I passed by the painting once. Then a second time. And again for a third time. At last, I remembered my mantra for art that does not immediately catch my eye: Look closer. Claude Lorrain’s “Pastoral ...

The United Kingdom is making a bid to save a masterpiece by the French landscape painter Claude Lorrain for the nation. The $12 million painting is currently for sale, but a temporary export bar will ...

The present lot is from Vik Muniz’s series Pictures of Thread. The original oil painting by Claude Lorrain is a hazy, tranquil landscape, trees line either side of the painting, and a river runs ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

How did a 17th-century French pastry chef end up shaping how the English felt about their gardens? For the answer to that riddle, see the remarkable drawings of that onetime cook, now on view in the ...