The “Mona Lisa,” painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, is undoubtedly one of the most famous artworks in the world. Housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, this captivating portrait ...

For his first non-American subject, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns chose Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.

Mona Lisa is recognized as the most expensive painting in the world. Nine artworks following behind, discover more on the ...

The portrait ... art. By Nina Siegal It appears, memorably, in a snapshot taken in May 1945 of American soldiers on the steps of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria — a painted portrait of a woman ...

The Dutch historian Hans Luijten has done much to advance Jo’s legacy, in part through his book Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous. As Jo well understood, the art business was ...

For centuries, the faithful and the curious have crowded to gaze up at the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in awe of Michelangelo ...

On the cusp of the US possibly getting its first female President, this writer finds powerful women across Washington DC ...

Marlène Dumas is a renowned South African artist known for her captivating portraits that explore emotional states and human ...

His canvases are filled with striking subjects: a laborer hauling bricks; a woman ... paintings are on loan from the artist’s ...

The most famous depiction of Churchill, known as “The Roaring Lion,” appears on the U.K.’s five-pound banknote and shows a ...

Who is Dora Carrington? The Bloomsbury artist was well known for her adventurous life but slipped into obscurity in recent ...