Despite being perhaps the best-known artist of all time, Leonardo da Vinci was not a prolific painter. He created thousands of drawings in his notebooks in which he wrote obsessively, and while ...

A painting once hailed as Paul Gauguin’s final self-portrait is now under renewed scrutiny after an amateur art sleuth raised doubts about its authenticity—sparking a fresh scientific ...

The Denver Art Museum is taking a genuine risk with its new solo show by painter Kent Monkman, though not for the reasons you might think. Kent Monkman's "Protecting the Medicines,” from 2023.

Paintings created by Abdul Wahhab are now on display at the Islamic Center of the Capital District. Dr. Abdul Wahhab and his wife, Zarina, stand before a small number of the floral paintings ...

Here's a reminder that it's never too late to pursue your passion. Bertha Lunzer, 93, has rediscovered her love of art after stepping away from it many years ago. Her family says she grew up on a ...

Diego Rivera was one of 20th Century art's towering figures—the Mexican icon who brought mural art onto the world's biggest stages. On the surface, these facts would seem to be unrelated—but ...

A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for $13.6 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. “Miss January” is Dumas’ “magnum opus” and stands ...

The painting, described today in the journal Nature, depicts two pigs and four small-bodied relatives of water buffalo, as well as what appear to be eight humanoid figures that are two to four ...

A guest on Antiques Roadshow stunned viewers and expert Rupert Maas after refusing to sell a portrait believed to be among the most valuable paintings ever featured on the show. The artwork ...

In his latest documentary, director Angelo Madsen’s A Body to Live In embraces the artist’s many contradictions — taking a multilayered perspective on Musafar’s life to creatively excavate ...