Painting
Ask an Expert: What is the Difference Between Modern and Postmodern Art?
A curator from the Hirshhorn Museum explains how art historians define the two classifications
How to Trademark a Fruit
To protect the fruits of their labor and thwart "plant thieves," early American growers enlisted artists
Q and A with Miss Manners
The columnist talks about how her portraiture collection reflects culture’s stance on etiquette
Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting
One hundred years ago, a heist by a worker at the Louvre secured Leonardo’s painting as an art world icon
The Story Behind the Peacock Room's Princess
How a portrait sparked a battle between an artist–James McNeill Whistler—and his patron–Frederick R. Leyland
George Ault’s World
Structured with simple lines and vivid colors, the paintings of George Aultcaptured the chaotic 1940s in a unique way
A Velázquez in the Cellar?
Sorting through old canvases in a storeroom, a Yale curator discovered a painting believed to be by the Spanish master
Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist
He's best known for his bright paintings of pastries and cakes, but they represent only a slice of the American master's work
Martin Luther King Jr. by Mural
Photographer Camilo José Vergara captures varying portrayals of the civil rights leader in urban areas across the United States
The Woman Who Brought Van Gogh to the World
Art lovers have Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law to credit for introducing the impressionist’s work to the world
In Haiti, the Art of Resilience
Within weeks of January's devastating earthquake, Haiti's surviving painters and sculptors were taking solace from their work
The Grand Women Artists of the Hudson River School
Unknown and forgotten to history, these painters of America's great landscapes are finally getting their due in a new exhibition
Painting With Penicillin: Alexander Fleming's Germ Art
The scientist created works of art using microbes, but did his artwork help lead him to his greatest discovery?
Norman Rockwell’s Storytelling Lessons
George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg found inspiration for their films in the work of one of America’s most cherished illustrators
Glimpses of the Lost World of Alchi
Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas sheds light on a fabled civilization
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Rare artworks from an unsurpassed collection evoke the inner lives and secret rites of Australia’s indigenous people
Norman Rockwell's Neighborhood
A new book offers a revealing look at how the artist created his homey illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post
Restoring Artwork to its Former Glory
With a steady hand, Xiangmei Gu wields paintbrushes and tweezers as the Smithsonian's only conservator of Chinese paintings
Teaching Cops to See
At New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Amy Herman schools police in the fine art of deductive observation
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