A new practice emerged in the late 20th century, in which teams of two artists working together from the beginning of their careers, making all of their work jointly, have become significant contributors to advanced visual art.
Q: What makes Flemish painter, diplomat, and scholar Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) great? A: lots of things. Today, I'd like to compare two of his pai...
The story of art in the past century is in large part one of young iconoclastic innovators breaking every significant rule, tradition, or convention that they could identify.
The Morgan Library is exhibiting a collection of works illustrating how history's greatest artists, writers and musicians were inspired by animals.
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In organizing an exhibition of "Five centuries of imagery in Antwerp," the Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS) had its work cut out for it. In a region with su...
You might think that since the artists included in the slideshow below are famous, you know everything about them (and perhaps some of you do). But we...
I am in the L.A. International Terminal, staring in disbelief at posters of Kandinsky, Sam Francis and Howard Hodgkin on the walls of McDonald's. I take it as a good omen for my mad dash to six cities in three countries.
The painter Peter Paul Rubens has a good deal in common with Barack Obama, and the Old Master's life offers lessons that the president might well find instructive.