Art History Michelangelo Is a Giant of Art History. But as a Person, He May Have Actually Been Quite Short After studying the Renaissance artist’s shoes, researchers in Italy were able to estimate his height. By Artnet News, Sep 3, 2021
Art History Kehinde Wiley’s Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama Is Arriving in New York. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About It There are a number of hidden messages tucked into this famous painting. By Katie White, Aug 15, 2021
Art History A New Book Gathers Every Single Documented Frida Kahlo Painting, Including Lost Works—See Images Here Some of the works illustrated in the book haven't been exhibited in over 80 years. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 5, 2021
Art History Watteau’s Beloved Depiction of Dreamy Aristocratic Love is a Rococo Gem. Here Are 3 Things You May Not Know About It This month marks the 300th anniversary of Jean-Antoine Watteau's death. By Katie White, Jul 29, 2021
Art History While Restoring a Mysterious 16th-Century Painting, Experts Found That Someone Turned Its Subject’s Frown Literally Upside Down From the department of "Don't Tell Women to Smile." By Artnet News, Jul 16, 2021
Art History Is It a Goya? Curators at the Prado Keep Changing Their Minds Over Who Painted the Museum’s Famed ‘Colossus’ Initially said to be a work by the Spanish master, its attribution was since downgraded. Now, it's being reconsidered. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 14, 2021
Art History This Delightful Trick Painting Is a Treasure of Early U.S. Art. Here Are 3 Facts About the Philadelphia Museum’s Beloved Trompe L’oeil Charles Willson Peale's 'The Staircase Group' is full of surprises. By Katie White, Jul 4, 2021
Art History Now You Can View the Complete Archives of Beloved Painter Charles White Online Thanks to the Smithsonian Family photographs, high school report cards, and more than 17,000 other objects have been digitized. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2021
Art History We Ranked the 10 Best Picnic Scenes in the History of Art to Inspire Your Memorial Day Festivities We've rated them with a highly scientific baguette emoji system. By Katie White, May 27, 2021
Art History Ever Wanted to Soak in Bonnard’s Tub? See 6 Famous Bathrooms From Art History as They May Have Really Looked A bathroom retailer has brought to life scenes from six famous paintings. By Artnet News, May 26, 2021
Art History A Scholar Has Uncovered Hidden Messages in the Prayer Book That Anne Boleyn Is Said to Have Carried to Her Death The book, signed by Boleyn, is believed to have been passed down among generations of women. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2021
Art History To Celebrate Albrecht Dürer’s 550th Birthday, Here Are 3 Fascinating Facts to Change the Way You See His Legendary Self-Portrait One of the most famous self-portraits of all time is, not surprisingly, full of intrigue. By Katie White, May 21, 2021
Art History There Are No Pictures of Van Gogh as an Adult, So a Digital Artist Created Eerily Realistic Photos to Show How He Might Have Looked No photographs of the artist as an adult have survived to this day. By Sarah Cascone, May 17, 2021
Art History Marcel Duchamp Wasn’t the Only Artist With an Alter Ego. Here Are 6 of the Greatest Art Aliases of All Time These artists beg the question: What's in a name? By Katie White, May 16, 2021
Art History This Tender Mary Cassatt Painting of a Mother and Child Is Surprisingly Fraught. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Child’s Bath’ For Mother's Day, a look at one of the Impressionist's most celebrated. By Katie White, May 6, 2021
