A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

January 29, 2025 • Even if Greenland were for sale, buying the Artic territory would be complicated. And French President Emmanuel Macron promises to renovate the Louvre, which is falling into ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

and often called the pioneer of the Northern Renaissance was an exceptional painter who served under a King and a Duke in his lifetime. He had his expertise in oil painting, creating engaging ...

A Delhi court on Monday (January 20, 2025) ordered the seizure of paintings of Hindu deities made by Padma awardee M.F. Husain, displayed in the Delhi Art Gallery. The paintings showed Hindu gods ...

Citrus fruit also figures prominently in the iconography of Renaissance art. "Hardly any picture of the Last Supper doesn't have some citrus on the table," Professor Mabberley observes.

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ordered the seizure of two "offensive" paintings by MF Husain, one of India's most famous artists. The court on Monday granted permission for the police ...

In the beginning there was Cimabue, “who was to shed the first light on the art of painting ... the standard account of the origins of the Renaissance, cementing Cimabue’s role as ...

During the Renaissance, a period of artistic and intellectual awakening, painters developed innovative techniques that revolutionised the art world. These methods, driven by a desire to depict the ...

Thousands of pieces of art were submitted and judged, and the winners have been chosen in the 2025 CNY Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by M&T Bank and hosted by Onondaga Community College.