A 1636 self-portrait by Rembrandt, The Standard Bearer shows the famous artist in the costume of a standard bearer (carrier of a flag or banner). Rembrandt painted this piece when he was about 30 as a ...

The painting was looted from Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1940 and memorialized in an iconic photograph.

Caravaggio's 1598 portrait of Maffeo Barberini spent centuries with the family before entering a private collection in the ...

Michelle Clair has been named the winner of The Weekend Sun Emerging Artist Award for 2024, following a competitive selection ...

I find it all very difficult,” the late German-born British artist said, and few painters have done as much to show the ...

A portrait by the artist had a public debut in Rome on Friday, after decades hidden away in a private collection. Now Italy ...

A portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio held in a private collection since it was discovered more than 60 years ago is being ...

Our gaze oscillates between a lavish blue woodland scene, three children crouched under a mantle, and an adult figure above ...

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces not seen by the public in ...

He began working as a security guard at the Met in 2009 and continued making sculptures inspired by his Egyptian heritage. He ...

Seeing her “Original Sisters” en masse in one room—rows upon rows of them—one can fully grasp the power and importance of ...

Did the first cave painters, thirty thousand years ago, get some special reward from the chief? Extra pebbles, maybe, or ...