An ambitious young artist, an amoral beauty. Hamish Bowles looks at the portrait that caused a scandal and almost ruined two ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys the first 10 years of a precocious painter getting his start in Paris.

From a mash up of 18th century porcelain to a celebration of 1980s club culture, Nathalie Atkinson lines up 2025’s must-see ...

Sargent & Paris,' at the Met, is the moving story of an ambitious young painter prior to his co-option by the ruling class.

ART21: Was there a portrait or artist you were thinking about when you were working on this piece [Untitled (#193)]? SHERMAN: I think she was inspired by the idea of an older Madame de Pompadour or ...

After two years of traveling, “Madame X” — the iconic 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent — has returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it’s the star of a new exhibit ...

Kronthaler said her dress was inspired by François Boucher’s painting of Madame de Pompadour from 1759. “Vivienne would have loved it — it was her favorite dress of all time,” he added. The other ...

Now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Madame X (1883–1884) is today regarded as Sargent’s most iconic portrait. The daring composition will soon star in the ...

Madame de Pompadour was the most influential mistress of Louis XV. Even though having influence over a king was no small deal, there is more to De Pompadour than just that role. “The power of ...

(The Wallace Collection is prolific in both). In his Londonian tones, Perry recalls at some point in his youth, as ‘a nascent transvestite’, falling for the Boucher portrait of de Pompadour. The ...

Madame de Pompadour didn't just share King Louis XV's bed, she also shared his power. As the most commanding mistress in the French court, she bettered the lives of many and became a beloved ...