10 Artists Who Died Too Young
In "Finding Francesca Woodman," Jillian Steinhauer writes about the morbid fascination with the young photographer's suicide. This got us thinking abo...
In "Finding Francesca Woodman," Jillian Steinhauer writes about the morbid fascination with the young photographer's suicide. This got us thinking abo...
Posted 04.06.2012
East coasters rejoice, after 40 years in California one of Van Gogh's most iconic portraits is taking a trip to New York. "Portrait of a Peasant" will...
Posted 04.05.2012
Israeli photographer Tamir Sher decided to use his old record player to remix the classics. Except instead of taking an old Zeppelin LP for a spin, he...
The word “sunflower” brings to mind a mane of vibrant yellow petals encircling a dark whorl of seeds. But not all sunflowers are alike. Some sunfl...
Posted 03.30.2012
Happy 159th Birthday to one of the most recognizable artists of modern times, Vincent van Gogh. While his artwork is revered by more than just art lov...
MutualArt | Posted 05.22.2012
Murder, theft, and hidden identity describe just a few mysteries confounding the art world. The business side of Art can get messy, especially when the stakes are high. How did a billionaire legally "steal" a $10 million painting?
Posted 03.12.2012
We know that you've probably read an artist's biography or two, but have you ever read artists' own account of their lives? Let us provide you with th...
Posted 03.07.2012
Welcome to the HuffPost Arts tour of the best real estate of all time, art-history style. We know the market is tough right now but we assure you thes...
Posted 12.21.2011
Adobe partnered with Booooooom to create a contest that seems ready-made for the internet. The challenge: Recreate a classic work of art. Scores of pe...
David Galenson | Posted 02.19.2012
In a 1999 essay, Ernst van de Wetering, professor of art history at the U. of Amsterdam and chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project, noted that Rembrandt had painted himself at least 40 times, had etched himself 31 times, and had drawn a handful of self-portraits.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 02.07.2012
Books change over time, and over 170 years, A Christmas Carol has changed more than most. The story is a slow starter. There's a lot of extraneous description. So this former English major hacked 15,000 words out of Charles Dickens' immortal novel.
Christian Josi | Posted 01.30.2012
A revolutionary new app aims to further the medium while helping to grant Vincent's one true wish.
Susan Michals | Posted 01.13.2012
Billy Childish is a renaissance man with quite a sense of humor and his painterly style has been compared to that of Van Gogh and German expressionists, such as Edvard Munch.
Benjamin Hart | Posted 12.16.2011
For 121 years, it has been widely accepted that Vincent Van Gogh killed himself in a field in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, ending a troubled, solitary lif...
latimes.com | Posted 12.14.2011
Having won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for biography for "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga," Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith will be back in bookst...
Posted 12.12.2011
Who painted this lady sitting in the bathtub? Was it an Impressionist piece, or simply an impression of one? The answer may surprise you. Vote now...
Posted 11.22.2011
Visitors to the Dutch capital next year intending to visit its three leading art museums will need to plan their trip carefully—or they might be dis...
Posted 11.20.2011
Artists are often eccentric; that's part of their appeal. But there's a fine line between eccentricity and hide-your-kids lunacy, and the artists in t...
Posted 11.16.2011
Is the signature on your Monet a little too legible? It could be a fake; word is they're going around. A former art dealer was arrested in South F...
Posted 08.24.2011
It's been a busy week here on the HuffPost Arts': Walmart heiress Alice Walton is opening her own art museum, detained artist Ai Weiwei was finally re...
AP | Posted 08.21.2011
AMSTERDAM -- The Van Gogh Museum said Tuesday its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait act...
David Galenson | Posted 07.31.2011
In an essay written in the 1930s, the poet Paul Valéry reflected on an extraordinary era: Degas plus Renoir; Monet plus Cézanne; and in the same way...
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2011
CINCINNATI -- An art historian has put himself on display at an Ohio museum as he works to restore an 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh. Visitors t...
John Farr | Posted 07.17.2011
The Carnegie Studios made it possible for artists to live as true bohemians: to enjoy the freedom of being deliciously different and quirky. I suppose it was simply too good to last.
AP | By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 06.18.2011
-- "Leaving van Gogh" (Spiegel & Grau), by Carol Wallace: Although he merely dabbled with paint and brush, French physician Paul Gachet occupies a si...
Posted 05.24.2012