-69) By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 24, 2023
Art History Art We Love: The Playful Profundity of These Transforming Paintings On Tatsuo Miyajima's 'Painting of Change' (2020). By Vivienne Chow, Dec 24, 2023
Art History Art We Love: The Prickly Pleasures of an 18th-Century Caricature On Philip Dawe's 'The Macaroni, a Real Character at the Late Masquerade' (1773). By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 24, 2023
Art History There It Is! Here Are 2023’s Most Surprising Art-Historical Discoveries Catch up on a year's worth of rediscovered art, from the Artemisia Gentileschi that languished in storage to the N.C. Wyeth found in a thrift store. By Adam Schrader, Dec 24, 2023
Art History Art We Love: A Truly Luminous Pre-Raphaelite Christ On William Holman Hunt's 'The Light of the World' (1853). By Verity Babbs, Dec 23, 2023
Art History Art We Love: The Jubilant Catharsis of Pipilotti Rist’s Rampage On Pipilotti Rist’s 'Ever Is Over All' (1997). By Kate Brown, Dec 23, 2023
Art History Art We Love: A Scowling Zen Sage’s Unexpected Wisdom On Kano Masanobu's 'Bodhidharma in Red Robes' (late 15th century). By Ben Davis, Dec 23, 2023
Art History Art History Brims With Christmas Scenes. Here Are 11 Works to Get You Ready for the Season It’s been a long year. Rest your eyes on some pleasant holiday-themed paintings to celebrate getting through it. By Artnet News, Dec 23, 2023
Real Estate A Disgraced Art Publisher’s Famed Mansion Is Being Auctioned Off in an Art Sale Louise Blouin's Gin Lane property once sought a staggering $150 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 20, 2023
Art History Best Frenemies: 5 Notorious Rivalries in Art History These duos went from healthy competition to all-out war. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 19, 2023
Crime The First Suspect in a Massive Canadian Art Fraud Is Sentenced Gary Lamont will spend five years in jail for his role in a 13-year forgery scheme. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 15, 2023