Art History What Opulence Lay Behind Marie Antoinette’s Secret Bedroom Door? The Palace of Versailles Has Just Reopened the Queen’s Hidden Chambers As part of the palace’s 400th anniversary, visitors can now marvel at the private grandeur of the iconic French queen. By Lee Carter, Jul 8, 2023
Art History One of Photography’s Earliest Inventors Had an Ingenious Trick to Stop His Images From Over-Developing, Scholars Say Scientists recently re-examined three of the oldest surviving photographic artifacts in the Americas. By Artnet News, Jul 5, 2023
Art History Elisabetta Sirani Painted in Public to Prove Her Work Was Her Own. Here’s How She Became a 17th-Century Star—and Why She’s Being Remembered Now The University of Melbourne scholar Adelina Modesti has written an illuminating biography of the artist, coming out this month. By Karen Chernick, Jun 22, 2023
Art History A Tiny Bavarian Town in Germany Might Have a Previously Unknown Work by Lucas Cranach the Younger Hiding in Its Collection The painting depicting Jesus as Salvator Mundi has been something of a local secret in Bettbrunn. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 21, 2023
Art History Two Ukrainian Conservators Who Fled War in Kyiv Have Restored Portraits at England’s Huguenot Museum, Dedicated to an Earlier Wave of Refugees The unique project brings to light the history of the very first generation of refugees in the U.K., who fled religious prosecution in France. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 20, 2023
Art History A Bejeweled Prayer Book in a Cambridge Library Has Been Identified as Belonging to Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Chief Minister Historians say it's the only object from a 16th-century portrait remaining today. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2023
Art History Who Reigned Supreme, Persia or Greece? Judge for Yourself From These 5 Ancient Symbols of Luxury and Power, Now on View at the British Museum “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” is on view at the British Museum through August 13. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 7, 2023
Art History Jackson Pollock Moonlit as the Guggenheim’s Maintenance Man—and 4 Other Unlikely Side Jobs Famous Artists Once Held at New York Museums From Pollock to Flavin, these 20th-century artists all started out by supporting their art careers working in New York City museums. By Annikka Olsen, May 28, 2023
Art History Is Time Travel Real? Here Are 6 Tantalizing Pieces of Evidence From Art History A 17th-century painting with what seems to be a Nike shoe is only the latest example of suspiciously modern objects to be spotted in historical artworks By Brian Boucher, May 26, 2023
Art History Danish Golden Age Artists Primed Their Canvases With Danish Golden Ale, New Research Shows Researchers found traces of barley, buckwheat, wheat, and rye on paintings. By Vittoria Benzine, May 25, 2023
Art History Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘Lady Lilith’ Was an Infamous Symbol of Vanity. Here Are 3 Facts About This Alluring Pre-Raphaelite Masterpiece The influential canvas is currently on view in "The Rossettis" at Tate Britain. By Katie White, May 23, 2023
Art History Conservators Have Discovered a Cute Dog, Adorned With a Red Bow, Hidden Under the Layers of a Picasso Painting Aww. By Vittoria Benzine, May 21, 2023
Art History Did Michelangelo Have a God Complex? An Expert Has Suggested That He Painted Himself Into ‘The Creation of Adam’ In a recent paper, the scholar Adriano Marinazzo posited that the artist based his depiction of God on his own likeness. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2023
Art History Mona Lisa’s Other Secret—Where the Portrait Was Painted—May Have Been Solved by an Art Historian Using Drone Imagery Digital reconstruction matches a bridge in Tuscany to the one in Leonardo's painting. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 15, 2023
Art History How Much of a Character Was Alice Neel? Just Look at ‘The Big Clock,’ the Classic Film Noir Partly Based on the Artist’s Notoriety The painter's bohemian ways inspired a key character in the hit 1948 movie. By Ben Davis, May 7, 2023
