Frida Kahlo Is Having a Moment
She was a genius before she was a refrigerator magnet, an ace manipulator of society and media nearly a century…
In 125 years, millions of people have looked at this painting. No one really saw it until now.
I’m not easily impressed, OK? I know Van Gogh was a genius. If the point of this were “Van Gogh…
Former Lawyer Paints: Quarry Night & Vincent Van Dozer (CNN)
(CNN) — “What does this thing do?” That’s what I asked the garbage man one afternoon many years ago when…
Picasso’s ‘Blue Room’ has a hidden occupant just beneath the surface
(CNN) — It took years and a good bit of detective work by art experts and scientists to unveil a…
Budding Artists Learn from the Masters
It’s the rare young child who can recognize the work of Michelangelo, Henri Rousseau or Gustav Klimt. But the halls…
Hidden Beached Whale Revealed in 17th-Century Dutch Painting
When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of…
Scientists recapture Renoir’s reds
Researchers in Chicago have produced a visualisation of how they think a Renoir could have looked before its colours faded.…
Let’s change the world for art students in 2014
Funding cuts and a move to banish art lessons from schools made 2013 a sad year for creative education. But art students and their staff…
Annette Bening to become face of arts education for California
Actress Annette Bening has signed on as the new spokesperson for the California Arts Council’s “keep art in schools fund.”…