Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art has the power to breach boundaries, evoke certain emotions, and inspire ...

Early Netherlandish painters of the 1400s pioneered portraits as highly detailed, distinctive records of an individual. Two centuries later, artists of the Dutch Golden Age made these faces come alive ...

Patrons and art lovers have been collecting the works of famous masters for centuries. Perhaps the ultimate irony of this is that although many of history’s most famous painters died in near abject ...

Zhaoming Wu lives with his paintbrush in the clouds. In the evenings or after a rainstorm, the Asian American artist likes to take photos of the sky while sitting on the hill overlooking San Francisco ...

Each summer, on a stage in Laguna Beach, California, performers assemble themselves into “tableaux vivant” – living pictures. They work quickly under the cover of dimmed red or blue lighting, which ...

Old Masters and Renaissance artists may have used egg yolk in their oil paints to alter and protect their artwork, scientists find.

It is no secret that Black visual artists and painters in history have often been leaders of artistic innovation, and the 15 named below are but a few examples from a much longer list. These artists’ ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Roughly 60 works of art by some of the most celebrated masters of the 19th and 20th centuries are coming to the Portland Art Museum in June. The exhibit, titled “Monet to ...

Danish Golden Age painters had an unusual source for some supplies: breweries. The masters used the byproduct of beer brewing to prep their canvases so paint wouldn't seep through, new research found.

Famous Indian Painters: When it comes to art and creativity, India has always been a land of extraordinary talent. From mythological depictions on ancient walls to contemporary masterpieces that hang ...