While we might recognize most of these masterpieces and their artists, we probably don’t know much about the stories behind ...

Everything about Bonnard was attuned to the strange, swaddled magic of everyday life. His interiors evoke serenity, yet they’re almost always charged by unsettling choices: strange color harmonies ...

Consider Supporting HoH: In 1946, the second world war had just ended, a Dutch artist and art collector stood trial in ...

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at a piece of art.

Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection” stands among the most valuable exhibits the Norton has ever presented, if you ask J.

Faced with a daily torrent of unfiltered news, Giambattista Valli has found solace in the work of Dutch Masters. Their scenes ...

So the concept that, as André Malraux put it, Rembrandt was the first to touch the soul with his paintings could not have ...

Some of history’s greatest artists weren’t discovered until after their time. Johannes Vermeer wasn’t celebrated as a ...

Did Vermeer hide a self-portrait beneath the painting A Maid Asleep (1656–57), as some art historians have theorized? New research by the scientific team at the Metropolitan Museum of Art suggests yes ...

Research has revealed that there is an overpainted figure in the background of Vermeer’s A Maid Asleep (1656-57) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Recent research by the ...

As the crisp autumn air sets in, it’s considered a perfect time to indulge in some art books that not only blend creativity and history but also deep narratives. The intellectually stimulating reads ...

For the first time in decades, Jews set eyes on the 1,700-year-old Dura Europos synagogue paintings this week. After studying the world’s oldest synagogue paintings for nearly a decade, Jill Joshowitz ...